diff --git a/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/create-vmss.ps1 b/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/create-vmss.ps1
index cf742d2ff..d8cc32890 100644
--- a/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/create-vmss.ps1
+++ b/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/create-vmss.ps1
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Invoke-AzVMRunCommand `
   -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName `
   -VMName $ProtoVMName `
   -CommandId 'RunPowerShellScript' `
-  -ScriptPath "$PSScriptRoot\provision-image.ps1" `
+  -ScriptPath "$PSScriptRoot\provision-image.txt" `
   -Parameter @{AdminUserPassword = $AdminPW; `
     StorageAccountName=$StorageAccountName; `
     StorageAccountKey=$StorageAccountKey;}
diff --git a/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/provision-image.ps1 b/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/provision-image.txt
similarity index 96%
rename from scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/provision-image.ps1
rename to scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/provision-image.txt
index e992f94a4..115684b49 100644
--- a/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/provision-image.ps1
+++ b/scripts/azure-pipelines/windows/provision-image.txt
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ if ($null -eq $av) {
   Write-Host 'AntiVirus not installed, skipping exclusions.'
 } else {
   Write-Host 'Configuring AntiVirus exclusions...'
-  Add-MPPreference -ExclusionPath C:\
   Add-MPPreference -ExclusionPath D:\
   Add-MPPreference -ExclusionProcess ninja.exe
   Add-MPPreference -ExclusionProcess clang-cl.exe