diff --git a/pkg/deploy/generator/scripts/rpVMSS.sh b/pkg/deploy/generator/scripts/rpVMSS.sh
index 879483f1222..e8bf7d29658 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/generator/scripts/rpVMSS.sh
+++ b/pkg/deploy/generator/scripts/rpVMSS.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,11 @@ echo "setting ssh password authentication"
 sed -i 's/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 systemctl reload sshd.service
 
-#Adding retry logic to yum commands in order to avoid stalling out on resource locks
-for attempt in {1..5}; do
-  echo "running RHUI fix"
-  yum update -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='rhui-microsoft-azure*'
-  if [[ ${attempt} -lt 5 ]]; then sleep 10; else exit 1; fi
-done
+echo "running RHUI fix"
+yum update -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='rhui-microsoft-azure*'
 
-for attempt in {1..5}; do
-  echo "running yum update"
-  yum -y -x WALinuxAgent -x WALinuxAgent-udev update --allowerasing
-  if [[ ${attempt} -lt 5 ]]; then sleep 10; else exit 1; fi
-done
+echo "running yum update"
+yum -y -x WALinuxAgent -x WALinuxAgent-udev update --allowerasing
 
 echo "extending partition table"
 # Linux block devices are inconsistently named