diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1 b/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
index 831279e71..60c1a6995 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
@@ -272,5 +272,5 @@ function Get-SphinxVersion {
 }
 
 function Get-YamllintVersion {
-    return (yamllint --version | Out-String)
+    return "$(yamllint --version)"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/aws-sam-cli.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/aws-sam-cli.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ac56144b3..000000000
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/aws-sam-cli.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-################################################################################
-##  File:  aws-sam-cli.sh
-##  Desc:  Installs AWS SAM CLI
-##         Requires Python >=3.6, must be run as non-root user after toolset installation
-################################################################################
-
-
-# Download latest aws sam cli sources
-TarballUrl=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/aws/aws-sam-cli/releases/latest | jq -r '.tarball_url')
-TarballPath="/tmp/aws-sam-cli.tar.gz"
-wget $TarballUrl -O $TarballPath
-tar -xzvf $TarballPath -C /tmp
-cd /tmp/aws-aws-sam-cli*
-
-mkdir /opt/python-aws-sam-cli
-cp -r /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.7* /opt/python-aws-sam-cli
-
-# Use copy of python 3.7 from toolcache to install aws sam, setuptools package required for the installation
-Python3Dir=$(echo /opt/python-aws-sam-cli/3.7*/x64)
-Python3BinDir="${Python3Dir}/bin"
-$Python3BinDir/python3 -m pip install setuptools
-$Python3BinDir/python3 setup.py install
-ln -sf ${Python3BinDir}/sam /usr/local/bin/sam
-
-# Run tests to determine that the software installed as expected
-echo "Testing to make sure that script performed as expected, and basic scenarios work"
-if ! sam --version; then
-    echo "AWS SAM CLI was not installed"
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json b/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
index c4133976f..2fc97542d 100644
--- a/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
+++ b/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/hosted-tool-cache.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/pypy.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/python.sh",
-                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/test-toolcache.sh",
-                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/pipx-packages.sh"
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/test-toolcache.sh"
             ],
             "environment_vars": [
                 "HELPER_SCRIPTS={{user `helper_script_folder`}}",
@@ -232,6 +231,13 @@
             ],
             "execute_command": "sudo sh -c '{{ .Vars }} pwsh -f {{ .Path }}'"
         },
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "scripts": [
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/pipx-packages.sh"
+            ],
+            "execute_command": "sudo sh -c '{{ .Vars }} {{ .Path }}'"
+        },
         {
             "type": "shell",
             "scripts": [
diff --git a/images/linux/ubuntu2004.json b/images/linux/ubuntu2004.json
index 3deb5a1bd..0b1fdc8d9 100644
--- a/images/linux/ubuntu2004.json
+++ b/images/linux/ubuntu2004.json
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/hosted-tool-cache.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/pypy.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/python.sh",
-                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/test-toolcache.sh",
-                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/pipx-packages.sh"
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/test-toolcache.sh"
             ],
             "environment_vars": [
                 "HELPER_SCRIPTS={{user `helper_script_folder`}}",
@@ -238,6 +237,13 @@
             ],
             "execute_command": "sudo sh -c '{{ .Vars }} pwsh -f {{ .Path }}'"
         },
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "scripts": [
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/pipx-packages.sh"
+            ],
+            "execute_command": "sudo sh -c '{{ .Vars }} {{ .Path }}'"
+        },
         {
             "type": "shell",
             "scripts": [