diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 24b3bc1453..afc72a267b 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <MoqVersion>4.7.1</MoqVersion>
     <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-*</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <SystemReflectionMetadataVersion>1.4.2</SystemReflectionMetadataVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.csproj
index 85d962bef3..45054ce077 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.csproj
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TypeNameHelper.Sources" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" PrivateAssets="All"/>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.StackTrace" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
     <DotNetCliToolReference Include="RazorPageGenerator" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>