diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1 b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
index 1d6e77bf6..37ef92486 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Function Add-ComposertoolHelper() {
     if(Test-Path $composer_lock) {
       Remove-Item -Path $composer_lock -Force
     }
-    if(composer global show $prefix$tool -a 2>&1 | findstr '^type *: *composer-plugin') {
+    if(composer global show $prefix$tool -a 2>&1 | findstr '^type *: *composer-plugin' -and ($composer_args -ne '')) {
       composer global config --no-plugins allow-plugins."$prefix$tool" true >$null 2>&1
     }
     composer global require $prefix$release $composer_args >$null 2>&1
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Function Add-ComposertoolHelper() {
     $scoped_dir_suffix = (Get-FileHash -InputStream $release_stream -Algorithm sha256).Hash
     $scoped_dir = "$composer_bin\_tools\$tool-$scoped_dir_suffix"
     $unix_scoped_dir = $scoped_dir.replace('\', '/')
-    if(composer show $prefix$tool -d $unix_scoped_dir -a 2>&1 | findstr '^type *: *composer-plugin') {
+    if(composer show $prefix$tool -d $unix_scoped_dir -a 2>&1 | findstr '^type *: *composer-plugin' -and ($composer_args -ne '')) {
       composer config -d $unix_scoped_dir --no-plugins allow-plugins."$prefix$release" true >$null 2>&1
     }
     if(-not(Test-Path $scoped_dir)) {
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ Function Add-Composertool() {
     [string]
     $scope
   )
+  $composer_args = ""
   if($composer_version.split('.')[0] -ne "1") {
     $composer_args = "--ignore-platform-req=ext-*"
     if($tool -match "prestissimo|composer-prefetcher") {
diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
index 4e0af8c14..0568fda3e 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
@@ -162,17 +162,17 @@ add_composertool_helper() {
   enable_extensions curl mbstring openssl
   if [ "$scope" = "global" ]; then
     sudo rm -f "$composer_lock" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    if composer global show "$prefix$tool" -a 2>&1 | grep -qE '^type *: *composer-plugin'; then
+    if composer global show "$prefix$tool" -a 2>&1 | grep -qE '^type *: *composer-plugin' && [ -n "$composer_args" ]; then
       composer global config --no-plugins allow-plugins."$prefix$tool" true >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
     composer global require "$prefix$release" "$composer_args" >/dev/null 2>&1
-    composer global show "$prefix$tool" 2>&1 | grep -E ^versions | sudo tee /tmp/composer_show.log >/dev/null 2>&1
+    composer global show "$prefix$tool" 2>&1 | grep -E ^versions | sudo tee /tmp/composer.log >/dev/null 2>&1
   else
     scoped_dir="$composer_bin/_tools/$tool-$(echo -n "$release" | shasum -a 256 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
     if ! [ -d "$scoped_dir" ]; then
       mkdir -p "$scoped_dir"
       echo '{}' | tee "$scoped_dir/composer.json" >/dev/null
-      if composer show "$prefix$tool" -d "$scoped_dir" -a 2>&1 | grep -qE '^type *: *composer-plugin'; then
+      if composer show "$prefix$tool" -d "$scoped_dir" -a 2>&1 | grep -qE '^type *: *composer-plugin' && [ -n "$composer_args" ]; then
         composer config -d "$scoped_dir" --no-plugins allow-plugins."$prefix$tool" true >/dev/null 2>&1
       fi
       composer require "$prefix$release" -d "$scoped_dir" "$composer_args" >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ add_composertool() {
   release=$2
   prefix=$3
   scope=$4
+  composer_args=
   composer_major_version=$(cut -d'.' -f 1 /tmp/composer_version)
   if [ "$composer_major_version" != "1" ]; then
     composer_args="--ignore-platform-req=ext-*"