diff --git a/FFUDevelopment/Apps/InstallAppsandSysprep.cmd b/FFUDevelopment/Apps/InstallAppsandSysprep.cmd
index 31cf62d..de29459 100644
--- a/FFUDevelopment/Apps/InstallAppsandSysprep.cmd
+++ b/FFUDevelopment/Apps/InstallAppsandSysprep.cmd
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ del c:\windows\panther\unattend\unattend.xml /F /Q
 del c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml /F /Q
 taskkill /IM sysprep.exe
 timeout /t 10
-REM Run Component Cleanup since dism /online /cleanup-image /analyzecomponentcleanup recommends it
-REM If adding latest CU, definitely need to do this to keep FFU size smaller
-dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup /resetbase
 REM Run disk cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) with all options enabled: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/automating-disk-cleanup-tool
 set rootkey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches
 REM Per above doc, the Offline Pages Files subkey does not have stateflags value
diff --git a/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1 b/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1
index aceaa03..23f732d 100644
--- a/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1
+++ b/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1
@@ -2265,10 +2265,13 @@ try {
     if ($UpdateLatestCU -or $UpdateLatestNet) {
         try {
             WriteLog "Adding KBs to $WindowsPartition"
-            Add-WindowsPackage -Path $WindowsPartition -PackagePath $KBPath | Out-Null
+            Add-WindowsPackage -Path $WindowsPartition -PackagePath $KBPath -PreventPending | Out-Null
             WriteLog "KBs added to $WindowsPartition"
             WriteLog "Removing $KBPath"
             Remove-Item -Path $KBPath -Recurse -Force | Out-Null
+	    WriteLog "Clean Up the WinSxS Folder"
+            Dism /Image:$WindowsPartition /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase | Out-Null
+            WriteLog "Clean Up the WinSxS Folder completed"
         }
         catch {
             Write-Host "Adding KB to VHDX failed with error $_"
@@ -2524,4 +2527,4 @@ If ($CleanupAppsISO) {
 #Clean up dirty.txt file
 Remove-Item -Path .\dirty.txt -Force | out-null
 Write-Host "Script complete"
-WriteLog "Script complete"
\ No newline at end of file
+WriteLog "Script complete"