diff --git a/src/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets b/src/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets
index 6dbdf8f49a..fbad5a3ff9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     Default values for properties that affect Razor targets to the standard build lifecycle.
   -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RazorCompileOnBuild)'==''">
-    <RazorCompileOnBuild>false</RazorCompileOnBuild>
+    <RazorCompileOnBuild>true</RazorCompileOnBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RazorCompileOnPublish)'==''">
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIncrementalismTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIncrementalismTest.cs
index 75cc832f72..d4639b8c69 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIncrementalismTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIncrementalismTest.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             var thumbprintLookup = new Dictionary<string, FileThumbPrint>();
 
             // Act 1
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             var directoryPath = Path.Combine(result.Project.DirectoryPath, IntermediateOutputPath);
             var filesToIgnore = new[]
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
                 // We want to make sure nothing changed between multiple incremental builds.
                 using (var razorGenDirectoryLock = LockDirectory(RazorIntermediateOutputPath))
                 {
-                    result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+                    result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
                 }
 
                 Assert.BuildPassed(result);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             // Act - 1
             var expectedTagHelperCacheContent = @"""Name"":""SimpleMvc.SimpleTagHelper""";
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
             var file = Path.Combine(Project.DirectoryPath, "SimpleTagHelper.cs");
             var tagHelperOutputCache = Path.Combine(IntermediateOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.TagHelpers.output.cache");
             var generatedFile = Path.Combine(RazorIntermediateOutputPath, "Views", "Home", "Index.cs");
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             // Act - 2
             // Update the source content and build. We should expect the outputs to be regenerated.
             ReplaceContent(string.Empty, file);
-            result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             // Assert - 2
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs
index ecfa3c0f77..c2399f91f7 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
         private async Task Build_SimpleMvc_CanBuildSuccessfully(MSBuildProcessKind msBuildProcessKind)
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true", msBuildProcessKind: msBuildProcessKind);
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", msBuildProcessKind: msBuildProcessKind);
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             Directory.Delete(Path.Combine(Project.DirectoryPath, "Views"), recursive: true);
 
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
         [Fact]
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
-        public async Task Build_SimpleMvc_NoopsWithRazorCompileOnPublish()
+        public async Task Build_SimpleMvc_NoopsWithRazorCompileOnBuild_False()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnPublish=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             // Introducing a C# semantic error
             ReplaceContent("@{ var foo = \"\".Substring(\"bleh\"); }", "Views", "Home", "Index.cshtml");
 
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             Assert.BuildFailed(result);
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimplePages")]
         public async Task Build_Works_WhenFilesAtDifferentPathsHaveSameNamespaceHierarchy()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         public async Task Build_RazorOutputPath_SetToNonDefault()
         {
             var customOutputPath = Path.Combine("bin", Configuration, TargetFramework, "Razor");
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:RazorOutputPath={customOutputPath}");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorOutputPath={customOutputPath}");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         public async Task Build_MvcRazorOutputPath_SetToNonDefault()
         {
             var customOutputPath = Path.Combine("bin", Configuration, TargetFramework, "Razor");
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:MvcRazorOutputPath={customOutputPath}");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:MvcRazorOutputPath={customOutputPath}");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Build_SkipsCopyingBinariesToOutputDirectory_IfCopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory_IsUnset()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory=false");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Build_SkipsCopyingBinariesToOutputDirectory_IfCopyOutputSymbolsToOutputDirectory_IsUnset()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:CopyOutputSymbolsToOutputDirectory=false");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:CopyOutputSymbolsToOutputDirectory=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Build_Works_WhenSymbolsAreNotGenerated()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:DebugType=none");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:DebugType=none");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("AppWithP2PReference", "ClassLibrary")]
         public async Task Build_WithP2P_CopiesRazorAssembly()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             AddProjectFileContent(additionalProjectContent);
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(Project.DirectoryPath, "..", "LinkedDir"));
 
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/t:_IntrospectRazorEmbeddedResources /p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:EmbedRazorGenerateSources=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/t:_IntrospectRazorEmbeddedResources /p:EmbedRazorGenerateSources=true");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs
index 59e95d6805..ef0143eef7 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task RazorSdk_AddsCshtmlFilesToUpToDateCheckInput()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("_IntrospectUpToDateCheckInput", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("_IntrospectUpToDateCheckInput");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.BuildOutputContainsLine(result, $"UpToDateCheckInput: {Path.Combine("Views", "Home", "Index.cshtml")}");
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildServerIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildServerIntegrationTest.cs
index 4c54a0cb11..57645715a3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildServerIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/BuildServerIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             var result = await DotnetMSBuild(
                 "Build", 
-                $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:UseRazorBuildServer=true /p:_RazorBuildServerPipeName={_pipeName} /p:_RazorForceBuildServer=true",
+                $"/p:UseRazorBuildServer=true /p:_RazorBuildServerPipeName={_pipeName} /p:_RazorForceBuildServer=true",
                 msBuildProcessKind: msBuildProcessKind);
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             var result = await DotnetMSBuild(
                 "Build",
-                $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:UseRazorBuildServer=true /p:_RazorBuildServerPipeName={_pipeName} /p:_RazorForceBuildServer=true");
+                $"/p:UseRazorBuildServer=true /p:_RazorBuildServerPipeName={_pipeName} /p:_RazorForceBuildServer=true");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             var result = await DotnetMSBuild(
                 "Build",
-                $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:UseRazorBuildServer=true /p:_RazorBuildServerPipeName={_pipeName} /p:_RazorForceBuildServer=true");
+                $"/p:UseRazorBuildServer=true /p:_RazorBuildServerPipeName={_pipeName} /p:_RazorForceBuildServer=true");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "Whitespace in name.dll");
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/ConfigurationMetadataIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/ConfigurationMetadataIntegrationTest.cs
index cbfafc5041..d406665da3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/ConfigurationMetadataIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/ConfigurationMetadataIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Build_WithMvc_AddsConfigurationMetadata()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Build_WithGenerateRazorAssemblyInfo_False_SuppressesConfigurationMetadata()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:GenerateRazorAssemblyInfo=false");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", "/p:GenerateRazorAssemblyInfo=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             TargetFramework = "netstandard2.0";
 
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build", $"/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Build");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/DesignTimeBuildIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/DesignTimeBuildIntegrationTest.cs
index ab55289280..a98712d2e0 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/DesignTimeBuildIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/DesignTimeBuildIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             // Using Compile here instead of CompileDesignTime because the latter is only defined when using
             // the VS targets. This is a close enough simulation for an SDK project
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Compile", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:DesignTimeBuild=true /clp:PerformanceSummary");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Compile", "/p:DesignTimeBuild=true /clp:PerformanceSummary");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PackIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PackIntegrationTest.cs
index 983e7ea629..d550a1b62b 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PackIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PackIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         public async Task Pack_Works_IncludesRazorAssembly()
         {
             TargetFramework = "netstandard2.0";
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Pack", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Pack");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         public async Task Pack_IncludesRazorFilesAsContent_WhenIncludeRazorContentInPack_IsSet()
         {
             TargetFramework = "netstandard2.0";
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Pack", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:IncludeRazorContentInPack=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Pack", "/p:IncludeRazorContentInPack=true");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
index cab91e9f09..e299c31dec 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
-
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
@@ -32,9 +29,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
         [Fact]
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
-        public async Task Publish_WithRazorCompileOnBuild_PublishesAssembly()
+        public async Task Publish_PublishesAssembly()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -57,7 +54,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_WithRazorCompileOnPublish_PublishesAssembly()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnPublish=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
+
+            Assert.BuildPassed(result);
+
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
+
+            // By default refs and .cshtml files will not be copied on publish
+            Assert.FileCountEquals(result, 0, Path.Combine(PublishOutputPath, "refs"), "*.dll");
+            Assert.FileCountEquals(result, 0, Path.Combine(PublishOutputPath, "Views"), "*.cshtml");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
+        public async Task Publish_WithRazorCompileOnBuildFalse_PublishesAssembly()
+        {
+            // RazorCompileOnBuild is turned off, but RazorCompileOnPublish should still be enabled
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -96,9 +112,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
-
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
@@ -115,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         {
             Directory.Delete(Path.Combine(Project.DirectoryPath, "Views"), recursive: true);
 
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -162,7 +175,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_SkipsCopyingBinariesToOutputDirectory_IfCopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory_IsUnset()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:CopyBuildOutputToPublishDirectory=false");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:CopyBuildOutputToPublishDirectory=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -177,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_SkipsCopyingBinariesToOutputDirectory_IfCopyOutputSymbolsToOutputDirectory_IsUnset()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:CopyOutputSymbolsToPublishDirectory=false");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:CopyOutputSymbolsToPublishDirectory=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -191,7 +204,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_Works_WhenSymbolsAreNotGenerated()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true /p:DebugType=none");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:DebugType=none");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -207,13 +220,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_IncludeCshtmlAndRefAssemblies_CopiesFiles()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnPublish=true /p:CopyRazorGenerateFilesToPublishDirectory=true /p:CopyRefAssembliesToPublishDirectory=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:CopyRazorGenerateFilesToPublishDirectory=true /p:CopyRefAssembliesToPublishDirectory=true");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
-
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
@@ -228,13 +238,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_MvcRazorExcludeFilesFromPublish_False_CopiesFiles()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnPublish=true /p:MvcRazorExcludeViewFilesFromPublish=false /p:MvcRazorExcludeRefAssembliesFromPublish=false");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:MvcRazorExcludeViewFilesFromPublish=false /p:MvcRazorExcludeRefAssembliesFromPublish=false");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
-
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
@@ -249,7 +256,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("AppWithP2PReference", "ClassLibrary")]
         public async Task Publish_WithP2P_AndRazorCompileOnBuild_CopiesRazorAssembly()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnBuild=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
@@ -267,15 +274,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
         [InitializeTestProject("AppWithP2PReference", "ClassLibrary")]
         public async Task Publish_WithP2P_AndRazorCompileOnPublish_CopiesRazorAssembly()
         {
-            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish", "/p:RazorCompileOnPublish=true");
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
 
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "AppWithP2PReference.Views.dll");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "AppWithP2PReference.Views.pdb");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "ClassLibrary.Views.dll");
-            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "ClassLibrary.Views.pdb");
-
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "AppWithP2PReference.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "AppWithP2PReference.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "AppWithP2PReference.Views.dll");