diff --git a/tooling/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager.csproj b/tooling/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager.csproj
index dfe6fa36bd..9c3fed86b6 100644
--- a/tooling/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager.csproj
+++ b/tooling/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SecretManager.csproj
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <GeneratePkgDefFile>true</GeneratePkgDefFile>
     <IncludeAssemblyInVSIXContainer>true</IncludeAssemblyInVSIXContainer>
-    <IncludeDebugSymbolsInVSIXContainer>true</IncludeDebugSymbolsInVSIXContainer>
+    <IncludeDebugSymbolsInVSIXContainer>false</IncludeDebugSymbolsInVSIXContainer>
     <IncludeDebugSymbolsInLocalVSIXDeployment>true</IncludeDebugSymbolsInLocalVSIXDeployment>
     <CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory>true</CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory>
     <CopyOutputSymbolsToOutputDirectory>false</CopyOutputSymbolsToOutputDirectory>