diff --git a/src/Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing.csproj b/src/Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing.csproj
index 8ff629df7f..3416e43e18 100644
--- a/src/Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing.csproj
+++ b/src/Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Analyzer.Testing.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     <Description>Helpers for writing tests for Roslyn analyzers.</Description>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>$(PackageTags);testing</PackageTags>
+    <!-- This is actually a library for test projects, not a test project. -->
+    <IsUnitTestProject>false</IsUnitTestProject>
     <!-- This package is internal, so we don't generate a package baseline. Always build against the latest dependencies. -->
     <UseLatestPackageReferences>true</UseLatestPackageReferences>
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
@@ -14,6 +16,15 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" />
+
+    <!--
+      This intentionally does not reference 'xunit', 'xunit.core', or any runner packages.
+      XUnit recommends only using xunit.extensibility.*, xunit.assert, and xunit.abstractions for packages which "extend" xunit.
+      This allows consumers to decide which type of xunit runner they want to use to run these tests,
+      and avoids problems with `dotnet pack`.
+
+      See https://xunit.github.io/docs/nuget-packages and the special note in https://xunit.github.io/releases/2.3.
+    -->
     <Reference Include="xunit.assert" />
     <Reference Include="xunit.abstractions" />
   </ItemGroup>