diff --git a/.pipelines/containers/container-template-windows.yaml b/.pipelines/containers/container-template-windows.yaml
index 69987ec8a3..9f1ec05245 100644
--- a/.pipelines/containers/container-template-windows.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/containers/container-template-windows.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ steps:
 
 - powershell: |
     echo "using tag ${{ parameters.tag }}"
-    powershell.exe -command "& { . .\build\scripts\windows.ps1; ${{ parameters.name }}-image windows-${{ parameters.arch }}-${{ parameters.tag }} }"
+    . .\build\scripts\windows.ps1; ${{ parameters.name }}-image windows-${{ parameters.arch }}-${{ parameters.tag }} 
   name: image_build
   displayName: Image Build
   retryCountOnTaskFailure: 3