diff --git a/build/Targets/Settings.targets b/build/Targets/Settings.targets
index f02b3b68e3dfcf3dea6265fb108948ebf672a91d..6d0753e3efe0600f9ea142b5f7ce3a6555fc8860 100644
--- a/build/Targets/Settings.targets
+++ b/build/Targets/Settings.targets
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
         is specified on the command line of MSBuild
     -->
     <BaseNuGetRuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">win7</BaseNuGetRuntimeIdentifier>
-
-    <!-- Turn on hard-linking on Windows to reduce copy time and disk space -->
-    <CreateHardLinksForCopyLocalIfPossible Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">true</CreateHardLinksForCopyLocalIfPossible>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Import the global NuGet packages -->