diff --git a/ep_gui/ep_gui.vcxproj b/ep_gui/ep_gui.vcxproj
index b2fb940f8..a6ac04f16 100644
--- a/ep_gui/ep_gui.vcxproj
+++ b/ep_gui/ep_gui.vcxproj
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
-    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
@@ -151,7 +149,6 @@
     <ResourceCompile Include="..\ExplorerPatcher-L10N\resources\lang\ep_gui.*.rc" Condition="Exists('..\ExplorerPatcher-L10N\resources\lang')" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="resources\settings.reg" />
     <None Include="resources\settings10.reg" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -170,7 +167,5 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240405.15\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
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