diff --git a/build/artifacts.props b/build/artifacts.props
index dadda8da36..1ce9f32965 100644
--- a/build/artifacts.props
+++ b/build/artifacts.props
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
       <AllMetapackage>false</AllMetapackage>
       <!-- When true, this dependency will be included in the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzers metapackage. -->
       <Analyzer>false</Analyzer>
-      <!-- When true, this dependency will be used to generate a deps.json for hosting startup. -->
-      <HostingStartup>false</HostingStartup>
       <!-- When true, this dependency will be included in the LZMA. -->
       <LZMA>false</LZMA>
       <!--
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Category="ship" LZMA="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzers" Category="shipoob" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" HostingStartup="true" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreModule" Category="noship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.WsFederation" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
-    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" HostingStartup="true" />
+    <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup" Category="ship" AllMetapackage="true" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServicesIntegration" Category="ship" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true"/>
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Buffering" Category="noship" />
     <PackageArtifact Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources" Category="noship" />
diff --git a/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks b/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks
index 110d3be5e2..3bcd44e8f0 100644
--- a/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks
+++ b/build/tasks/RepoTasks.tasks
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.ProcessSharedFrameworkDeps" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.PublishToAzureBlob" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.ReplaceInFile" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.ResolveHostingStartupPackages" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.TrimDeps" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.VerifyCoherentVersions" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="RepoTasks.ResolveSymbolsRecursivePath" AssemblyFile="$(_RepoTaskAssembly)" />
diff --git a/build/tools/templates/HostingStartup/HostingStartup.csproj b/build/tools/templates/HostingStartup/HostingStartup.csproj
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb96336d5..0000000000
--- a/build/tools/templates/HostingStartup/HostingStartup.csproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="$(HostingStartupPackageName)" Version="$(HostingStartupPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="None" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <Target Name="CollectDeps">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <DepsRuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(DepsRuntimeFrameworkVersion)' == ''">$(RuntimeFrameworkVersion)</DepsRuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-      <DestinationDepsFile>$(DepsOutputPath)\$(HostingStartupPackageName)\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\$(DepsRuntimeFrameworkVersion)\$(HostingStartupPackageName).deps.json</DestinationDepsFile>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDepsFilePath)" DestinationFiles="$(DestinationDepsFile)" />
-  </Target>
-</Project>
diff --git a/build/tools/templates/HostingStartup/Program.cs b/build/tools/templates/HostingStartup/Program.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd3c0026c..0000000000
--- a/build/tools/templates/HostingStartup/Program.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
-
-public class Program
-{
-    public static void Main() { }
-}
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