diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux-managed-disk/deploy.ci.sh b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux-managed-disk/deploy.ci.sh
index 80c14cd5bd..a81f0979f1 100755
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux-managed-disk/deploy.ci.sh
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux-managed-disk/deploy.ci.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ docker run --rm -it \
       /bin/terraform apply out.tfplan; \
       /bin/terraform show;"
 
+# cleanup deployed azure resources via azure-cli
+docker run --rm -it \
+  azuresdk/azure-cli-python \
+  sh -c "az login --service-principal -u $ARM_CLIENT_ID -p $ARM_CLIENT_SECRET --tenant $ARM_TENANT_ID; \
+         az vm show -g $KEY -n rgvm"
 
 # cleanup deployed azure resources via terraform
 docker run --rm -it \
@@ -29,10 +34,3 @@ docker run --rm -it \
   --entrypoint "/bin/sh" \
   hashicorp/terraform:light \
   -c "/bin/terraform destroy -force -var dns_name=$KEY -var hostname=$KEY -var resource_group=$KEY -var admin_password=$PASSWORD;"
-
-
-# cleanup deployed azure resources via azure-cli
-# docker run --rm -it \
-#   azuresdk/azure-cli-python \
-#   sh -c "az login --service-principal -u $ARM_CLIENT_ID -p $ARM_CLIENT_SECRET --tenant $ARM_TENANT_ID; \
-#          az group delete -y -n $KEY"