diff --git a/eng/BeforeTargetFrameworkInference.targets b/eng/BeforeTargetFrameworkInference.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92adb5df63538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/BeforeTargetFrameworkInference.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-'))">
+    <_OriginalTargetFramework>$(TargetFramework)</_OriginalTargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworkSuffix>$(TargetFramework.SubString($([MSBuild]::Add($(TargetFramework.IndexOf('-')), 1))))</TargetFrameworkSuffix>
+    <TargetFramework>$(TargetFramework.SubString(0, $(TargetFramework.IndexOf('-'))))</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RefPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(RefRootPath)', '$(TargetFramework)'))</RefPath>  
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisDirectory)targetframeworksuffix.props" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' == 'true'" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IntermediateOutputPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)', '$(TargetFramework)-$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)-$(Configuration)'))</IntermediateOutputPath>
+    <IntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)', '$(TargetFramework)-$(Configuration)'))</IntermediateOutputPath>
+    <!-- setting the output paths -->
+    <OutputPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(BaseOutputPath)', '$(TargetFramework)-$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)-$(Configuration)'))</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(BaseOutputPath)', '$(TargetFramework)-$(Configuration)'))</OutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.props b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.props
index 1f9897bd036ab..a86add4cad990 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.props
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <BeforeTargetFrameworkInferenceTargets>$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)BeforeTargetFrameworkInference.targets</BeforeTargetFrameworkInferenceTargets>
     <ToolSetCommonDirectory>$(RepoRoot)artifacts\toolset\Common\</ToolSetCommonDirectory>
     <IsSourceProject>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::IsMatch($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), 'src%24'))</IsSourceProject>
     <IsReferenceAssembly Condition="'$(IsReferenceAssembly)' == '' and ($(MSBuildProjectFullPath.Contains('\ref\')) or $(MSBuildProjectFullPath.Contains('/ref/')))">true</IsReferenceAssembly> 
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@
     <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(IsReferenceAssembly)' == 'true'">$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsObjDir)', '$(MSBuildProjectName)', 'ref'))</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
     <BaseOutputPath Condition="'$(IsReferenceAssembly)' == 'true'">$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(AssemblyBinDirOutputPath)', 'ref'))</BaseOutputPath>    
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisDirectory)targetframework.props" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'" />
+
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisDirectory)targetframeworksuffix.props" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Always pass portable to override arcade sdk which uses embedded for local builds -->
diff --git a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
index cc509afb3947d..7c2f62de0a78f 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     <StrongNameKeyId Condition="'$(IsTestProject)' == 'true' or '$(IsTestSupportProject)' == 'true'">$(TestStrongNameKeyId)</StrongNameKeyId>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisDirectory)intellisense.targets" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)resources.targets" />
   <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" />
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/intellisense.targets b/src/libraries/intellisense.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 18a96aed6ea61..0000000000000
--- a/src/libraries/intellisense.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <!-- We are reseting the target framework, so we need to reset the properties derived by the sdk
-    eg TargetFrameworkIdentifier, TargetFrameworkVersion. In order to do that we are copying the sdk
-    parsing code https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/blob/master/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets#L47
-  -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_UnsupportedTargetFrameworkError></_UnsupportedTargetFrameworkError>
-    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier></TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion></TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <TargetFrameworkMoniker></TargetFrameworkMoniker>
-    <NuGetTargetMoniker></NuGetTargetMoniker>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-'))">
-    <_OriginalTargetFramework>$(TargetFramework)</_OriginalTargetFramework>
-    <TargetFrameworkSuffix>$(TargetFramework.SubString($([MSBuild]::Add($(TargetFramework.IndexOf('-')), 1))))</TargetFrameworkSuffix>
-    <TargetFramework>$(TargetFramework.SubString(0, $(TargetFramework.IndexOf('-'))))</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <RefPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(RefRootPath)', '$(TargetFramework)'))</RefPath>  
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- Split $(TargetFramework) (e.g. net45) into short identifier and short version (e.g. 'net' and '45'). -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != '' and !$(TargetFramework.Contains(',')) and !$(TargetFramework.Contains('+'))">
-   <_ShortFrameworkIdentifier>$(TargetFramework.TrimEnd('.0123456789'))</_ShortFrameworkIdentifier>
-   <_ShortFrameworkVersion>$(TargetFramework.Substring($(_ShortFrameworkIdentifier.Length)))</_ShortFrameworkVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- Versions with dots are taken as is and just given leading 'v'. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' == '' and '$(_ShortFrameworkVersion)' != '' and $(_ShortFrameworkVersion.Contains('.'))">
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v$(_ShortFrameworkVersion)</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- Versions with no dots and up to 3 characters get leading 'v' and implicit dots between characters. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' == '' and '$(_ShortFrameworkVersion)' != ''">
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion Condition="$(_ShortFrameworkVersion.Length) == 1">v$(_ShortFrameworkVersion[0]).0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion Condition="$(_ShortFrameworkVersion.Length) == 2">v$(_ShortFrameworkVersion[0]).$(_ShortFrameworkVersion[1])</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion Condition="$(_ShortFrameworkVersion.Length) == 3">v$(_ShortFrameworkVersion[0]).$(_ShortFrameworkVersion[1]).$(_ShortFrameworkVersion[2])</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  
-  <!-- Map short name to long name. See earlier comment for example of how to work with identifiers that are not recognized here. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == ''">
-    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier Condition="'$(_ShortFrameworkIdentifier)' == 'netstandard'">.NETStandard</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier Condition="'$(_ShortFrameworkIdentifier)' == 'netcoreapp'">.NETCoreApp</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-    
-    <!-- The meaning of "net" as a short framework name depends on the version.  If it's 4.x or less, it means .NETFramework.
-         If the version is 5.0 or higher, then "net" means .NET 5.0 and on, which is the evolution of .NET Core, and uses
-         the .NETCoreApp TargetFrameworkIdentifier. -->
-    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier Condition="'$(_ShortFrameworkIdentifier)' == 'net' And
-                                          $([MSBuild]::VersionLessThan($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '5.0'))">.NETFramework</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier Condition="'$(_ShortFrameworkIdentifier)' == 'net' And
-                                          $([MSBuild]::VersionGreaterThanOrEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '5.0'))">.NETCoreApp</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- 
-    Trigger an error if we're unable to infer the framework identifier and version. 
-    We have to evaluate this here and not in the target because by the time the target runs,
-    Microsoft.Common.targets will have defaulted to .NETFramework,Version=v4.0
-  -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '' or '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' == ''">
-    <_UnsupportedTargetFrameworkError>true</_UnsupportedTargetFrameworkError>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisDirectory)targetframework.props" />
-  
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '' and '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' != ''">
-    <TargetFrameworkMoniker Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkMoniker)' == '' and '$([System.String]::IsNullOrWhitespace($(TargetFrameworkProfile)))' != 'true'">$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier),Version=$(TargetFrameworkVersion),Profile=$(TargetFrameworkProfile)</TargetFrameworkMoniker>
-    <TargetFrameworkMoniker Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkMoniker)' == ''">$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier),Version=$(TargetFrameworkVersion)</TargetFrameworkMoniker>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- Note that the assets.cache file has contents that are unique to the current TFM and configuration and therefore cannot
-         be stored in a shared directory next to the assets.json file -->
-    <ProjectAssetsCacheFile Condition="'$(ProjectAssetsCacheFile)' == ''">$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(MSBuildProjectName).assets.cache</ProjectAssetsCacheFile>
-    <ProjectAssetsCacheFile>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), $(ProjectAssetsCacheFile)))</ProjectAssetsCacheFile>
-    <NuGetTargetMoniker>$(TargetFrameworkMoniker)</NuGetTargetMoniker>
-    <!-- We change the default value of the output path set by the sdk in our targetframework.props file.
-         We need to update the properties derived from the output path in order to reflect the change.
-         TargetPath is one of such property. -->
-    <TargetPath>$(OutputPath)$(TargetFileName)</TargetPath>
-    <OutDir>$(OutputPath)</OutDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/targetframework.props b/src/libraries/targetframeworksuffix.props
similarity index 81%
rename from src/libraries/targetframework.props
rename to src/libraries/targetframeworksuffix.props
index 3ee83b5d4aabf..2f427328fd5fd 100644
--- a/src/libraries/targetframework.props
+++ b/src/libraries/targetframeworksuffix.props
@@ -74,12 +74,4 @@
       </PropertyGroup>
     </When>
   </Choose>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <IntermediateOutputPath>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)-$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)-$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
-    <IntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)' == ''">$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)-$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
-    <!-- setting the output paths -->
-    <OutputPath>$(BaseOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)-$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)-$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
-    <OutputPath Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkSuffix)' == ''">$(BaseOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)-$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
 </Project>