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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.xproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.xproj
index d7e8b6e399..76759fe09d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.xproj
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index 815bc0ce57..c9ee60244a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Abstractions.xproj
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices.xproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices.xproj
index ef34852e4d..0649fe3248 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices.xproj
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.xproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.xproj
index 9c87bfc28c..9c61584a4c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.xproj
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing.xproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing.xproj
index 6d890ba4ec..44decadc7d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing.xproj
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.xproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.xproj
index 947a955cd1..3e687d5008 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.xproj
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.xproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.xproj
index bf87141b0e..cfc58917c8 100644
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