diff --git a/build/common-testapps.props b/build/common-testapps.props
index 4eff695234..40ff4df1b1 100644
--- a/build/common-testapps.props
+++ b/build/common-testapps.props
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <_MvcViewCompilationAddDesktopReferences>false</_MvcViewCompilationAddDesktopReferences>
     <TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets Condition="'$(TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets)'==''">$(MvcRazorCompileOnPublish)</TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets>
     <_MvcViewCompilationTasksPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.Tasks\bin\$(Configuration)\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.Tasks.dll</_MvcViewCompilationTasksPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
index d3f42784fb..4937c852b7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   <Target
     Name="_AddDesktopReferences"
     AfterTargets="ResolveLockFileReferences"
-    Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)'=='.NETFramework'">
+    Condition="'$(_MvcViewCompilationAddDesktopReferences)'!='false' AND '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)'=='.NETFramework'">
 
     <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)'==''">
       <_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath Condition="'$(PlatformTarget)'=='x64'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-x64.exe</_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath>