diff --git a/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets b/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets
index e65dcf08d4..e11ead7af3 100644
--- a/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets
+++ b/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <_TemplateFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\HostingStartup\*.cs*" />
-      <_TemplateFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\HostingStartup\PublicAPI.*.txt*" />
       <!--
         Always use Major.Minor.0 so that if we have to produce a new SiteExtension during a patch build it will still work for non-patch runtimes.
         i.e. 3.0.0 dotnet will search for 3.0.0 and below and wouldn't find a 3.0.1 folder path