diff --git a/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj b/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj
index bfb8859610..d947d5568a 100644
--- a/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj
+++ b/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <BlazorLinkOnBuild>true</BlazorLinkOnBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj b/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
index 8e6c89d340..253651db56 100644
--- a/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
+++ b/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
-    <BlazorLinkOnBuild>true</BlazorLinkOnBuild>
+
     <!-- Local alternative to <RunArguments>blazor serve</RunArguments> -->
     <RunCommand>dotnet</RunCommand>
     <RunArguments>run --project ../../src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Cli serve</RunArguments>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/targets/Publish.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/targets/Publish.targets
index 9d797145b7..d0121d52f1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/targets/Publish.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build/targets/Publish.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <BlazorLinkOnBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' AND '$(BlazorLinkOnBuild)'==''">true</BlazorLinkOnBuild>
+    <BlazorLinkOnBuild Condition="'$(BlazorLinkOnBuild)'==''">true</BlazorLinkOnBuild>
     <BlazorPublishDistDir>$(AssemblyName)\dist\</BlazorPublishDistDir>
 
     <!-- Disable unwanted parts of the default publish process -->
diff --git a/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj b/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
index f9e79f9b3d..3b8e844999 100644
--- a/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
+++ b/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
-    <BlazorLinkOnBuild>true</BlazorLinkOnBuild>
 
     <!-- Local alternative to <RunArguments>blazor serve</RunArguments> -->
     <RunCommand>dotnet</RunCommand>