diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-win.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-win.yml
index d609fcdf..b7aa7f47 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-win.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-win.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,31 @@ jobs:
     - powershell: Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]C:\Miniforge\Scripts"
       displayName: Add conda to PATH
 
+    - powershell: |
+        Set-Location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\"
+        $InstallPath = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
+        $componentsToRemove= @(
+            "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL"
+        )
+        [string]$workloadArgs = $componentsToRemove | ForEach-Object {" --remove " +  $_}
+        $Arguments = ('/c', "vs_installer.exe", 'modify', '--installPath', "`"$InstallPath`"",$workloadArgs, '--quiet', '--norestart', '--nocache')
+        # should be run twice
+        $process = Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
+        $process = Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
+
+    - powershell: |
+        Set-Location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\"
+        $InstallPath = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
+        $componentsToRemove= @(
+          "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.v141.ATL"
+          "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.14.29.16.11.ATL"
+        )
+        [string]$workloadArgs = $componentsToRemove | ForEach-Object {" --add " +  $_}
+        $Arguments = ('/c', "vs_installer.exe", 'modify', '--installPath', "`"$InstallPath`"",$workloadArgs, '--quiet', '--norestart', '--nocache')
+        # should be run twice
+        $process = Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
+        $process = Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
+
     - script: |
         call ".scripts\run_win_build.bat"
       displayName: Run Windows build
@@ -49,4 +74,4 @@ jobs:
         UPLOAD_TEMP: $(UPLOAD_TEMP)
         BINSTAR_TOKEN: $(BINSTAR_TOKEN)
         FEEDSTOCK_TOKEN: $(FEEDSTOCK_TOKEN)
-        STAGING_BINSTAR_TOKEN: $(STAGING_BINSTAR_TOKEN)
\ No newline at end of file
+        STAGING_BINSTAR_TOKEN: $(STAGING_BINSTAR_TOKEN)