diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props
index f468e9caa7..0a9aed20e5 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**\jspm_packages\**;jspm_packages\**</DefaultItemExcludes>
     <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**\bower_components\**;bower_components\**</DefaultItemExcludes>
     <DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes);wwwroot\**</DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>
-    <DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes);**\launchSettings.json</DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true' And '$(EnableDefaultContentItems)' == 'true' ">
@@ -32,14 +31,14 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     <Content Include="**\*.config" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
     <Content Include="**\*.json" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
 
-    <!-- Set CopyToPublishDirectory to Never for items under AppDesignerFolder ("Properties", by default) to avoid publishing launchSettings.json -->
-    <Content Update="$(AppDesignerFolder)\**" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" Condition="'$(AppDesignerFolder)' != ''"/>   
+    <!-- Set CopyToOutputDirectory & CopyToPublishDirectory to Never for items under AppDesignerFolder ("Properties", by default) to avoid copying launchSettings.json to the build or publish directory -->
+    <Content Update="$(AppDesignerFolder)\**" CopyToOutputDirectory="Never" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" Condition="'$(AppDesignerFolder)' != ''"/>
 
     <!-- Remove Content items from other item types (in a way that CPS understands) -->
     <None Remove="wwwroot\**;**\*.json;**\*.config" />
     <Compile Remove="wwwroot\**" />
     <EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\**" />
-    
+
     <!-- Keep track of the default content items for later to distinguish them from newly generated content items -->
     <!-- It's important to keep this here so that it works well with the Web SDK -->
     <_ContentIncludedByDefault Include="@(Content)" />
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs
index bdc08000c1..87e4fb3d2a 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/BuildIntrospectionTest.cs
@@ -194,5 +194,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
             Assert.BuildOutputContainsLine(result, "UpToDateReloadFileTypes: ;.cs;.razor;.resx;");
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
+        public async Task IntrospectJsonContentFiles()
+        {
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("_IntrospectContentItems");
+
+            Assert.BuildPassed(result);
+            Assert.BuildOutputContainsLine(result, "Content: Properties\\launchSettings.json CopyToOutputDirectory=Never CopyToPublishDirectory=Never ExcludeFromSingleFile=true");
+            Assert.BuildOutputContainsLine(result, "Content: appsettings.json CopyToOutputDirectory=PreserveNewest CopyToPublishDirectory=PreserveNewest ExcludeFromSingleFile=true");
+            Assert.BuildOutputContainsLine(result, "Content: appsettings.Development.json CopyToOutputDirectory=PreserveNewest CopyToPublishDirectory=PreserveNewest ExcludeFromSingleFile=true");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Razor/test/testassets/RazorTest.Introspection.targets b/src/Razor/test/testassets/RazorTest.Introspection.targets
index 516abc8388..c3fca78317 100644
--- a/src/Razor/test/testassets/RazorTest.Introspection.targets
+++ b/src/Razor/test/testassets/RazorTest.Introspection.targets
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@
   <Target Name="_IntrospectUpToDateReloadFileTypes">
     <Message Text="UpToDateReloadFileTypes: $(UpToDateReloadFileTypes)" Importance="High" />
   </Target>
+
+  <Target Name="_IntrospectContentItems">
+    <Message Text="Content: %(Content.Identity) CopyToOutputDirectory=%(Content.CopyToOutputDirectory) CopyToPublishDirectory=%(Content.CopyToPublishDirectory) ExcludeFromSingleFile=%(Content.ExcludeFromSingleFile)" Importance="High" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>