diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/ReferenceFromSource.props b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/ReferenceFromSource.props
index fa62fe3b52..a0fc224377 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/ReferenceFromSource.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/ReferenceFromSource.props
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@
   
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)targets\All.targets" />
 
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="BuildBlazorBuildBinary"
+          BeforeTargets="BlazorCompileRazorComponents">
     <!-- Ensures this project is built before the consuming project, but without
          adding a runtime dependency on the .dll (to be equivalent to a <PackageDependency>
          given that the packed version of this project wouldn't add a .dll reference) -->
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.csproj">
-      <SetTargetFramework>TargetFramework=netcoreapp2.0</SetTargetFramework>
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
-    </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.csproj" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>