diff --git a/.azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines.yml
index c8ff79fdcf..9b0228bbc2 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ stages:
           name: 32-bit OpenSSL/libssh2
           container_img: ghcr.io/mback2k/curl-docker-winbuildenv/msys2-mingw32:ltsc2019
           container_cmd: C:\msys64\usr\bin\sh
-          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-i686-libssh2 mingw-w64-i686-python-pip mingw-w64-i686-python-wheel mingw-w64-i686-python-pyopenssl && python3 -m pip install --prefer-binary impacket
+          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-i686-libssh2
           configure: --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --build=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/mingw32 --enable-debug --enable-werror --with-libssh2 --with-openssl
           tests: "~571"
         v2_mingw64_openssl:
           name: 64-bit OpenSSL/libssh2
           container_img: ghcr.io/mback2k/curl-docker-winbuildenv/msys2-mingw64:ltsc2019
           container_cmd: C:\msys64\usr\bin\sh
-          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libssh2 mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip mingw-w64-x86_64-python-wheel mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pyopenssl && python3 -m pip install --prefer-binary impacket
+          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libssh2
           configure: --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/mingw64 --enable-debug --enable-werror --with-libssh2 --with-openssl
           tests: "~571"
         v2_mingw64_libssh:
@@ -259,14 +259,14 @@ stages:
           name: 32-bit Schannel/SSPI/WinIDN/libssh2
           container_img: ghcr.io/mback2k/curl-docker-winbuildenv/msys2-mingw32:ltsc2019
           container_cmd: C:\msys64\usr\bin\sh
-          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-i686-libssh2 mingw-w64-i686-python-pip mingw-w64-i686-python-wheel mingw-w64-i686-python-pyopenssl && python3 -m pip install --prefer-binary impacket
+          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-i686-libssh2
           configure: --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --build=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/mingw32 --enable-debug --enable-werror --enable-sspi --with-schannel --with-winidn --with-libssh2
           tests: "~571"
         v2_mingw64_schannel:
           name: 64-bit Schannel/SSPI/WinIDN/libssh2
           container_img: ghcr.io/mback2k/curl-docker-winbuildenv/msys2-mingw64:ltsc2019
           container_cmd: C:\msys64\usr\bin\sh
-          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libssh2 mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip mingw-w64-x86_64-python-wheel mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pyopenssl && python3 -m pip install --prefer-binary impacket
+          prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar libssh2-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libssh2
           configure: --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/mingw64 --enable-debug --enable-werror --enable-sspi --with-schannel --with-winidn --with-libssh2
           tests: "~571"
         v1_mingw_schannel: