diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative.cs
index 9a364cbc8a964..ee68181bfd62b 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace Build.Tasks
 {
-    public class ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative : DesktopCompatibleTask
+    public class ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative : Task
     {
         [Required]
         public ITaskItem[] Assemblies
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DesktopCompatibleTask.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DesktopCompatibleTask.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f17da926880fe..0000000000000
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DesktopCompatibleTask.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-
-using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
-
-using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-
-namespace Build.Tasks
-{
-    public abstract class DesktopCompatibleTask : Task
-    {
-        static DesktopCompatibleTask()
-        {
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve;
-        }
-
-        private static Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
-        {
-            // apply any existing policy
-            AssemblyName referenceName = new AssemblyName(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ApplyPolicy(args.Name));
-
-            string fileName = referenceName.Name + ".dll";
-            string assemblyPath;
-            string probingPath;
-            Assembly assm;
-
-            // look next to requesting assembly
-            assemblyPath = args.RequestingAssembly?.Location;
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(assemblyPath))
-            {
-                probingPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath), fileName);
-                Debug.WriteLine($"Considering {probingPath} based on RequestingAssembly");
-                if (Probe(probingPath, referenceName.Version, out assm))
-                {
-                    return assm;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // look next to the executing assembly
-            assemblyPath = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(assemblyPath))
-            {
-                probingPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath), fileName);
-
-                Debug.WriteLine($"Considering {probingPath} based on ExecutingAssembly");
-                if (Probe(probingPath, referenceName.Version, out assm))
-                {
-                    return assm;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // look in AppDomain base directory
-            probingPath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, fileName);
-            Debug.WriteLine($"Considering {probingPath} based on BaseDirectory");
-            if (Probe(probingPath, referenceName.Version, out assm))
-            {
-                return assm;
-            }
-
-            // look in current directory
-            Debug.WriteLine($"Considering {fileName}");
-            if (Probe(fileName, referenceName.Version, out assm))
-            {
-                return assm;
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Considers a path to load for satisfying an assembly ref and loads it
-        /// if the file exists and version is sufficient.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="filePath">Path to consider for load</param>
-        /// <param name="minimumVersion">Minimum version to consider</param>
-        /// <param name="assembly">loaded assembly</param>
-        /// <returns>true if assembly was loaded</returns>
-        private static bool Probe(string filePath, Version minimumVersion, out Assembly assembly)
-        {
-            if (File.Exists(filePath))
-            {
-                AssemblyName name = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(filePath);
-
-                if (name.Version >= minimumVersion)
-                {
-                    assembly = Assembly.Load(name);
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            assembly = null;
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DumpNativeResources.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DumpNativeResources.cs
index d827d7b19618f..374a9fd613781 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DumpNativeResources.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/DumpNativeResources.cs
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 using System.Text;
 
 using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
 
 namespace Build.Tasks
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Dumps native Win32 resources in the given assembly into a specified *.res file.
     /// </summary>
-    public class DumpNativeResources : DesktopCompatibleTask
+    public class DumpNativeResources : Task
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// File name of the assembly with Win32 resources to be dumped.
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
index 69e06f3ddb0aa..742bc1b0f0be7 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
     <OutputPath>$(RuntimeBinDir)/ilc-published/netstandard</OutputPath>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Checked</Configurations>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
-    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion)" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>