diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js b/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js
index d939e7b3000fa3..375ad634cbc15d 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js
@@ -48147,13 +48147,13 @@ async function installBazelTools(repoRootPath) {
   const bazeliskVersion = await readBazelToolsVersionFile(repoRootPath, '.bazeliskversion');
   const bazelVersion = await readBazelToolsVersionFile(repoRootPath, '.bazelversion'); // Check what globals are installed
 
-  _log__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_4__["log"].debug(`[bazel_tools] verify if bazelisk is installed`); // Test if bazelisk is already installed in the correct version
+  _log__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_4__["log"].debug(`[bazel_tools] verify if bazelisk is installed`); // Check if we need to remove bazelisk from yarn
 
-  const isBazeliskPkgInstalled = await isBazeliskInstalled(bazeliskVersion); // Test if bazel bin is available
+  await tryRemoveBazeliskFromYarnGlobal(); // Test if bazelisk is already installed in the correct version
 
-  const isBazelBinAlreadyAvailable = await isBazelBinAvailable(); // Check if we need to remove bazelisk from yarn
+  const isBazeliskPkgInstalled = await isBazeliskInstalled(bazeliskVersion); // Test if bazel bin is available
 
-  await tryRemoveBazeliskFromYarnGlobal(); // Install bazelisk if not installed
+  const isBazelBinAlreadyAvailable = await isBazelBinAvailable(); // Install bazelisk if not installed
 
   if (!isBazeliskPkgInstalled || !isBazelBinAlreadyAvailable) {
     _log__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_4__["log"].info(`[bazel_tools] installing Bazel tools`);
diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/src/utils/bazel/install_tools.ts b/packages/kbn-pm/src/utils/bazel/install_tools.ts
index b547c2bc141bda..93acbe09b4eab6 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/src/utils/bazel/install_tools.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/src/utils/bazel/install_tools.ts
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ export async function installBazelTools(repoRootPath: string) {
   // Check what globals are installed
   log.debug(`[bazel_tools] verify if bazelisk is installed`);
 
+  // Check if we need to remove bazelisk from yarn
+  await tryRemoveBazeliskFromYarnGlobal();
+
   // Test if bazelisk is already installed in the correct version
   const isBazeliskPkgInstalled = await isBazeliskInstalled(bazeliskVersion);
 
   // Test if bazel bin is available
   const isBazelBinAlreadyAvailable = await isBazelBinAvailable();
 
-  // Check if we need to remove bazelisk from yarn
-  await tryRemoveBazeliskFromYarnGlobal();
-
   // Install bazelisk if not installed
   if (!isBazeliskPkgInstalled || !isBazelBinAlreadyAvailable) {
     log.info(`[bazel_tools] installing Bazel tools`);