diff --git a/scripts/ci-build-azure-ccm.sh b/scripts/ci-build-azure-ccm.sh
index f15e81e1581..6b313119089 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-build-azure-ccm.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-build-azure-ccm.sh
@@ -61,13 +61,8 @@ main() {
     if [[ "$(can_reuse_artifacts)" =~ "false" ]]; then
         echo "Build Linux Azure amd64 cloud controller manager"
         make -C "${AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER_ROOT}" build-ccm-image-amd64 push-ccm-image-amd64
-        if [[ -n "${TEST_WINDOWS:-}" ]]; then
-            echo "Building Linux amd64 and Windows ${WINDOWS_IMAGE_VERSION} amd64 cloud node managers"
+        echo "Building Linux amd64 and Windows ${WINDOWS_IMAGE_VERSION} amd64 cloud node managers"
             make -C "${AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER_ROOT}" build-node-image-linux-amd64 push-node-image-linux-amd64 push-node-image-windows-"${WINDOWS_IMAGE_VERSION}"-amd64 manifest-node-manager-image-windows-"${WINDOWS_IMAGE_VERSION}"-amd64
-        else
-            echo "Building Linux amd64 cloud node manager"
-            make -C "${AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER_ROOT}" build-node-image-linux-amd64 push-node-image-linux-push-name-amd64
-        fi
     fi
 }
 
@@ -79,13 +74,11 @@ can_reuse_artifacts() {
         fi
     done
 
-    if [[ -n "${TEST_WINDOWS:-}" ]]; then
-        FULL_VERSION=$(docker manifest inspect mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:${WINDOWS_IMAGE_VERSION} | jq -r '.manifests[0].platform["os.version"]')
-        if ! docker manifest inspect "${REGISTRY}/${CNM_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}" | grep -q "\"os.version\": \"${FULL_VERSION}\""; then
-            echo "false" && return
-        fi
+    FULL_VERSION=$(docker manifest inspect mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:${WINDOWS_IMAGE_VERSION} | jq -r '.manifests[0].platform["os.version"]')
+    if ! docker manifest inspect "${REGISTRY}/${CNM_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}" | grep -q "\"os.version\": \"${FULL_VERSION}\""; then
+        echo "false" && return
     fi
-    
+
     echo "true"
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci-entrypoint.sh b/scripts/ci-entrypoint.sh
index b672665cc92..b081dc39b59 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-entrypoint.sh
@@ -93,15 +93,16 @@ setup() {
     export CCM_COUNT="${CCM_COUNT:-1}"
     export WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT="${WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT:-2}"
     export EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET="true"
-
     # this requires k8s 1.22+
+    if [[ -n "${K8S_FEATURE_GATES:-}" ]]; then
+        export K8S_FEATURE_GATES="${K8S_FEATURE_GATES:-},WindowsHostProcessContainers=true"
+    else
+        export K8S_FEATURE_GATES="WindowsHostProcessContainers=true"
+    fi
+
+    # TODO figure out a better way to account for expected Windows node count
     if [[ -n "${TEST_WINDOWS:-}" ]]; then
         export WINDOWS_WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT="${WINDOWS_WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT:-2}"
-        if [[ -n "${K8S_FEATURE_GATES:-}" ]]; then
-            export K8S_FEATURE_GATES="${K8S_FEATURE_GATES:-},WindowsHostProcessContainers=true"
-        else
-            export K8S_FEATURE_GATES="WindowsHostProcessContainers=true"
-        fi
     fi
 }