diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index bdf0061a6..492d45001 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
     <!-- Opt back out until an SDK with the fix for https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12177 is generally available. -->
     <RestoreUseStaticGraphEvaluation>false</RestoreUseStaticGraphEvaluation>
 
-    <!-- This entire repo has just one version.json file, so compute the version once and share with all projects in a large build. -->
-    <GitVersionBaseDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</GitVersionBaseDirectory>
-
     <!-- Local builds should embed PDBs so we never lose them when a subsequent build occurs. -->
     <DebugType Condition=" '$(CI)' != 'true' and '$(TF_BUILD)' != 'true' ">embedded</DebugType>