diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts
index 6d34e35e4c..8e31f740cd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from '../types';
 import { installNewPackage } from './installNewPackage';
 import { writeTemplateContents } from './writeTemplateContents';
+import { run } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 type ExecuteNewTemplateOptions = {
   config: PortableTemplateConfig;
@@ -54,14 +55,25 @@ export async function executePortableTemplate(
     }
 
     if (!options.skipInstall) {
-      await Task.forCommand('yarn install', {
-        cwd: targetDir,
-        optional: true,
-      });
-      await Task.forCommand('yarn lint --fix', {
-        cwd: targetDir,
-        optional: true,
-      });
+      for (const command of [
+        ['yarn', 'install'],
+        ['yarn', 'lint', '--fix'],
+      ]) {
+        const commandStr = command.join(' ');
+        try {
+          await Task.forItem('executing', commandStr, async () => {
+            await run(command, {
+              cwd: targetDir,
+              stdio: 'ignore',
+            }).waitForExit();
+          });
+        } catch (error) {
+          assertError(error);
+          Task.error(
+            `Warning: Failed to execute command '${commandStr}', ${error}`,
+          );
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     Task.log();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/tasks.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/tasks.ts
index b0003e1053..f3620d242f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/tasks.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import ora from 'ora';
-import { assertError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { run } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 const TASK_NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 14;
 
@@ -61,25 +59,4 @@ export class Task {
       throw error;
     }
   }
-
-  static async forCommand(
-    command: string,
-    options?: { cwd?: string; optional?: boolean },
-  ) {
-    try {
-      await Task.forItem('executing', command, async () => {
-        const parts = command.trim().split(/\s+/);
-        await run(parts, { cwd: options?.cwd }).waitForExit();
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      assertError(error);
-      if (options?.optional) {
-        Task.error(`Warning: Failed to execute command ${chalk.cyan(command)}`);
-      } else {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Failed to execute command '${chalk.cyan(command)}', ${error}`,
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
 }