diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/create-tags-and-git-release.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/create-tags-and-git-release.ps1
index cec45536b..1667cddd7 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/create-tags-and-git-release.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/create-tags-and-git-release.ps1
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ param (
   # used by VerifyPackages
   $artifactLocation, # the root of the artifact folder. DevOps $(System.ArtifactsDirectory)
   $workingDirectory, # directory that package artifacts will be extracted into for examination (if necessary)
-  [ValidateSet("Nuget","NPM","PyPI","Maven")]
   $packageRepository, # used to indicate destination against which we will check the existing version.
   # valid options: PyPI, Nuget, NPM, Maven, C
   # used by CreateTags
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1 b/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1
index 294f6609d..dca123f92 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function Extract-PythonPkgProps ($pkgPath, $serviceName, $pkgName)
     {
         $setupLocation = $pkgPath.Replace('\','/')
         pushd $RepoRoot
-        $setupProps = (python -c "import scripts.devops_tasks.common_tasks; obj=scripts.devops_tasks.common_tasks.parse_setup('$setupLocation'); print('{0},{1}'.format(obj[0], obj[1]));") -split ","
+        $setupProps = (python -c "import sys; import os; sys.path.append(os.path.join('scripts', 'devops_tasks')); from common_tasks import parse_setup; obj=parse_setup('$setupLocation'); print('{0},{1}'.format(obj[0], obj[1]));") -split ","
         popd
         if (($setupProps -ne $null) -and ($setupProps[0] -eq $pkgName))
         {