diff --git a/scripts/ci b/scripts/ci
index 8ce22ca7c5..a0de81fdee 100755
--- a/scripts/ci
+++ b/scripts/ci
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
+./download
 if [ -z "$SKIP_VALIDATE" ]; then
     ./validate
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/package-cli b/scripts/package-cli
index c7646dc25a..421bbd3666 100755
--- a/scripts/package-cli
+++ b/scripts/package-cli
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ source $(dirname $0)/version.sh
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
-./scripts/download
-
 rm -rf bin/crictl bin/kubectl bin/k3s-agent bin/k3s-server bin/kubectl bin/k3s build/data
 ln -s containerd bin/k3s-agent
 ln -s containerd bin/k3s-server