diff --git a/packaging/windows/checkbuildtype.wxs b/packaging/windows/checkbuildtype.wxs
index 5d130b643..40e8c9cb4 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/checkbuildtype.wxs
+++ b/packaging/windows/checkbuildtype.wxs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:dep="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DependencyExtension">
+<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
   <?include "Variables.wxi" ?>
   <Fragment>
     <Property Id="INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE">
         <RegistrySearch Id="DotnetCLI_BuildType" Type="raw"
             Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup" Name="BuildType" Win64="$(var.Win64AttributeValue)"/>
     </Property>
-    <SetProperty Before="LaunchConditions" Id="EXPECTEDCLIBUILDTYPE" Value="$(var.BuildType)" />
+
+    <Condition Message="$(var.IncompatibleBuildTypeError)">
+        NOT INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE OR INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE ~= "$(var.BuildType)"
+    </Condition>
   </Fragment>
 </Wix>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/windows/dotnet.wxs b/packaging/windows/dotnet.wxs
index 45e7dd54a..960de0896 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/dotnet.wxs
+++ b/packaging/windows/dotnet.wxs
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
         <CustomActionRef Id="WixBroadcastEnvironmentChange" />
 
         <PropertyRef Id="INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE"/>
-        <Condition Message="$(var.IncompatibleBuildTypeError)">
-            <![CDATA[NOT INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE OR INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE ~= EXPECTEDCLIBUILDTYPE]]>
-        </Condition>
     </Product>
     <Fragment>
         <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
diff --git a/packaging/windows/variables.wxi b/packaging/windows/variables.wxi
index c39cd526e..9466f0206 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/variables.wxi
+++ b/packaging/windows/variables.wxi
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
   <?define ProductEdition   =   "001dotnet" ?>
   <?define LCID  = "$(var.ProductLanguage)"?>
   <?define DowngradeErrorMessage  = "A newer version is already installed; please uninstall it and re-run setup."?>
-  <?define IncompatibleBuildTypeError = "You have installed '[INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE]' build of Dotnet CLI. It cannot be upgraded to a '[EXPECTEDCLIBUILDTYPE]' build of Dotnet CLI. Please uninstall it and re-run setup."?>
-  
+  <?define IncompatibleBuildTypeError = "You have installed '[INSTALLEDCLIBUILDTYPE]' build of Dotnet CLI. It cannot be upgraded to a '$(var.BuildType)' build of Dotnet CLI. Please uninstall it and re-run setup."?>
+
   <?define Platform   =   "$(sys.BUILDARCH)" ?>
-  <?if $(var.Platform)=x86?>  
+  <?if $(var.Platform)=x86?>
   <?define Program_Files="ProgramFilesFolder"?>
   <?define Win64AttributeValue=no?>
   <?define UpgradeCode="70A1576F-63B6-4659-9E39-25C7B769DDE5"?>