diff --git a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/run-performance-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/run-performance-job.yml
index 7560912bf5f09d..1feb524a2deba4 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/run-performance-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/run-performance-job.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           export NODE_MAJOR=18 &&
           echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list &&
           sudo apt-get update &&
+          sudo apt autoremove -y &&
           sudo apt-get install nodejs -y &&
           test -n "$(V8Version)" &&
           npm install --prefix $HELIX_WORKITEM_PAYLOAD jsvu -g &&