diff --git a/eng/helix/helix.proj b/eng/helix/helix.proj
index b905693145..250b2fb9b2 100644
--- a/eng/helix/helix.proj
+++ b/eng/helix/helix.proj
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
     <HelixBuild>private-$(USERNAME)</HelixBuild>
     <HelixBuild Condition=" '$(USERNAME)' == '' ">private-$(USER)</HelixBuild>
     <IsExternal>true</IsExternal>
-    <SkipInvalidConfigurations>true</SkipInvalidConfigurations>
     <MaxRetryCount Condition="'$(MaxRetryCount)' == ''">2</MaxRetryCount>
     <HelixAccessToken Condition="'$(_UseHelixOpenQueues)' != 'true'">$(HelixApiAccessToken)</HelixAccessToken>
+
+    <!-- Copied from Microsoft.NET.DefaultOutputPaths.targets in the .NET SDK. The Helix SDK contains nothing similar. -->
+    <BaseOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseOutputPath)' == ''">bin\</BaseOutputPath>
+    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)' == '' and '$(PlatformName)' == 'AnyCPU'">$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)' == '' and '$(PlatformName)' != 'AnyCPU'">$(BaseOutputPath)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(ContinuousIntegrationBuild)' == 'true' ">