diff --git a/src/Framework/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.UnitTests.csproj b/src/Framework/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.UnitTests.csproj
index 2d55f9cd5025..81176c35393a 100644
--- a/src/Framework/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Framework/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
+        Condition=" $(IsTargetingPackBuilding) ">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
       <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj"
+        Condition=" !$(IsTargetingPackBuilding) ">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
       <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
     </ProjectReference>
diff --git a/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj b/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj
index 631f5d56a083..fb4097ceab60 100644
--- a/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj
+++ b/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <IncludeSymbols>false</IncludeSymbols>
     <NoSemVer20>true</NoSemVer20>
     <IsShippingPackage>false</IsShippingPackage>
-    
+
     <!-- No source files -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS2008</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <HostingStartupRuntimeStoreTargets Include="$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)" Runtime="$(TargetRuntimeIdentifier)" />
 
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
+        Condition=" $(IsTargetingPackBuilding) ">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
       <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj"
+        Condition=" !$(IsTargetingPackBuilding) ">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
       <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
     </ProjectReference>
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/src/dotnet-watch.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/src/dotnet-watch.csproj
index 29750598258e..c74d67c0e0a0 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/src/dotnet-watch.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/src/dotnet-watch.csproj
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
 
-   <ProjectReference
-      Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj"
-      PrivateAssets="All"
-      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
-      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
-
     <Reference
       Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Watch.BrowserRefresh"
       PrivateAssets="All"