diff --git a/scripts/setup/machine-setup/machine-setup.sh b/scripts/setup/machine-setup/machine-setup.sh
index 7bb4efff..6f07fb36 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/machine-setup/machine-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/machine-setup/machine-setup.sh
@@ -383,25 +383,7 @@ if ! skip; then
 fi
 
 # =============================================================================
-# 6. Command-line tools
-# =============================================================================
-#
-# A different thing from core utils, and kept apart from them: upstream binaries
-# fetched from upstream, on their own release cadence, none of which the
-# distribution ships. Lumping them in made a run look like it was installing
-# system packages and then start pulling tarballs unannounced.
-
-step "Command-line tools"
-if ! skip; then
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2046  # word splitting is how the list is passed
-  tools_install "Command-line tools" $(tools_default)
-  summarise_last "Command-line tools"
-  step_ok
-fi
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# 7. Tailscale
+# 6. Tailscale
 # =============================================================================
 #
 # Placed here, before everything that can go wrong, because it is a second way
@@ -630,6 +612,24 @@ if ! skip; then
   step_ok
 fi
 
+# =============================================================================
+# 7. Command-line tools
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# A different thing from core utils, and kept apart from them: upstream binaries
+# fetched from upstream, on their own release cadence, none of which the
+# distribution ships. Lumping them in made a run look like it was installing
+# system packages and then start pulling tarballs unannounced.
+
+step "Command-line tools"
+if ! skip; then
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2046  # word splitting is how the list is passed
+  tools_install "Command-line tools" $(tools_default)
+  summarise_last "Command-line tools"
+  step_ok
+fi
+
+
 # =============================================================================
 # 8. Locale
 # =============================================================================