diff --git a/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Wasm.Performance.Driver.csproj b/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Wasm.Performance.Driver.csproj
index 213ce5a92a..0eef376a86 100644
--- a/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Wasm.Performance.Driver.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Wasm.Performance.Driver.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
-
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
 
+    <HasReferenceAssembly>false</HasReferenceAssembly>
+    <IsProjectReferenceProvider>false</IsProjectReferenceProvider>
+
     <!-- WebDriver is not strong-named, so this test project cannot be strong named either. -->
     <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/TestApp/Wasm.Performance.TestApp.csproj b/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/TestApp/Wasm.Performance.TestApp.csproj
index 3fb5a922a3..3d28c77a21 100644
--- a/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/TestApp/Wasm.Performance.TestApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/TestApp/Wasm.Performance.TestApp.csproj
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
-    <ReferenceBlazorBuildLocally>true</ReferenceBlazorBuildLocally>
     <RazorLangVersion>3.0</RazorLangVersion>
+
+    <HasReferenceAssembly>false</HasReferenceAssembly>
+    <IsProjectReferenceProvider>false</IsProjectReferenceProvider>
+    <ReferenceBlazorBuildLocally>true</ReferenceBlazorBuildLocally>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>