diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f39f1a789e..0000000000
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
-using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tasks
-{
-    public class GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath : Task
-    {
-        [Required]
-        public string BasePath { get; set; }
-
-        [Output]
-        public string SafeBasePath { get; set; }
-
-        public override bool Execute()
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(BasePath))
-            {
-                Log.LogError($"Base path '{BasePath ?? "(null)"}' must contain non-whitespace characters.");
-                return !Log.HasLoggedErrors;
-            }
-
-            var safeBasePath = BasePath
-                .Replace(" ", "")
-                .Replace(".", "")
-                .ToLowerInvariant();
-
-            if (safeBasePath == "")
-            {
-                Log.LogError($"Base path '{BasePath}' must contain non '.' characters.");
-                return !Log.HasLoggedErrors;
-            }
-            SafeBasePath = safeBasePath;
-
-            return !Log.HasLoggedErrors;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor.StaticWebAssets.targets b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor.StaticWebAssets.targets
index d30d7946ec..e6b23f2802 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor.StaticWebAssets.targets
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor.StaticWebAssets.targets
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     AssemblyFile="$(RazorSdkBuildTasksAssembly)"
     Condition="'$(RazorSdkBuildTasksAssembly)' != ''" />
 
-  <UsingTask
-    TaskName="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tasks.GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath"
-    AssemblyFile="$(RazorSdkBuildTasksAssembly)"
-    Condition="'$(RazorSdkBuildTasksAssembly)' != ''" />
-
   <UsingTask
     TaskName="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tasks.GenerateStaticWebAsssetsPropsFile"
     AssemblyFile="$(RazorSdkBuildTasksAssembly)"
@@ -220,23 +215,8 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
     <!-- StaticWebAssets from the current project -->
 
-    <!-- Computes a default safe base path from the $(PackageId) that will be a prefix
-         to all the resources being exported from this library by default. The convention
-         consists of removing intermediate whitespaces, dots and lower casing all letters
-         in the package id using an invariant culture.
-
-         We don't aim to handle all possible cases for this prefix, as it can get really
-         complicated (non-unicode characters for example), so for that case,
-         StaticWebAssetBasePath can be set explicitly and we won't interfere.
-    -->
-    <GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath
-      BasePath="$(PackageId)"
-      Condition="'$(StaticWebAssetBasePath)' == ''">
-      <Output TaskParameter="SafeBasePath" PropertyName="_StaticWebAssetSafeBasePath" />
-    </GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath>
-
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <StaticWebAssetBasePath Condition="$(StaticWebAssetBasePath) == ''">_content/$(_StaticWebAssetSafeBasePath)</StaticWebAssetBasePath>
+      <StaticWebAssetBasePath Condition="$(StaticWebAssetBasePath) == ''">_content/$(PackageId)</StaticWebAssetBasePath>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePathTest.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePathTest.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a927fc155..0000000000
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePathTest.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
-using Moq;
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tasks
-{
-    public class GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePathTest
-    {
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData(null)]
-        [InlineData("")]
-        [InlineData(" ")]
-        [InlineData("   ")]
-        public void ReturnsError_WhenBasePath_DoesNotContainNonWhitespaceCharacters(string basePath)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var expectedError = $"Base path '{basePath ?? "(null)"}' must contain non-whitespace characters.";
-
-            var errorMessages = new List<string>();
-            var buildEngine = new Mock<IBuildEngine>();
-            buildEngine.Setup(e => e.LogErrorEvent(It.IsAny<BuildErrorEventArgs>()))
-                .Callback<BuildErrorEventArgs>(args => errorMessages.Add(args.Message));
-
-            var task = new GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath
-            {
-                BuildEngine = buildEngine.Object,
-                BasePath = basePath
-            };
-
-            // Act
-            var result = task.Execute();
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
-            var message = Assert.Single(errorMessages);
-            Assert.Equal(expectedError, message);
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData(".")]
-        [InlineData("..")]
-        [InlineData(". ")]
-        [InlineData(" .")]
-        [InlineData(" . ")]
-        [InlineData(". .")]
-        public void ReturnsError_WhenSafeBasePath_MapsToTheEmptyString(string basePath)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var expectedError = $"Base path '{basePath}' must contain non '.' characters.";
-
-            var errorMessages = new List<string>();
-            var buildEngine = new Mock<IBuildEngine>();
-            buildEngine.Setup(e => e.LogErrorEvent(It.IsAny<BuildErrorEventArgs>()))
-                .Callback<BuildErrorEventArgs>(args => errorMessages.Add(args.Message));
-
-            var task = new GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath
-            {
-                BuildEngine = buildEngine.Object,
-                BasePath = basePath
-            };
-
-            // Act
-            var result = task.Execute();
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
-            var message = Assert.Single(errorMessages);
-            Assert.Equal(expectedError, message);
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData("Identity", "identity")]
-        [InlineData("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity", "microsoftaspnetcoreidentity")]
-        public void ReturnsSafeBasePath_WhenBasePath_ContainsUnsafeCharacters(string basePath, string expectedSafeBasePath)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var task = new GetDefaultStaticWebAssetsBasePath
-            {
-                BuildEngine = Mock.Of<IBuildEngine>(),
-                BasePath = basePath
-            };
-
-            // Act
-            var result = task.Execute();
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.True(result);
-            Assert.Equal(expectedSafeBasePath, task.SafeBasePath);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/StaticWebAssetsIntegrationTest.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/StaticWebAssetsIntegrationTest.cs
index 4d96d43b55..0e3497a483 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/StaticWebAssetsIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/StaticWebAssetsIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.v4.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary2", "css", "site.css"));
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary2", "js", "project-direct-dep.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "packagelibrarydirectdependency", "css", "site.css"));
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "packagelibrarydirectdependency", "js", "pkg-direct-dep.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "packagelibrarytransitivedependency", "js", "pkg-transitive-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.v4.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary2", "css", "site.css"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary2", "js", "project-direct-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "PackageLibraryDirectDependency", "css", "site.css"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "PackageLibraryDirectDependency", "js", "pkg-direct-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "PackageLibraryTransitiveDependency", "js", "pkg-transitive-dep.js"));
 
             // Validate that static web assets don't get published as content too on their regular path
             Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "js", "project-transitive-dep.js"));
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(publish);
 
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.v4.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary2", "css", "site.css"));
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "classlibrary2", "js", "project-direct-dep.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "packagelibrarydirectdependency", "css", "site.css"));
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "packagelibrarydirectdependency", "js", "pkg-direct-dep.js"));
-            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "packagelibrarytransitivedependency", "js", "pkg-transitive-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary", "js", "project-transitive-dep.v4.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary2", "css", "site.css"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "ClassLibrary2", "js", "project-direct-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "PackageLibraryDirectDependency", "css", "site.css"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "PackageLibraryDirectDependency", "js", "pkg-direct-dep.js"));
+            Assert.FileExists(publish, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("wwwroot", "_content", "PackageLibraryTransitiveDependency", "js", "pkg-transitive-dep.js"));
         }
 
 
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             };
 
             return $@"<StaticWebAssets Version=""1.0"">
-  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/classlibrary"" Path=""{projects[2]}"" />
-  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/classlibrary2"" Path=""{projects[3]}"" />
-  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/packagelibrarydirectdependency"" Path=""{projects[1]}"" />
-  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/packagelibrarytransitivedependency"" Path=""{projects[0]}"" />
+  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/ClassLibrary"" Path=""{projects[2]}"" />
+  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/ClassLibrary2"" Path=""{projects[3]}"" />
+  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/PackageLibraryDirectDependency"" Path=""{projects[1]}"" />
+  <ContentRoot BasePath=""_content/PackageLibraryTransitiveDependency"" Path=""{projects[0]}"" />
 </StaticWebAssets>";
         }
     }