diff --git a/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/RequestThrottlingSample.csproj b/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/RequestThrottlingSample.csproj
index aba86dfadf..0f80e6516a 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/RequestThrottlingSample.csproj
+++ b/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/RequestThrottlingSample.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" />
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.RequestThrottling" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/Startup.cs b/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/Startup.cs
index 8f0ba344c6..95a94be56d 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Middleware/RequestThrottling/sample/Startup.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;