diff --git a/.assets/provision/install_azurecli.sh b/.assets/provision/install_azurecli.sh
index a10bee25..1937129e 100755
--- a/.assets/provision/install_azurecli.sh
+++ b/.assets/provision/install_azurecli.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ if ! conda env list | grep -qw '^azurecli'; then
   if uname -r 2>&1 | grep -qw 'WSL2'; then
     conda create --name azurecli --yes python=3.10 pip
   else
-    # https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4020
+    # https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/12051
     conda create --name azurecli --yes python=3.10 pip numpy-base
   fi
-
 fi
 conda activate azurecli
 pip install -U azure-cli
diff --git a/wsl/wsl_certs_add.ps1 b/wsl/wsl_certs_add.ps1
index e01893a0..a327079a 100644
--- a/wsl/wsl_certs_add.ps1
+++ b/wsl/wsl_certs_add.ps1
@@ -48,11 +48,15 @@ begin {
     # set location to workspace folder
     Push-Location "$PSScriptRoot/.."
     # clone/refresh szymonos/ps-modules repository
-    if (.assets/tools/gh_repo_clone.ps1 -OrgRepo 'szymonos/ps-modules') {
-        # import the do-common module for certificate functions
-        Import-Module -Name (Resolve-Path '../ps-modules/modules/do-common')
-    } else {
-        Write-Error 'Cloning ps-modules repository failed.'
+    try {
+        Import-Module do-common -MinimumVersion 0.27
+    } catch {
+        if (.assets/tools/gh_repo_clone.ps1 -OrgRepo 'szymonos/ps-modules') {
+            # import the do-common module for certificate functions
+            Import-Module -Name (Resolve-Path '../ps-modules/modules/do-common')
+        } else {
+            Write-Error 'Cloning ps-modules repository failed.'
+        }
     }
 
     # determine update ca parameters depending on distro
diff --git a/wsl/wsl_setup.ps1 b/wsl/wsl_setup.ps1
index 16dfb851..53bd0454 100644
--- a/wsl/wsl_setup.ps1
+++ b/wsl/wsl_setup.ps1
@@ -294,13 +294,11 @@ process {
         }
         # *install PowerShell modules from ps-modules repository
         if ($chk.shell) {
-            # ps-modules repo is being cloned/refreshed on adding certificates
-            if (-not $AddCertificate) {
-                if (.assets/tools/gh_repo_clone.ps1 -OrgRepo 'szymonos/ps-modules') {
-                    Write-Verbose 'ps-modules repository cloned successfully.'
-                } else {
-                    Write-Error 'Cloning ps-modules repository failed.'
-                }
+            # clone/refresh szymonos/ps-modules repository
+            if (.assets/tools/gh_repo_clone.ps1 -OrgRepo 'szymonos/ps-modules') {
+                Write-Verbose 'ps-modules repository cloned successfully.'
+            } else {
+                Write-Error 'Cloning ps-modules repository failed.'
             }
             Write-Host 'installing ps-modules...' -ForegroundColor Cyan
             Write-Host "`e[3mAllUsers`e[23m    : do-common" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen