diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index 0758b39d66..66de21a070 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
     <Message Text="Removing %(_CleanupFiles.Identity)" Importance="High" />
     <RemoveDir Directories="@(_CleanupFiles)" />
 
-    <!-- Workaround for nuget filtering out .nupkg files by default -->
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(ArtifactDependencyLocation)\%(BundledTemplate.Identity).%(Version).nupkg" DestinationFiles="$(SiteExtensionWorkingDirectory)\sdk\$(_SdkVersion)\Templates\%(BundledTemplate.Identity).%(Version).nupkg_" />
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(ArtifactDependencyLocation)\nuGetPackagesArchive-$(PackageVersion).lzma" DestinationFiles="$(SiteExtensionWorkingDirectory)\sdk\$(_SdkVersion)\nuGetPackagesArchive.lzma" />
-
     <UnzipArchive File="$(ArtifactDependencyLocation)\aspnetcore-runtime-internal-$(PackageVersion)-win-x86.zip" Destination="$(SiteExtensionWorkingDirectory)" Overwrite="true" />
     <UnzipArchive File="%(RuntimeArchiveItems.Identity)" Destination="$(SiteExtensionWorkingDirectory)" Condition="'$(RuntimeArchives)' != ''" Overwrite="true" />
     <UnzipArchive File="%(DotNetCacheArchiveItems.Identity)" Destination="$(SiteExtensionWorkingDirectory)DotNetCache" Condition="'$(DotNetCacheArchives)' != ''" Overwrite="true" />
@@ -80,7 +76,8 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="BuildSiteExtension" DependsOnTargets="_CleanSiteExtension;ComposeSiteExtensions;_AddSiteExtensionSdk;InstallDotNet">
-
+    <!-- Strip LZMA from sdk -->
+    <Delete Files="$(SiteExtensionWorkingDirectory)\sdk\$(_SdkVersion)\nuGetPackagesArchive.lzma" />
     <MSBuild Projects="%(SiteExtensions.Identity)"
       Targets="Restore"
       Properties="BuildNumber=$(BuildNumber)" />
diff --git a/extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Runtime.SiteExtension/applicationHost.xdt b/extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Runtime.SiteExtension/applicationHost.xdt
index 463eb907ad..a1d7b34a90 100644
--- a/extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Runtime.SiteExtension/applicationHost.xdt
+++ b/extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Runtime.SiteExtension/applicationHost.xdt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <runtime xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing" >
         <environmentVariables xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing">
           <add name="PATH" value="%XDT_EXTENSIONPATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.dotnet\tools;%PATH%" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing"  />
-          <add name="DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE" value="0" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing"  />
+          <add name="DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE" value="1" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing"  />
         </environmentVariables>
       </runtime>
     </system.webServer>