diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index 2d8a74f7d9e..bc4eabe5211 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -193,38 +193,42 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli([bool]$install, [bool]$createSdkLocationFile) {
   return $global:_DotNetInstallDir = $dotnetRoot
 }
 
+function Retry($downloadBlock, $maxRetries = 5) {
+  $retries = 1
+
+  while($true) {
+    try {
+      & $downloadBlock
+      break
+    }
+    catch {
+      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'InitializeToolset' -Message $_
+    }
+
+    if (++$retries -le $maxRetries) {
+      $delayInSeconds = [math]::Pow(2, $retries) - 1 # Exponential backoff
+      Write-Host "Retrying. Waiting for $delayInSeconds seconds before next attempt ($retries of $maxRetries)."
+      Start-Sleep -Seconds $delayInSeconds
+    }
+    else {
+      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'InitializeToolset' -Message "Unable to download file in $maxRetries attempts."
+      break
+    }
+
+  }
+}
+
 function GetDotNetInstallScript([string] $dotnetRoot) {
   $installScript = Join-Path $dotnetRoot 'dotnet-install.ps1'
   if (!(Test-Path $installScript)) {
     Create-Directory $dotnetRoot
     $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' # Don't display the console progress UI - it's a huge perf hit
-
-    $maxRetries = 5
-    $retries = 1
-
     $uri = "https://dot.net/$dotnetInstallScriptVersion/dotnet-install.ps1"
 
-    while($true) {
-      try {
-        Write-Host "GET $uri"
-        Invoke-WebRequest $uri -OutFile $installScript
-        break
-      }
-      catch {
-        Write-Host "Failed to download '$uri'"
-        Write-Error $_.Exception.Message -ErrorAction Continue
-      }
-
-      if (++$retries -le $maxRetries) {
-        $delayInSeconds = [math]::Pow(2, $retries) - 1 # Exponential backoff
-        Write-Host "Retrying. Waiting for $delayInSeconds seconds before next attempt ($retries of $maxRetries)."
-        Start-Sleep -Seconds $delayInSeconds
-      }
-      else {
-        throw "Unable to download file in $maxRetries attempts."
-      }
-
-    }
+    Retry({
+      Write-Host "GET $uri"
+      Invoke-WebRequest $uri -OutFile $installScript
+    })
   }
 
   return $installScript
@@ -403,9 +407,13 @@ function InitializeXCopyMSBuild([string]$packageVersion, [bool]$install) {
     }
 
     Create-Directory $packageDir
+    
     Write-Host "Downloading $packageName $packageVersion"
     $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' # Don't display the console progress UI - it's a huge perf hit
-    Invoke-WebRequest "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/flat2/$packageName/$packageVersion/$packageName.$packageVersion.nupkg" -OutFile $packagePath
+    Retry({
+      Invoke-WebRequest "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/flat2/$packageName/$packageVersion/$packageName.$packageVersion.nupkg" -OutFile $packagePath
+    })
+
     Unzip $packagePath $packageDir
   }
 
@@ -442,27 +450,9 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
   if (!(Test-Path $vsWhereExe)) {
     Create-Directory $vsWhereDir
     Write-Host 'Downloading vswhere'
-    $maxRetries = 5
-    $retries = 1
-
-    while($true) {
-      try {
-        Invoke-WebRequest "https://netcorenativeassets.blob.core.windows.net/resource-packages/external/windows/vswhere/$vswhereVersion/vswhere.exe" -OutFile $vswhereExe
-        break
-      }
-      catch{
-        Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'InitializeToolset' -Message $_
-      }
-
-      if (++$retries -le $maxRetries) {
-        $delayInSeconds = [math]::Pow(2, $retries) - 1 # Exponential backoff
-        Write-Host "Retrying. Waiting for $delayInSeconds seconds before next attempt ($retries of $maxRetries)."
-        Start-Sleep -Seconds $delayInSeconds
-      }
-      else {
-        Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'InitializeToolset' -Message "Unable to download file in $maxRetries attempts."
-      }
-    }
+    Retry({
+      Invoke-WebRequest "https://netcorenativeassets.blob.core.windows.net/resource-packages/external/windows/vswhere/$vswhereVersion/vswhere.exe" -OutFile $vswhereExe
+    })
   }
 
   if (!$vsRequirements) { $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs }