diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index 3e226726b5..8be9e67790 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -32,34 +32,11 @@
     <MakeDir Directories="$(BuildDir);$(LineupBuildDir)" />
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="_ReadArtifactDependencyPackages" Condition=" '$(_DependencyPackagesDirectory)' != '' ">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <_DependencyPackagesDirectory>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory($(_DependencyPackagesDirectory)))</_DependencyPackagesDirectory>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_DependencyPackageFiles Include="$(_DependencyPackagesDirectory)*.nupkg" Exclude="$(_DependencyPackagesDirectory)*.symbols.nupkg" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <RepoTasks.ReadPackageIdentity PackageFiles="@(_DependencyPackageFiles)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="PackageDefinitions" ItemName="ArtifactDependency" />
-    </RepoTasks.ReadPackageIdentity>
-  </Target>
-
-  <Target Name="GenerateLineup" DependsOnTargets="_GenerateBuildGraph;_ReadArtifactDependencyPackages">
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_Dependency Remove="@(_Dependency)" />
-
-      <!-- order matters. It defines the precendence of what ends up in the lineup. -->
-      <_Dependency Include="@(PackagesProduced)" />
-      <_Dependency Include="@(ExternalDependency)" Exclude="@(_Dependency)"  />
-      <_Dependency Include="@(ArtifactDependency)" Exclude="@(_Dependency)" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
+  <Target Name="GenerateLineup" DependsOnTargets="_GenerateBuildGraph">
     <PackNuSpec NuSpecPath="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\lineups\Internal.AspNetCore.Universe.Lineup.nuspec"
                 DestinationFolder="$(LineupBuildDir)"
                 Properties="version=$(Version)"
-                Dependencies="@(_Dependency)">
+                Dependencies="@(PackagesProduced);@(ExternalDependency)">
       <Output TaskParameter="Packages" ItemName="LineupPackage" />
     </PackNuSpec>
   </Target>
diff --git a/build/tasks/ReadPackageIdentity.cs b/build/tasks/ReadPackageIdentity.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 354a226422..0000000000
--- a/build/tasks/ReadPackageIdentity.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
-using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-using NuGet.Packaging;
-
-namespace RepoTasks
-{
-    public class ReadPackageIdentity : Task
-    {
-        [Required]
-        public ITaskItem[] PackageFiles { get; set; }
-
-        [Output]
-        public ITaskItem[] PackageDefinitions { get; set; }
-
-        public override bool Execute()
-        {
-            PackageDefinitions = PackageFiles.Select(item =>
-            {
-                using (var package = new PackageArchiveReader(item.ItemSpec))
-                {
-                    var identity = package.GetIdentity();
-                    var packageItem = new TaskItem(identity.Id);
-                    packageItem.SetMetadata("Version", identity.Version.ToString());
-                    return packageItem;
-                }
-            })
-            .ToArray();
-
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks b/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks
index bc0262b318..6e18f84994 100644
--- a/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks
+++ b/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.CalculateBuildGraph" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.PinVersions" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.ReadPackageIdentity" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
 </Project>