diff --git a/scripts/sql-test-integration.bat b/scripts/sql-test-integration.bat
index 37ba373294..202fcb6f50 100644
--- a/scripts/sql-test-integration.bat
+++ b/scripts/sql-test-integration.bat
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ pushd %~dp0\..
 
 set VSCODEUSERDATADIR=%TMP%\adsuser-%RANDOM%-%TIME:~6,5%
 set VSCODEEXTENSIONSDIR=%TMP%\adsext-%RANDOM%-%TIME:~6,5%
-set PYTHON_TEST_PATH=%VSCODEUSERDATADIR%\TestPythonInstallation
 echo %VSCODEUSERDATADIR%
 echo %VSCODEEXTENSIONSDIR%
-echo %PYTHON_TEST_PATH%
 @echo OFF
 
-:: This first notebook test will do the python install that the later tests depend on
-call .\scripts\code.bat --extensionDevelopmentPath=%~dp0\..\extensions\notebook --extensionTestsPath=%~dp0\..\extensions\notebook\out\integrationTest --user-data-dir=%VSCODEUSERDATADIR% --extensions-dir=%VSCODEEXTENSIONSDIR% --remote-debugging-port=9222
+if "%SKIP_PYTHON_INSTALL_TEST%" == "1" (
+	echo Skipping Python installation tests.
+) else (
+	set PYTHON_TEST_PATH=%VSCODEUSERDATADIR%\TestPythonInstallation
+	echo %PYTHON_TEST_PATH%
+	call .\scripts\code.bat --extensionDevelopmentPath=%~dp0\..\extensions\notebook --extensionTestsPath=%~dp0\..\extensions\notebook\out\integrationTest --user-data-dir=%VSCODEUSERDATADIR% --extensions-dir=%VSCODEEXTENSIONSDIR% --remote-debugging-port=9222
+)
+
 call .\scripts\code.bat --extensionDevelopmentPath=%~dp0\..\extensions\integration-tests --extensionTestsPath=%~dp0\..\extensions\integration-tests\out --user-data-dir=%VSCODEUSERDATADIR% --extensions-dir=%VSCODEEXTENSIONSDIR% --remote-debugging-port=9222
 
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
diff --git a/scripts/sql-test-integration.sh b/scripts/sql-test-integration.sh
index 69b14c9dfa..e37f782b8f 100755
--- a/scripts/sql-test-integration.sh
+++ b/scripts/sql-test-integration.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ else
 	VSCODEEXTDIR=`mktemp -d 2>/dev/null`
 fi
 
-export PYTHON_TEST_PATH=$VSCODEUSERDATADIR/TestPythonInstallation
-
 cd $ROOT
 echo $VSCODEUSERDATADIR
 echo $VSCODEEXTDIR
-echo $PYTHON_TEST_PATH
 
-./scripts/code.sh --extensionDevelopmentPath=$ROOT/extensions/notebook --extensionTestsPath=$ROOT/extensions/notebook/out/integrationTest --user-data-dir=$VSCODEUSERDATADIR --extensions-dir=$VSCODEEXTDIR --remote-debugging-port=9222
+if [[ "$SKIP_PYTHON_INSTALL_TEST" == "1" ]]; then
+	echo Skipping Python installation tests.
+else
+	export PYTHON_TEST_PATH=$VSCODEUSERDATADIR/TestPythonInstallation
+	echo $PYTHON_TEST_PATH
+	./scripts/code.sh --extensionDevelopmentPath=$ROOT/extensions/notebook --extensionTestsPath=$ROOT/extensions/notebook/out/integrationTest --user-data-dir=$VSCODEUSERDATADIR --extensions-dir=$VSCODEEXTDIR --remote-debugging-port=9222
+fi
+
 ./scripts/code.sh --extensionDevelopmentPath=$ROOT/extensions/integration-tests --extensionTestsPath=$ROOT/extensions/integration-tests/out --user-data-dir=$VSCODEUSERDATADIR --extensions-dir=$VSCODEEXTDIR --remote-debugging-port=9222
 
 rm -r -f $VSCODEUSERDATADIR