diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 52cf9d715a..c31b6f65b6 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Versioning settings">
     <!-- The 'human friendly' version to display in installers. In pre-release builds, this might be "2.0.7 Preview 2 Build 12356". In final builds, it should be "2.0.7" -->
-    <BrandingVersionSuffix />
-    <BrandingVersionSuffix Condition="$(IncludePreReleaseLabelInPackageVersion)">$(PreReleaseBrandingLabel) Build $(VersionSuffix)</BrandingVersionSuffix>
+    <BrandingVersionSuffix>$(PreReleaseBrandingLabel) Build $(VersionSuffix)</BrandingVersionSuffix>
     <PackageBrandingVersion>$(VersionPrefix)</PackageBrandingVersion>
     <PackageBrandingVersion Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' != '' ">$(PackageBrandingVersion) $(BrandingVersionSuffix.Trim())</PackageBrandingVersion>
 
-    <SiteExtensionSuffix>$(VersionSuffix.Replace('.','-'))</SiteExtensionSuffix>
-    <SiteExtensionPackageVersion>$(VersionPrefix)-$(SiteExtensionSuffix)</SiteExtensionPackageVersion>
+    <SiteExtensionSuffix>$(VersionPrefix)</SiteExtensionSuffix>
+    <SiteExtensionPackageVersion Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' != '' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix.Replace('.','-'))</SiteExtensionPackageVersion>
 
-    <OriginalPackageVersion>$(Version)</OriginalPackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition=" '$(PackageVersion)' == '' ">$(Version)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition=" '$(NoSemVer20)' == 'true' ">$(SiteExtensionPackageVersion)</PackageVersion>
     <SharedFxVersion>$(PackageVersion)</SharedFxVersion>
diff --git a/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj b/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj
index ec6512acc9..cae245955b 100644
--- a/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj
+++ b/src/SiteExtensions/LoggingBranch/LB.csproj
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
     <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
     <IncludeSymbols>false</IncludeSymbols>
     <NoSemVer20>true</NoSemVer20>
+    <IsShippingPackage>false</IsShippingPackage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <HostingStartupRuntimeStoreTargets Include="netcoreapp3.0" Runtime="$(TargetRuntimeIdentifier)" />
-    <HostingStartupPackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup" Version="$(OriginalPackageVersion)" />
 
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Framework\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
@@ -31,4 +31,17 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <!-- Cannot assume this project and Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup have the same package version. -->
+  <Target Name="_GetHostingStartupPackageReference" BeforeTargets="GenerateHostingStartupDeps">
+    <!-- This target is defined in eng/targets/Packaging.targets and included in every C# and F# project. -->
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(RepoRoot)src\Azure\AzureAppServices.HostingStartup\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup.csproj"
+        Targets="_GetPackageVersionInfo"
+        SkipNonexistentProjects="false">
+      <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="_ResolvedPackageVersionInfo" />
+    </MSBuild>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <HostingStartupPackageReference Include="%(_ResolvedPackageVersionInfo.PackageId)" Version="%(_ResolvedPackageVersionInfo.PackageVersion)" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets b/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets
index 320ea9fb3d..b997778a89 100644
--- a/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets
+++ b/src/SiteExtensions/Sdk/SiteExtension.targets
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 <Project>
 
-  <Target Name="GenerateHostingStartupDeps" Condition="'@(HostingStartupPackageReference->Count())' != '0'" BeforeTargets="_GetPackageFiles" >
+  <Target Name="GenerateHostingStartupDeps" BeforeTargets="_GetPackageFiles" >
 
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_TemplatesDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\content\</_TemplatesDirectory>