diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 491a8d0a4..22ac53765 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       conda config --add channels conda-forge --force
       conda config --set auto_update_conda false
-      conda create -y -n buildenv ninja
-      call activate buildenv
-      mkdir build
-      cd build
-      cmake -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..
+      conda install --yes ninja
+      mkdir build & cd build
+      cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..
       cmake --build .
 
 - job: Windows_clang_cl_flang
@@ -111,9 +109,9 @@ jobs:
       conda config --add channels conda-forge --force
       conda config --set auto_update_conda false
       conda install --yes --quiet ninja flang
-      mkdir build
-      cd build
-      cmake -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=flang -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..
+      conda list
+      mkdir build & cd build
+      cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=flang -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..
       cmake --build .