diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj
index 91b1a4b44e..1e3e542bef 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="node_modules\**\*" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Content\**\*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj
index cbf782897c..7f7822e22e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="node_modules\**\*" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Content\**\*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj
index 5d905738c0..730c944494 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="node_modules\**\*" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Content\**\*" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices\Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />