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 e83d89a7f2..d30d7946ec 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
@@ -182,11 +182,6 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
       <!-- This is the list of inputs that will be used for generating the manifest used during development. -->
     <ItemGroup>
-      <EmbeddedResource Condition="'@(_ExternalStaticWebAsset->Count())' != '0'"
-        Include="$(_GeneratedStaticWebAssetsDevelopmentManifest)"
-        LogicalName="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticWebAssets.xml" />
-
-      <!-- Include it as content as we plan to avoid using an embedded file for the manifest -->
       <Content
         Include="$(_GeneratedStaticWebAssetsDevelopmentManifest)"
         Condition="'@(_ExternalStaticWebAsset->Count())' != '0'"
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/Assert.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/Assert.cs
index 3676f093e6..9f4b6bfe30 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/Assert.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/Assert.cs
@@ -345,58 +345,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             }
         }
 
-        public static Stream ContainsEmbeddedResource(string assemblyPath, string resourceName)
-        {
-            var stream = ExtractEmbeddedResource(assemblyPath, resourceName);
-            Assert.NotNull(stream);
-
-            return stream;
-        }
-
-        public static void DoesNotContainEmbeddedResource(string assemblyPath, string resourceName)
-        {
-            var stream = ExtractEmbeddedResource(assemblyPath, resourceName);
-            Assert.Null(stream);
-        }
-
-        private static Stream ExtractEmbeddedResource(string path, string expectedResourceName)
-        {
-            using (var peStream = File.OpenRead(path))
-            {
-                using (var peReader = new PEReader(peStream))
-                {
-                    var mdReader = peReader.GetMetadataReader();
-
-                    foreach (var resourceHandle in mdReader.ManifestResources)
-                    {
-                        var resource = mdReader.GetManifestResource(resourceHandle);
-
-                        if (!resource.Implementation.IsNil)
-                        {
-                            continue; // resource is not embedded.
-                        }
-
-                        var resourceName = mdReader.GetString(resource.Name);
-                        if (!string.Equals(expectedResourceName, resourceName))
-                        {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-
-                        // We are not taking resource.Offset into account here.
-                        // We currently only have the casuistic that we are embedding a single resource.
-                        // If that changes we'll have to change this test code, but as its hard we won't do it for now.
-                        var resourcesSection = peReader.GetSectionData(peReader.PEHeaders.CorHeader.ResourcesDirectory.RelativeVirtualAddress);
-                        var resourcesReader = resourcesSection.GetReader();
-                        var resourceSizeInBytes = resourcesReader.ReadInt32();
-                        var resourceBytes = resourcesReader.ReadBytes(resourceSizeInBytes);
-                        return new MemoryStream(resourceBytes, writable: false);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
         public static void NuspecContains(MSBuildResult result, string nuspecPath, string expected)
         {
             if (result == null)
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 f8afa92f24..4d96d43b55 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/StaticWebAssetsIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/StaticWebAssetsIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -54,14 +54,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             }
 
             var path = Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "AppWithPackageAndP2PReference.dll");
-            var assembly = Assert.ContainsEmbeddedResource(path, "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticWebAssets.xml");
-            using (var reader = new StreamReader(assembly))
-            {
-                var data = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
-                Output.WriteLine("Manifest:");
-                Output.WriteLine(data);
-                Assert.Equal(expectedManifest, data);
-            }
+            var manifest = Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "AppWithPackageAndP2PReference.StaticWebAssets.xml");
+            var data = File.ReadAllText(manifest);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedManifest, data);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -124,7 +119,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.StaticWebAssets.xml");
 
             var path = Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
-            Assert.DoesNotContainEmbeddedResource(path, "SimpleMvc.StaticWebAssets.xml");
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -190,12 +184,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             }
 
             var path = Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "AppWithPackageAndP2PReference.dll");
-            var assembly = Assert.ContainsEmbeddedResource(path, "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticWebAssets.xml");
-            using (var reader = new StreamReader(assembly))
-            {
-                var data = reader.ReadToEnd();
-                Assert.Equal(expectedManifest, data);
-            }
+            var manifest = Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "AppWithPackageAndP2PReference.StaticWebAssets.xml");
+            var data = File.ReadAllText(manifest);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedManifest, data);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -274,6 +265,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
     public class PackageTestProjectsFixture
     {
+        private const int MaxPackRetries = 3;
+        private const int MaxPackTimeoutInMinutes = 5;
+
         private bool _packed;
 
         internal async Task PackAsync(ITestOutputHelper output)
@@ -305,12 +299,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
                     RedirectStandardError = true
                 };
 
-                var result = await MSBuildProcessManager.RunProcessCoreAsync(
-                    psi,
-                    TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2));
+                for (int i = 0; i < MaxPackRetries; i++)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var result = await MSBuildProcessManager.RunProcessCoreAsync(
+                            psi,
+                            TimeSpan.FromMinutes(MaxPackTimeoutInMinutes));
 
-                output.WriteLine(result.Output);
-                Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+                        output.WriteLine(result.Output);
+                        Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    catch
+                    {
+                        await Task.Delay(1000);
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             _packed = true;