diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj
index d5bb8d950f..f5b8c8268a 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net461'">
-    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library.NETFramework" Version="$(NETStandardLibraryNETFrameworkVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch\Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>