diff --git a/eng/ProjectReferences.props b/eng/ProjectReferences.props
index d170c5aa24..2d76a76785 100644
--- a/eng/ProjectReferences.props
+++ b/eng/ProjectReferences.props
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="GetDocument.Insider" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Tools\GetDocumentInsider\src\GetDocumentInsider.csproj"  />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Specification.Tests" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\SignalR\server\Specification.Tests\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Specification.Tests.csproj"  />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Build\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.csproj"  />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Http\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj"  />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Mono.WebAssembly.Interop" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Mono.WebAssembly.Interop\src\Mono.WebAssembly.Interop.csproj"  />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.DataAnnotations.Validation" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Validation\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.DataAnnotations.Validation.csproj"  />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Ignitor" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Ignitor\src\Ignitor.csproj"  />
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.StackExchangeRedis" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\SignalR\server\StackExchangeRedis\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.StackExchangeRedis.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\SignalR\server\StackExchangeRedis\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.StackExchangeRedis.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Authorization\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Authorization\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Blazor\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Blazor\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Http\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Http\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Server\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Blazor\Server\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Components\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Components\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms" ProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Forms\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms.csproj" RefProjectPath="$(RepoRoot)src\Components\Forms\ref\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Http/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj b/src/Components/Blazor/Http/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a3ca4305d..0000000000
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Http/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<!-- This file is automatically generated. -->
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.1'">
-    <Compile Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.netstandard2.1.cs" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json"  />
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Http/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.netstandard2.1.cs b/src/Components/Blazor/Http/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.netstandard2.1.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f6caefbe3e..0000000000
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Http/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.netstandard2.1.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components
-{
-    public static partial class HttpClientJsonExtensions
-    {
-        [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute]
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task<T> GetJsonAsync<T>(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, string requestUri) { throw null; }
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task PostJsonAsync(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, string requestUri, object content) { throw null; }
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task<T> PostJsonAsync<T>(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, string requestUri, object content) { throw null; }
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task PutJsonAsync(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, string requestUri, object content) { throw null; }
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task<T> PutJsonAsync<T>(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, string requestUri, object content) { throw null; }
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task SendJsonAsync(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, System.Net.Http.HttpMethod method, string requestUri, object content) { throw null; }
-        [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute]
-        public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task<T> SendJsonAsync<T>(this System.Net.Http.HttpClient httpClient, System.Net.Http.HttpMethod method, string requestUri, object content) { throw null; }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Http/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj b/src/Components/Blazor/Http/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj
index 18bdc5e1fe..ae4ee9a8a8 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Http/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Blazor/Http/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.HttpClient.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <Description>Provides experimental support for using System.Text.Json with HttpClient. Intended for use with Blazor running under WebAssembly.</Description>
     <IsShippingPackage>true</IsShippingPackage>
+    <HasReferenceAssembly>false</HasReferenceAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>