diff --git a/build/artifacts.props b/build/artifacts.props
index 7e7aee437b..db124c8b46 100644
--- a/build/artifacts.props
+++ b/build/artifacts.props
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Elm" Category="noship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Category="noship" Metapackage="false" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Category="noship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Identity.Service" Category="noship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Category="ship" Metapackage="false" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Category="ship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim" Category="ship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
@@ -150,21 +150,23 @@
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Common" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Redis" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Abstractions" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Common.Http" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Http" Category="ship" Metapackage="true" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Common" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Abstractions" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Common.Http" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Http" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
 
-    <!-- SignalR Client and SignalR MsgPack Protocol support are not part of the meta-package -->
+    <!-- SignalR Redis and MsgPack Protocol support are not part of the .App meta-package -->
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Redis" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Protocols.MsgPack" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.MsgPack" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" />
+
+    <!-- SignalR Client support are not part of any meta-packages -->
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client" Category="ship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Core" Category="ship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http" Category="ship" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Protocols.MsgPack" Category="ship" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.MsgPack" Category="ship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.MsgPack" Category="ship" />
 
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
@@ -238,8 +240,8 @@
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Specification.Tests" Category="ship" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Category="noship" Metapackage="false" />
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.Abstractions" Category="noship" Metapackage="false" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Category="noship" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.Abstractions" Category="noship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" />
diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index 4928a6e824..12fd349d86 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -191,9 +191,6 @@
     <Error Text="Invalid configuration of %(PackageArtifact.Identity). PackageArtifact must have the 'Category' metadata."
            Condition="'%(PackageArtifact.Category)' == '' " />
 
-    <Error Text="Invalid configuration of %(PackageArtifact.Identity). Packages marked as Metapackage='true' must be Category='ship'."
-           Condition="'%(PackageArtifact.Category)' != 'ship' AND '%(PackageArtifact.Metapackage)' == 'true' " />
-
     <Error Text="Invalid configuration of %(PackageArtifact.Identity). Packages marked as LZMA='true' must be Category='ship'."
            Condition="'%(PackageArtifact.Category)' != 'ship' AND '%(PackageArtifact.LZMA)' == 'true' " />