diff --git a/eng/common/build.ps1 b/eng/common/build.ps1
index a67fe8bb505..55dff332044 100644
--- a/eng/common/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/build.ps1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ try {
     $nodeReuse = $false
   }
 
-  if (($restore) -and ($null -eq $env:DisableNativeToolsetInstalls)) {
+  if ($restore) {
     InitializeNativeTools
   }
 
diff --git a/eng/common/build.sh b/eng/common/build.sh
index 9c597613b29..36f9aa0462e 100755
--- a/eng/common/build.sh
+++ b/eng/common/build.sh
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ if [[ "$clean" == true ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-if [[ "$restore" == true && -z ${DisableNativeToolsetInstalls:-} ]]; then
+if [[ "$restore" == true ]]; then
   InitializeNativeTools
 fi
 
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1
index 551ae113f89..aa9a025c0bb 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Set-StrictMode -Version 2.0
 # scripts don't necessarily execute in the same agent that run the
 # build.ps1/sh script this variable isn't automatically set.
 $ci = $true
+$disableConfigureToolsetImport = "true"
 . $PSScriptRoot\..\tools.ps1
 
 function Create-MaestroApiRequestHeaders([string]$ContentType = "application/json") {
diff --git a/eng/common/sdl/extract-artifact-packages.ps1 b/eng/common/sdl/extract-artifact-packages.ps1
index 6e6825013bf..d857ae21972 100644
--- a/eng/common/sdl/extract-artifact-packages.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/sdl/extract-artifact-packages.ps1
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Set-StrictMode -Version 2.0
 # scripts don't necessarily execute in the same agent that run the
 # build.ps1/sh script this variable isn't automatically set.
 $ci = $true
+$disableConfigureToolsetImport = "true"
 . $PSScriptRoot\..\tools.ps1
 
 $ExtractPackage = {
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index fdfffbf1c04..26ccbe14dce 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 # An array of names of processes to stop on script exit if prepareMachine is true.
 $processesToStopOnExit = if (Test-Path variable:processesToStopOnExit) { $processesToStopOnExit } else { @("msbuild", "dotnet", "vbcscompiler") }
 
+$disableConfigureToolsetImport = if (Test-Path variable:disableConfigureToolsetImport) { $disableConfigureToolsetImport } else { $null }
+
 set-strictmode -version 2.0
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
@@ -418,6 +420,9 @@ function GetSdkTaskProject([string]$taskName) {
 }
 
 function InitializeNativeTools() {
+  if ($env:DisableNativeToolsetInstalls) {
+    return
+  }
   if (Get-Member -InputObject $GlobalJson -Name "native-tools") {
     $nativeArgs= @{}
     if ($ci) {
@@ -602,7 +607,9 @@ Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'TMP' -Value $TempDir
 
 # Import custom tools configuration, if present in the repo.
 # Note: Import in global scope so that the script set top-level variables without qualification.
-$configureToolsetScript = Join-Path $EngRoot "configure-toolset.ps1"
-if (Test-Path $configureToolsetScript) {
-    . $configureToolsetScript
+if (!$disableConfigureToolsetImport) {
+  $configureToolsetScript = Join-Path $EngRoot "configure-toolset.ps1"
+  if (Test-Path $configureToolsetScript) {
+      . $configureToolsetScript
+  }
 }
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.sh b/eng/common/tools.sh
index 94b9aff7475..0c86c396073 100755
--- a/eng/common/tools.sh
+++ b/eng/common/tools.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # CI mode - set to true on CI server for PR validation build or official build.
 ci=${ci:-false}
+disable_configure_toolset_import=${disable_configure_toolset_import:-null}
 
 # Set to true to use the pipelines logger which will enable Azure logging output.
 # https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/blob/master/docs/authoring/commands.md
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ function GetNuGetPackageCachePath {
 }
 
 function InitializeNativeTools() {
+  if [[ -z "${DisableNativeToolsetInstalls:-}" ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
   if grep -Fq "native-tools" $global_json_file
   then
     local nativeArgs=""
@@ -413,9 +417,11 @@ Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "Temp" -value "$temp_dir"
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "TMP" -value "$temp_dir"
 
 # Import custom tools configuration, if present in the repo.
-configure_toolset_script="$eng_root/configure-toolset.sh"
-if [[ -a "$configure_toolset_script" ]]; then
-  . "$configure_toolset_script"
+if [[ "$disable_configure_toolset_import" != null ]]; then
+  configure_toolset_script="$eng_root/configure-toolset.sh"
+  if [[ -a "$configure_toolset_script" ]]; then
+    . "$configure_toolset_script"
+  fi
 fi
 
 # TODO: https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/issues/1468