diff --git a/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1 b/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1
index e4d8727d..fe70738e 100644
--- a/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1
+++ b/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1
@@ -5,41 +5,6 @@ $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
 $WorkingDirectory = Get-Location
 $CloudflaredDirectory = "$WorkingDirectory\go\src\github.com\cloudflare\cloudflared"
 
-Write-Output "Installing python..."
-
-$PythonVersion = "3.10.11"
-$PythonZipFile = "$env:Temp\python-$PythonVersion-embed-amd64.zip"
-$PipInstallFile = "$env:Temp\get-pip.py"
-$PythonZipUrl = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PythonVersion/python-$PythonVersion-embed-amd64.zip"
-$PythonPath = "$WorkingDirectory\Python"
-$PythonBinPath = "$PythonPath\python.exe"
-
-# Download Python zip file
-Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $PythonZipUrl -OutFile $PythonZipFile
-
-# Download Python pip file
-Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py" -OutFile $PipInstallFile
-
-# Extract Python files
-Expand-Archive $PythonZipFile -DestinationPath $PythonPath -Force
-
-# Add Python to PATH
-$env:Path = "$PythonPath\Scripts;$PythonPath;$($env:Path)"
-
-Write-Output "Installed to $PythonPath"
-
-# Install pip
-& $PythonBinPath $PipInstallFile
-
-# Add package paths in pythonXX._pth to unblock python -m pip
-$PythonImportPathFile = "$PythonPath\python310._pth"
-$ComponentTestsDir = "$CloudflaredDirectory\component-tests\"
-@($ComponentTestsDir, "Lib\site-packages", $(Get-Content $PythonImportPathFile)) | Set-Content $PythonImportPathFile
-
-# Test Python installation
-& $PythonBinPath --version
-& $PythonBinPath -m pip --version
-
 go env
 go version
 
@@ -48,8 +13,8 @@ $env:CGO_ENABLED = 1
 $env:TARGET_ARCH = "amd64"
 $env:Path = "$Env:Temp\go\bin;$($env:Path)"
 
-& $PythonBinPath --version
-& $PythonBinPath -m pip --version
+python --version
+python -m pip --version
 
 cd $CloudflaredDirectory
 
@@ -72,11 +37,11 @@ if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed unit tests" }
 
 Write-Output "Running component tests"
 
-& $PythonBinPath -m pip install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt
-& $PythonBinPath component-tests/setup.py --type create
-& $PythonBinPath -m pytest component-tests -o log_cli=true --log-cli-level=INFO
+python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt
+python component-tests/setup.py --type create
+python -m pytest component-tests -o log_cli=true --log-cli-level=INFO
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
-    & $PythonBinPath component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
+    python component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
     throw "Failed component tests"
 }
-& $PythonBinPath component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
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+python component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
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