diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj
index bcfc454fded2..933f42dd9423 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
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       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
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-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
-      Private="false"
-      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
-      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
-
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Hosting\Server.IntegrationTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Shared\BrowserTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.BrowserTesting.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Web.ProjectTemplates\Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.csproj" Private="false" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj
index 08d45cc8c157..3d0831a1001a 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
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       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
       SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
-      Private="false"
-      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
-      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
 
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Hosting\Server.IntegrationTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.csproj" />
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diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
index 0ee325f5d1a3..b42866c3a78f 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
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       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
       SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
-      Private="false"
-      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
-      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
 
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Hosting\Server.IntegrationTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.csproj" />
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diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj
index 44e4290b7789..5c22eb292e21 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
       Private="false"
       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
       SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
-      Private="false"
-      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
-      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
 
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Hosting\Server.IntegrationTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Shared\BrowserTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.BrowserTesting.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj
index f304a808cacb..fb297bfae7c5 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
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       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
       SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Framework\App.Ref\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj"
-      Private="false"
-      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
-      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
 
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Hosting\Server.IntegrationTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Shared\BrowserTesting\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.BrowserTesting.csproj" />