diff --git a/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml b/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml
index 78f216a6ab..7fc02ea064 100644
--- a/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml
@@ -92,13 +92,24 @@ steps:
     restoreDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\installer\packages'
 
 - task: VSBuild@1
-  displayName: 'Build PowerToysSetup.sln'
+  displayName: 'Build PowerToys MSI'
   inputs:
     solution: '**\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln'
     vsVersion: 17.0
     platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
     configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
-    msbuildArgs: ${{ parameters.additionalBuildArguments }}
+    msbuildArgs: /t:PowerToysInstaller ${{ parameters.additionalBuildArguments }}
+    maximumCpuCount: true
+
+- task: VSBuild@1
+  displayName: 'Build PowerToys Bootstrapper'
+  inputs:
+    solution: '**\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln'
+    vsVersion: 17.0
+    platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
+    configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
+    msbuildArgs: /t:PowerToysBootstrapper ${{ parameters.additionalBuildArguments }}
+    clean: false
     maximumCpuCount: true
 
 # directly not doing WinAppDriver testing
diff --git a/.pipelines/release.yml b/.pipelines/release.yml
index d7d899aacf..917e28bc84 100644
--- a/.pipelines/release.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/release.yml
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ jobs:
     inputs:
       solution: '**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln'
       vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: /p:CIBuild=true /bl:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\msbuild.binlog
+      msbuildArgs: /p:CIBuild=true /bl:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\msbuild.binlog /t:PowerToysBootstrapper
       platform: $(BuildPlatform)
       configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      clean: true
+      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the MSI
       maximumCpuCount: true
 
   - task: CmdLine@2
diff --git a/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln b/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln
index 15ec0116d6..ba0eda70a3 100644
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "logger", "..\src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj", "{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}"
 EndProject
 Project("{930C7802-8A8C-48F9-8165-68863BCCD9DD}") = "PowerToysBootstrapper", "PowerToysSetup\PowerToysBootstrapper.wixproj", "{31D72625-43C1-41B1-B784-BCE4A8DC5543}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{022A9D30-7C4F-416D-A9DF-5FF2661CC0AD} = {022A9D30-7C4F-416D-A9DF-5FF2661CC0AD}
-	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution