diff --git a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
index 59d369955e..6617dae938 100644
--- a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.0'">
     <Compile Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.netcoreapp3.0.cs" />
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Identity.Stores"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational"  />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
index a6bb3b58ee..41ea281e96 100644
--- a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Identity.Stores" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj b/src/MusicStore/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
index 7310b2d2c7..682cc74754 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
+++ b/src/MusicStore/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Twitter" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys" />