diff --git a/Build.proj b/Build.proj
index 28444c19ca67a0c12c5e42d124446fcc9e9488c7..bff94b97a7a7994ef00368287f70080759c1c1a9 100644
--- a/Build.proj
+++ b/Build.proj
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoTasksDir)tasks.proj" Condition="'$(MSBuildRestoreSessionId)' != ''" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <!-- Custom arcade target which isn't available in Microsoft.Build.Traversal. -->
-  <Target Name="Rebuild" DependsOnTargets="Clean;Build" />
-
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)SubsetValidation.targets" />
 
   <!-- Upfront restore hooks -->
@@ -21,4 +18,4 @@
     <MSBuild Projects="$(RepoTasksDir)tasks.proj"
              Targets="BuildIncrementally" />
   </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 1b44d591a9a7021f8998d022b133bd13e036a80b..4269a63738d24776f9046f94ced50d3039b63765 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <CustomBeforeNoTargets>$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)NoTargetsSdk.BeforeTargets.targets</CustomBeforeNoTargets>
     <CustomAfterTraversalProps>$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)TraversalSdk.AfterProps.props</CustomAfterTraversalProps>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/eng/NoTargetsSdk.BeforeTargets.targets b/eng/NoTargetsSdk.BeforeTargets.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9afaad0e75e786db11619465f2f32ccc690683c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/NoTargetsSdk.BeforeTargets.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- NoTargets SDK needs a TFM set. Use the latest .NETCoreApp TFM that is supported by the SDK.
+         Only set a default if the project isn't multi-targeting. -->
+    <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '' and '$(TargetFrameworks)' == ''">$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/regenerate-download-table.proj b/eng/regenerate-download-table.proj
index 892ae9f25ad4702dc5182c0db18b8fb082508a7e..a6fb68a867ef896c4b2204396daea43d1863b818 100644
--- a/eng/regenerate-download-table.proj
+++ b/eng/regenerate-download-table.proj
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- installer.tasks needs to be built in advance. -->
   <UsingTask TaskName="RegenerateDownloadTable" AssemblyFile="$(InstallerTasksAssemblyPath)" />
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index e14e03eaa98a82a94e60217f384f759b5affeb6e..b772842dab0f18947ef80a60ffc59a0107ad0dba 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.21264.2",
     "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.21264.2",
     "Microsoft.DotNet.SharedFramework.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.21264.2",
-    "Microsoft.Build.NoTargets": "2.0.17",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Traversal": "2.1.1",
+    "Microsoft.Build.NoTargets": "3.0.4",
+    "Microsoft.Build.Traversal": "3.0.23",
     "Microsoft.NET.Sdk.IL": "6.0.0-preview.5.21267.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj b/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj
index 53c4e57c72eb5809826674aaba0cbd2f9635ff4d..8ffbaae33220a36055764fa5d0fb8667748a1436 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj
+++ b/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- NoTargets SDK needs a TFM set. So we used the latest .NETCoreApp supported one. -->
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="PrepareForCrossgen">
     <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/runtime.proj b/src/coreclr/runtime.proj
index 7eb627e56efc5ce7d797ca196fa70b67e8f4f481..3d4705a92f6fdd7855d4100f9d6e8e3d4e33964b 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/runtime.proj
+++ b/src/coreclr/runtime.proj
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- NoTargets SDK needs a TFM set. So we used the latest .NETCoreApp supported one. -->
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="BuildRuntime"
           AfterTargets="Build">
diff --git a/src/installer/corehost.proj b/src/installer/corehost.proj
index 9a6068ea45fe62656fb14e58e979209a26fddcd0..accbd5e2e791bdb4931e19e2b086430b16358754 100644
--- a/src/installer/corehost.proj
+++ b/src/installer/corehost.proj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     package's targets into the build.
   -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
     <IncrementalNativeBuild Condition="'$(IncrementalNativeBuild)' == ''">true</IncrementalNativeBuild>
     <BuildCoreHostDependsOn>GetProductVersions;GenerateNativeVersionFile</BuildCoreHostDependsOn>
     <BuildCoreHostDependsOn Condition="'$(DisableSourceLink)' != 'true'">$(BuildCoreHostDependsOn);InitializeSourceControlInformationFromSourceControlManager</BuildCoreHostDependsOn>
diff --git a/src/installer/prepare-artifacts.proj b/src/installer/prepare-artifacts.proj
index 54226e506f73920b7d67e6f2fae58cde17f3d55e..74c44fe87203a9dc5c9b19e968da347d06541eef 100644
--- a/src/installer/prepare-artifacts.proj
+++ b/src/installer/prepare-artifacts.proj
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
-
     <!-- Set IsStableBuild to mimic https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/blob/694d59f090b743f894779d04a7ffe11cbaf352e7/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/Publish.proj#L30-L31 -->
     <IsStableBuild>false</IsStableBuild>
     <IsStableBuild Condition="'$(DotNetFinalVersionKind)' == 'release'">true</IsStableBuild>
diff --git a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
index 79cfc08ad6e7283aacc63dc9deddcff132b771ae..cb27773a52aae9871ae7d5e0426f4212241474ab 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -66,12 +66,16 @@
     <BinPlaceRef Condition="'$(BinPlaceRef)' == '' and ('$(IsReferenceAssembly)' == 'true' or '$(IsRuntimeAndReferenceAssembly)' == 'true')">true</BinPlaceRef>
     <BinPlaceRuntime Condition="'$(BinPlaceRuntime)' == '' and ('$(IsRuntimeAssembly)' == 'true' or '$(IsRuntimeAndReferenceAssembly)' == 'true')">true</BinPlaceRuntime>
     <BinPlaceForTargetVertical Condition="'$(BinPlaceForTargetVertical)' == ''">true</BinPlaceForTargetVertical>
+    <GetBinPlaceItemsDependsOn Condition="$(MSBuildProjectName.StartsWith('Microsoft.Extensions.'))">$(GetBinPlaceItemsDependsOn);AddDocumentationFileAsBinPlaceItemForExtensionsProjects</GetBinPlaceItemsDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="$(MSBuildProjectName.StartsWith('Microsoft.Extensions.'))">
-    <!-- Microsoft.Extensions are not yet using the doc-file package -->
-    <BinPlaceItem Include="$(DocumentationFile)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="AddDocumentationFileAsBinPlaceItemForExtensionsProjects"
+          Condition="Exists('$(DocumentationFile)')">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <!-- Microsoft.Extensions are not yet using the doc-file package -->
+      <BinPlaceItem Include="$(DocumentationFile)" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'@(BinPlaceTargetFrameworks)' == ''">
     <!-- binplace to directories for the target vertical -->
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport.proj b/src/libraries/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport.proj
index d35ecf77b56d6014fe7e9f84e708df18f213df98..8d90792dd6ffe1a23c165f795344759aafc6af34 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal.Transport.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
   <!-- These are wrapper project files for packaging.-->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver/src/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver.Sources.csproj b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver/src/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver.Sources.csproj
index 63de3229f94c50411ed18926a3b4b242d6f21ae0..33e2af9634fc6573f44ec2ebbee501658cf53136 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver/src/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver.Sources.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver/src/Microsoft.Extensions.HostFactoryResolver.Sources.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <!-- Avoid trying to binplace non existent documentation file.-->
-    <EnableBinPlacing>false</EnableBinPlacing>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <!-- The project doesn't compile anything therefore create the package during build. -->
+    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
     <IsShipping>false</IsShipping>
     <SuppressDependenciesWhenPacking>true</SuppressDependenciesWhenPacking>
     <IsSourcePackage>true</IsSourcePackage>
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="*.cs" PackagePath="contentFiles/cs/netstandard1.0/%(FileName)%(Extension)" />
+    <Content Include="*.cs" PackagePath="contentFiles/cs/netstandard1.0/%(FileName)%(Extension)" BuildAction="Compile" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj
index 8e13e283ca9f13668dbb4d282a504e61e645fa68..56f2f777c2832ddac711eb3ff0f68b5bac52eddb 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.SDK">
-  <!-- These are wrapper project files for packaging.-->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent);net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageId>$(MSBuildProjectName)</PackageId>
     <AvoidRestoreCycleOnSelfReference>true</AvoidRestoreCycleOnSelfReference>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.BuildTasks</AssemblyName>
+    <!-- The only output of this project is the package as the tasks aren't packaged. -->
+    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
 
     <IsSourceProject>false</IsSourceProject>
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Composition/src/System.Composition.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Composition/src/System.Composition.proj
similarity index 67%
rename from src/libraries/System.Composition/src/System.Composition.csproj
rename to src/libraries/System.Composition/src/System.Composition.proj
index 451efe8c9ce8e1d45e19b4edcbe8bc4f80c69fe6..8d90792dd6ffe1a23c165f795344759aafc6af34 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Composition/src/System.Composition.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Composition/src/System.Composition.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
   <!-- These are wrapper project files for packaging.-->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libraries/externals.csproj b/src/libraries/externals.csproj
index f1a13cb78d375c8f49ec310249625d2d91c379a3..6ef3ddc0f190154d8ad45802f3e592c72f2bba94 100644
--- a/src/libraries/externals.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/externals.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     <BinPlaceForTargetVertical>false</BinPlaceForTargetVertical>
     <BinPlaceNative>true</BinPlaceNative>
     <BinPlaceRuntime>false</BinPlaceRuntime>
-    <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>true</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/libraries-packages.proj b/src/libraries/libraries-packages.proj
index 023b57e37c1368b3d269c9e32846a704134eb595..7c870d603ad8ab61cb4a637884f5f0c0ad29769a 100644
--- a/src/libraries/libraries-packages.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/libraries-packages.proj
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(PkgDir)*\*.proj" Exclude="$(PkgDir)test\*" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms\src\Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj"
-                      Condition="('$(BuildingAnOfficialBuildLeg)' != 'true' Or '$(BuildAllConfigurations)' == 'true') and '$(PgoInstrument)' != 'true'" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)*\src\*.*proj"
                       Condition="('$(BuildAllConfigurations)' == 'true' or '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true')"
                       Exclude="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)*\src\**\*.shproj"/>
diff --git a/src/libraries/shims/ApiCompat.proj b/src/libraries/shims/ApiCompat.proj
index 94ded8a0e05625600678e02480054b10a8fb0eab..4b620071d217fd30b87fa43e349465026a0f92f7 100644
--- a/src/libraries/shims/ApiCompat.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/shims/ApiCompat.proj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
     <!-- Set to true to build this project -->
     <BaselineApiCompat Condition="'$(BaselineApiCompat)' == ''">false</BaselineApiCompat>
     <PreviousNetCoreApp>net5.0</PreviousNetCoreApp>
@@ -20,17 +19,17 @@
     <PackageDownload Include="$(PreviousNetCoreAppPackageId)" Version="[$(PreviousNetCoreAppPackageVersion)]" />
     <PackageDownload Include="NETStandard.Library.Ref" Version="[$(NETStandardLibraryRefVersion)]" />
     <PackageDownload Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="[$(NetStandardLibraryVersion)]" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion)" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <!-- Evaluate these properties inside a Target to gain access to TargetFrameworkIdentifier. -->
+  <!-- Evaluate these properties inside a Target to gain access to IntermediateOutputPath. -->
   <Target Name="SetApiCompatFiles">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ApiCompatResponseFile>$(IntermediateOutputPath)apicompat.rsp</ApiCompatResponseFile>
-      <ApiCompatTarget>$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier.Substring(1).ToLower())</ApiCompatTarget>
-      <ApiCompatBaselineFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.$(ApiCompatTarget).netfx461.txt</ApiCompatBaselineFile>
-      <ApiCompatBaselineIgnoreFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.$(ApiCompatTarget).netfx461.ignore.txt</ApiCompatBaselineIgnoreFile>
-      <ApiCompatNSBaselineFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.$(ApiCompatTarget).netstandard.txt</ApiCompatNSBaselineFile>
-      <ApiCompatNSOnlyBaselineFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.$(ApiCompatTarget).netstandardOnly.txt</ApiCompatNSOnlyBaselineFile>
+      <ApiCompatBaselineFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.netcoreapp.netfx461.txt</ApiCompatBaselineFile>
+      <ApiCompatBaselineIgnoreFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.netcoreapp.netfx461.ignore.txt</ApiCompatBaselineIgnoreFile>
+      <ApiCompatNSBaselineFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.netcoreapp.netstandard.txt</ApiCompatNSBaselineFile>
+      <ApiCompatNSOnlyBaselineFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ApiCompatBaseline.netcoreapp.netstandardOnly.txt</ApiCompatNSOnlyBaselineFile>
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
 
@@ -53,37 +52,25 @@
     <WriteLinesToFile File="$(ApiCompatResponseFile)" Lines="$(ApiCompatArgs)" Overwrite="true" />
 
     <Exec Command="$(_ApiCompatCommand) &quot;@(NetFxReference -> '$(NetFxRefPath)%(Identity).dll')&quot; $(BaselineApiCompatArgs) @&quot;$(ApiCompatResponseFile)&quot; &gt; $(ApiCompatBaselineFile)"
-          Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetCoreAppCurrent)' and '$(BaselineApiCompat)' == 'true'"
+          Condition="'$(BaselineApiCompat)' == 'true'"
           CustomErrorRegularExpression="^[a-zA-Z]+ :"
           StandardOutputImportance="Low"
           IgnoreExitCode="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ApiCompatExitCode" />
     </Exec>
 
-    <Error Condition="'$(ApiCompatExitCode)' != '0'" Text="ApiCompat failed comparing $(NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM) to $(TargetFramework)" />
+    <Error Condition="'$(ApiCompatExitCode)' != '0'" Text="ApiCompat failed comparing $(NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM) to $(NetCoreAppCurrent)" />
 
 
     <!--
-      In order to update the .NET Standard baseline, you can just start the build with either
-
-        /p:UpdateNETStandardBaseline=True
-
-      of
-
-        /p:UpdateNETStandardBaselineLocally=True
-
-      The difference is that the former uses the official .NET Standard while the latter uses a locally built
-      .NET Standard (Debug, in a folder parallel to where you checked out CoreFx).
+      In order to update the .NET Standard baseline, you can just start the build with /p:UpdateNETStandardBaseline=True
     -->
     <PropertyGroup>
       <UpdateNETStandardBaseline Condition="'$(UpdateNETStandardBaseline)' == ''">False</UpdateNETStandardBaseline>
-      <UpdateNETStandardBaselineLocally Condition="'$(UpdateNETStandardBaselineLocally)' == ''">False</UpdateNETStandardBaselineLocally>
-      <_netStandardLibraryRefPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(NuGetPackageRoot)', 'netstandard.library.ref', '$(NETStandardLibraryRefVersion)', 'ref', 'netstandard2.1'))</_netStandardLibraryRefPath>
       <_netStandardLibrary20RefPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(NuGetPackageRoot)', 'netstandard.library', '$(NetStandardLibraryVersion)', 'build', 'netstandard2.0', 'ref'))</_netStandardLibrary20RefPath>
-      <_netStandard21OnlyRef>$(_netStandardLibraryRefPath)netstandard.dll</_netStandard21OnlyRef>
-      <_netStandard21OnlyRef Condition="$(UpdateNETStandardBaselineLocally)">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\standard\artifacts\bin\ref\netstandard\Debug\netstandard.dll</_netStandard21OnlyRef>
+      <_netStandard21OnlyRef>$(NETStandard21RefPath)netstandard.dll</_netStandard21OnlyRef>
       <_netStandard21BaselineModifer>--baseline</_netStandard21BaselineModifer>
-      <_netStandard21BaselineModifer Condition="$(UpdateNETStandardBaseline) or $(UpdateNETStandardBaselineLocally)">&gt;</_netStandard21BaselineModifer>
+      <_netStandard21BaselineModifer Condition="$(UpdateNETStandardBaseline)">&gt;</_netStandard21BaselineModifer>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <Exec Command="$(_ApiCompatCommand) &quot;$(_netStandard21OnlyRef)&quot; @&quot;$(ApiCompatResponseFile)&quot; $(_netStandard21BaselineModifer) &quot;$(ApiCompatNSOnlyBaselineFile)&quot;"
diff --git a/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.props b/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.props
index 9bf446de9fe50ec9c2d16aff1ceeadc9e8cb70de..940d67bab7738b942e5d1d7b3781c34fe0f4525c 100644
--- a/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
 
+  <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <Import Project="netfxreference.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM>net48</NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM>
+    <NetFxRefPath>$(NuGetPackageRoot)microsoft.netframework.referenceassemblies.$(NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM)\$(MicrosoftNetFrameworkReferenceAssembliesVersion)\build\.NETFramework\v4.8\</NetFxRefPath>
+    <NETStandard21RefPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(NuGetPackageRoot)', 'netstandard.library.ref', '$(NETStandardLibraryRefVersion)', 'ref', 'netstandard2.1'))</NETStandard21RefPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsFrameworkSupportFacade)' == 'true'">
     <IsNETCoreAppSrc>true</IsNETCoreAppSrc>
     <IsNETCoreAppRef>true</IsNETCoreAppRef>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPartialFacadeAssembly>true</IsPartialFacadeAssembly>
     <GenFacadesIgnoreMissingTypes>true</GenFacadesIgnoreMissingTypes>
     <!-- ensure the desktop compat shims reference the lowest possible version of dependencies
@@ -17,9 +21,6 @@
          netstandard.dll doesn't need to do this since it has no dangling dependencies -->
     <GenFacadesForceZeroVersionSeeds Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' != 'netstandard'">true</GenFacadesForceZeroVersionSeeds>
     <HasMatchingContract>true</HasMatchingContract>
-    <NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM>net48</NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM>
-    <NetFxRefPath>$(NuGetPackageRoot)microsoft.netframework.referenceassemblies.$(NETFrameworkReferenceAssemblyTFM)\$(MicrosoftNetFrameworkReferenceAssembliesVersion)\build\.NETFramework\v4.8\</NetFxRefPath>
-    <NETStandard21RefPath>$(NuGetPackageRoot)netstandard.library.ref\$(NETStandardLibraryRefVersion)\ref\netstandard2.1\</NETStandard21RefPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' == 'System.Runtime' or
@@ -31,9 +32,10 @@
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)System.Void.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsFrameworkSupportFacade)' == 'true'">
     <!-- include any forwards needed by both generated and manual projects -->
     <Compile Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildProjectName).forwards.cs')"
                  Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildProjectName).forwards.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.targets b/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.targets
index 2974cea4f2d7113c5f69917821c2cf3415f3bca7..ecf410556b169a8d09f6006aa3beca7ebe4f2474 100644
--- a/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/libraries/shims/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsFrameworkSupportFacade)' == 'true'">
     <ResolvedMatchingContract Include="$(ContractAssemblyPath)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/shims/generated/Directory.Build.props b/src/libraries/shims/generated/Directory.Build.props
index 3034fd5027bc22d78cd3e4c091b93c36c8165293..c18e9ecb1d22f4c46cb17b31d4b1a6c38f851e6d 100644
--- a/src/libraries/shims/generated/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/libraries/shims/generated/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Shims built from this directory will double as reference and runtime facades -->
     <BinPlaceRef>true</BinPlaceRef>
+    <IsFrameworkSupportFacade>true</IsFrameworkSupportFacade>
     <!-- if a manual project exists, it will be used for the runtime facade instead -->
     <IsRuntimeAssembly Condition="!Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../manual/$(MSBuildProjectName).csproj')">true</IsRuntimeAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/libraries/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props b/src/libraries/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props
index 69066861fd30edc0f9ab236d7d6a2bf6483df912..e5f08175e8c44f95b25aa5d5a2fc7a0cc4b8643c 100644
--- a/src/libraries/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/libraries/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- ensure these projects use a different intermediate and output directory than generated projects -->
     <OutDirName>manual.$(MSBuildProjectName)</OutDirName>
+    <IsFrameworkSupportFacade>true</IsFrameworkSupportFacade>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
diff --git a/src/libraries/slngen.proj b/src/libraries/slngen.proj
index 1e8a2002e4845fd23fa86b7ef1e632468d5c1259..594631af6fa0d87fa1cc9ab3899b9f459de82f7d 100644
--- a/src/libraries/slngen.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/slngen.proj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 -->
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
     <ProjTemplatePath>$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)slngen.template.proj</ProjTemplatePath>
     <NuGetConfigTemplatePath>$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)slngen.nuget.config</NuGetConfigTemplatePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/mono/llvm/llvm-init.proj b/src/mono/llvm/llvm-init.proj
index f7dafa8d2d9469d5977a97d8d6511b42ccf47acd..6f7477b1e5b3c16b7cd33c49f4e126a581fc9bc1 100644
--- a/src/mono/llvm/llvm-init.proj
+++ b/src/mono/llvm/llvm-init.proj
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MonoLLVMHostOS Condition="'$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Linux)))' == 'true'">linux</MonoLLVMHostOS>
diff --git a/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj b/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj
index b87ba94bdd6b2e07b0c16771467d6c697c141b7a..cc8adc6c580f317f0717ded5b0802d6c1eaf7e6c 100644
--- a/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj
+++ b/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- OS name is case sensitive! -->
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/wasm.proj b/src/mono/wasm/wasm.proj
index dda6fa29f6272310b166d0f000f31f88fb0fd4cd..86da385e608e5e02490617d0cf3636c9dc836db5 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/wasm.proj
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/wasm.proj
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.WebAssembly.Build.Tasks.RunWithEmSdkEnv" AssemblyFile="$(WasmAppBuilderTasksAssemblyPath)" />
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.WebAssembly.Build.Tasks.RunWithEmSdkEnv" AssemblyFile="$(WasmAppBuilderTasksAssemblyPath)" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- FIXME: clean up the duplication with libraries Directory.Build.props -->