diff --git a/commands/bundled_tools_ctags.go b/commands/bundled_tools_ctags.go
index e8b63a73286..4e1ad24445f 100644
--- a/commands/bundled_tools_ctags.go
+++ b/commands/bundled_tools_ctags.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	semver "go.bug.st/relaxed-semver"
 )
 
-func loadBuiltinCtagsMetadata(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) {
+func getBuiltinCtagsTool(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) *cores.ToolRelease {
 	builtinPackage := pm.Packages.GetOrCreatePackage("builtin")
 	ctagsTool := builtinPackage.GetOrCreateTool("ctags")
 	ctagsRel := ctagsTool.GetOrCreateRelease(semver.ParseRelaxed("5.8-arduino11"))
@@ -88,11 +88,5 @@ func loadBuiltinCtagsMetadata(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-}
-
-var ctagsVersion = semver.ParseRelaxed("5.8-arduino11")
-
-func getBuiltinCtagsTool(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) (*cores.ToolRelease, error) {
-	loadBuiltinCtagsMetadata(pm)
-	return pm.Package("builtin").Tool("ctags").Release(ctagsVersion).Get()
+	return ctagsRel
 }
diff --git a/commands/bundled_tools_serial_discovery.go b/commands/bundled_tools_serial_discovery.go
index 4fbf6b5f248..4c76b89f05c 100644
--- a/commands/bundled_tools_serial_discovery.go
+++ b/commands/bundled_tools_serial_discovery.go
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ func ListBoards(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) ([]*discovery.Port, error) {
 	defer listBoardMutex.Unlock()
 
 	// get the bundled tool
-	t, err := getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(pm)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	t := getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(pm)
 
 	// determine if it's installed
 	if !t.IsInstalled() {
@@ -146,11 +143,7 @@ func ListBoards(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) ([]*discovery.Port, error) {
 
 // WatchListBoards returns a channel that receives events from the bundled discovery tool
 func WatchListBoards(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) (<-chan *discovery.Event, error) {
-	t, err := getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(pm)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
+	t := getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(pm)
 	if !t.IsInstalled() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing serial-discovery tool")
 	}
@@ -175,10 +168,10 @@ func WatchListBoards(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) (<-chan *discovery.Event
 	return disc.EventChannel(10), nil
 }
 
-func getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) (*cores.ToolRelease, error) {
+func getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) *cores.ToolRelease {
 	builtinPackage := pm.Packages.GetOrCreatePackage("builtin")
 	serialDiscoveryTool := builtinPackage.GetOrCreateTool("serial-discovery")
 	serialDiscoveryToolRel := serialDiscoveryTool.GetOrCreateRelease(serialDiscoveryVersion)
 	serialDiscoveryToolRel.Flavors = serialDiscoveryFlavors
-	return pm.Package("builtin").Tool("serial-discovery").Release(serialDiscoveryVersion).Get()
+	return serialDiscoveryToolRel
 }
diff --git a/commands/instances.go b/commands/instances.go
index b49ce58e1e4..c2657daac9d 100644
--- a/commands/instances.go
+++ b/commands/instances.go
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ func Init(req *rpc.InitRequest, responseCallback func(r *rpc.InitResponse)) *sta
 	// If this is not done the information of the uninstall core is kept in memory,
 	// even if it should not.
 	instance.PackageManager.Clear()
+	ctagsTool := getBuiltinCtagsTool(instance.PackageManager)
+	serialDiscoveryTool := getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(instance.PackageManager)
 
 	// Load Platforms
 	urls := []string{globals.DefaultIndexURL}
@@ -254,8 +256,7 @@ func Init(req *rpc.InitRequest, responseCallback func(r *rpc.InitResponse)) *sta
 	}
 
 	// Install tools if necessary
-	toolHasBeenInstalled := false
-	ctagsTool, err := getBuiltinCtagsTool(instance.PackageManager)
+	ctagsHasBeenInstalled, err := instance.installToolIfMissing(ctagsTool, downloadCallback, taskCallback)
 	if err != nil {
 		s := status.Newf(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 		responseCallback(&rpc.InitResponse{
@@ -263,19 +264,9 @@ func Init(req *rpc.InitRequest, responseCallback func(r *rpc.InitResponse)) *sta
 				Error: s.Proto(),
 			},
 		})
-	} else {
-		toolHasBeenInstalled, err = instance.installToolIfMissing(ctagsTool, downloadCallback, taskCallback)
-		if err != nil {
-			s := status.Newf(codes.Internal, err.Error())
-			responseCallback(&rpc.InitResponse{
-				Message: &rpc.InitResponse_Error{
-					Error: s.Proto(),
-				},
-			})
-		}
 	}
 
-	serialDiscoveryTool, _ := getBuiltinSerialDiscoveryTool(instance.PackageManager)
+	serialHasBeenInstalled, err := instance.installToolIfMissing(serialDiscoveryTool, downloadCallback, taskCallback)
 	if err != nil {
 		s := status.Newf(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 		responseCallback(&rpc.InitResponse{
@@ -283,19 +274,9 @@ func Init(req *rpc.InitRequest, responseCallback func(r *rpc.InitResponse)) *sta
 				Error: s.Proto(),
 			},
 		})
-	} else {
-		toolHasBeenInstalled, err = instance.installToolIfMissing(serialDiscoveryTool, downloadCallback, taskCallback)
-		if err != nil {
-			s := status.Newf(codes.Internal, err.Error())
-			responseCallback(&rpc.InitResponse{
-				Message: &rpc.InitResponse_Error{
-					Error: s.Proto(),
-				},
-			})
-		}
 	}
 
-	if toolHasBeenInstalled {
+	if ctagsHasBeenInstalled || serialHasBeenInstalled {
 		// We installed at least one new tool after loading hardware
 		// so we must reload again otherwise we would never found them.
 		for _, err := range instance.PackageManager.LoadHardware() {