diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 0c211aa964fe..4da5c8684e93 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -195,18 +195,13 @@
       limitations in the way the .NET SDK finds shared frameworks and targeting packs. It allows
       tests to use the shared frameworks and targeting packs that were just built.
 
-      However, source-build needs this to not happen while building projects that rely on the
-      AppHost framework pack. Source-build installs an SDK in a custom location outside this
+      However, the VMR needs this to not happen while building projects that rely on the
+      AppHost framework pack. The VMR installs an SDK in a custom location outside this
       repository, and setting NetCoreTargetingPackRoot to a different location causes source-build
       to restore the AppHost pack as a prebuilt rather than using the one that's present in the SDK.
-      Source-build doesn't run tests, so the property is simply conditioned out.
+      The dotnet product build doesn't run tests, so the property is simply conditioned out.
     -->
     <NetCoreTargetingPackRoot Condition="'$(DotNetBuild)' != 'true'">$(LocalDotNetRoot)packs\</NetCoreTargetingPackRoot>
-    <!-- This is not correct and needs attention eventually. This is primarily used to find the nethost headers in the apphost pack.
-         These should be coming from a restored apphost pack, rather than a hard-coded local SDK. In fact, aspnetcore
-         should not rely on a local SDK or mutating one to build. -->
-    <NetCoreTargetingPackRoot Condition="'$(DotNetBuild)' == 'true'">$(DotNetRoot)packs\</NetCoreTargetingPackRoot>
-
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="eng\tools\RepoTasks\RepoTasks.tasks" Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' != 'RepoTasks' AND '$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'" />
diff --git a/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/Directory.Build.props.in b/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/Directory.Build.props.in
index 619ec1ded3d9..596fb8cf2d07 100644
--- a/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/Directory.Build.props.in
+++ b/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/Directory.Build.props.in
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
     <DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>${DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework}</DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>
     <ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir>${ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir}</ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' != 'true'">true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <LibNetHostAppPackVersion Condition=" '$(LibNetHostAppPackVersion)' == '' ">${LibNetHostAppPackVersion}</LibNetHostAppPackVersion>
-    
+
     <!-- Temporarily hardcoded to true -->
     <SuppressGenerateILCompilerExplicitPackageReferenceWarning>true</SuppressGenerateILCompilerExplicitPackageReferenceWarning>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/GenerateFiles.csproj b/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/GenerateFiles.csproj
index 8a1be59353fe..53ee549992cd 100644
--- a/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/GenerateFiles.csproj
+++ b/eng/tools/GenerateFiles/GenerateFiles.csproj
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion=$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion);
         MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimeVersion=$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimeVersion);
         MicrosoftPlaywrightCLIVersion=$(MicrosoftPlaywrightCLIVersion);
-        LibNetHostAppPackVersion=$(BundledNETCoreAppPackageVersion);
         SupportedRuntimeIdentifiers=$([MSBuild]::Escape($(SupportedRuntimeIdentifiers)));
         ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir=$(ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir)
       </_TemplateProperties>
diff --git a/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.csproj b/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.csproj
index aa59934196bc..229b2a338ebb 100644
--- a/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.csproj
+++ b/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net472</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -35,15 +36,13 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion)" />
-    <!-- Manually updated version to address CVE-2024-38095 -->
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" Version="$(SystemFormatsAsn1Version)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IO.Redist" Version="$(MicrosoftIoRedistVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Signed.Wix" Version="$(MicrosoftSignedWixVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
 
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0" />
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index b2756281e727..7c015821aa5c 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "10.0.100-preview.2.25109.3"
+    "version": "10.0.100-preview.3.25122.1"
   },
   "tools": {
-    "dotnet": "10.0.100-preview.2.25109.3",
+    "dotnet": "10.0.100-preview.3.25122.1",
     "runtimes": {
       "dotnet/x86": [
         "$(MicrosoftInternalRuntimeAspNetCoreTransportVersion)"
diff --git a/src/Components/Samples/BlazorUnitedApp.Client/BlazorUnitedApp.Client.csproj b/src/Components/Samples/BlazorUnitedApp.Client/BlazorUnitedApp.Client.csproj
index a9a7bc04f7ad..3de34000e0fc 100644
--- a/src/Components/Samples/BlazorUnitedApp.Client/BlazorUnitedApp.Client.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Samples/BlazorUnitedApp.Client/BlazorUnitedApp.Client.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/Samples/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp/Client/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp.Client.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/Samples/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp/Client/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp.Client.csproj
index 03bdbe317a10..e855db9a45be 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/Samples/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp/Client/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp.Client.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/Samples/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp/Client/HostedBlazorWebassemblyApp.Client.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly.Authentication/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Authentication.Tests.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly.Authentication/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Authentication.Tests.csproj
index 3fe158db76c6..01092f99d71d 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly.Authentication/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Authentication.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly.Authentication/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Authentication.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Authentication" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
index e5a906e46f4e..2f9ac20c7c09 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/WebAssembly/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/CustomBasePathApp/CustomBasePathApp.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/CustomBasePathApp/CustomBasePathApp.csproj
index 5ac505c35e96..64512155abe0 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/CustomBasePathApp/CustomBasePathApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/CustomBasePathApp/CustomBasePathApp.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj
index eba5ab363e14..3b727d71c2b8 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
-    <!-- Avoid MSB3277 warnings due to dependencies brought in through Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor targeting netstandard2.0. -->
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
index 93e3e9453bce..c43a347a6150 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/ThreadingApp/ThreadingApp.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/ThreadingApp/ThreadingApp.csproj
index 7dce100846f6..e9e9491848e3 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/ThreadingApp/ThreadingApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/ThreadingApp/ThreadingApp.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/Wasm.Prerendered.Server/Wasm.Prerendered.Server.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/Wasm.Prerendered.Server/Wasm.Prerendered.Server.csproj
index f1be7bc53587..793e251088b9 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/Wasm.Prerendered.Server/Wasm.Prerendered.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/testassets/Wasm.Prerendered.Server/Wasm.Prerendered.Server.csproj
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCompression" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
-    <!-- Avoid MSB3277 warnings due to dependencies brought in through Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor targeting netstandard2.0. -->
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/test/testassets/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj b/src/Components/test/testassets/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
index 754f18ae9f5c..6d1f87776686 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/testassets/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/test/testassets/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.CustomElements" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization" />
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index d1175fe212a4..866a08e32b43 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Testing" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Channels" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Identity/test/Identity.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/Identity/test/Identity.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 3a29cbd5fd55..88bbd988b1f3 100644
--- a/src/Identity/test/Identity.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Identity/test/Identity.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing" />
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
 
     <None Update="Testing.DefaultWebSite.StaticWebAssets.V4.xml" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
     <None Update="Testing.DefaultWebSite.StaticWebAssets.V5.xml" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
diff --git a/src/Identity/test/Identity.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test.csproj b/src/Identity/test/Identity.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test.csproj
index 7d5bf22a80d1..798e4dc3db40 100644
--- a/src/Identity/test/Identity.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Identity/test/Identity.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Specification.Tests" />
diff --git a/src/Middleware/Spa/SpaServices.Extensions/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.Tests.csproj b/src/Middleware/Spa/SpaServices.Extensions/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.Tests.csproj
index 17e20fdc10cc..56847fc93bde 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/Spa/SpaServices.Extensions/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Middleware/Spa/SpaServices.Extensions/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.Tests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Content Include="js\**\*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 436507d6a9d5..c33d71b8927c 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
           ..\WebSites\RazorPagesClassLibrary\RazorPagesClassLibrary.csproj" />
 
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" />
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj
index cfd8616293b2..d4d021fd72f6 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.Tests/Templates.Blazor.Tests.csproj
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Playwright" Condition="'$(IsPlaywrightAvailable)' == 'true'" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Playwright" ExcludeAssets="build" Condition="'$(IsPlaywrightAvailable)' != 'true'" />
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj
index 74bfd58798ba..3e35764237f4 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Auth.Tests.csproj
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.sfxproj"
       Private="false"
       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
index 59acba6a0d9e..b8527a427b7e 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests/Templates.Blazor.WebAssembly.Tests.csproj
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.sfxproj"
       Private="false"
       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj
index 3640c3ce1f52..c48d5fd348a3 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Mvc.Tests/Templates.Mvc.Tests.csproj
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.sfxproj"
       Private="false"
       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj
index 59c79fcb5ace..c38fecb2c615 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Templates.Tests/Templates.Tests.csproj
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.sfxproj"
       Private="false"
       ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
diff --git a/src/Security/test/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/Security/test/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 5339db095419..27c4ba614c7a 100644
--- a/src/Security/test/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Security/test/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests/AuthSamples.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" />
     <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$(MvcTestingTargets)" Condition="'$(MvcTestingTargets)' != ''" />
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/Directory.Build.props b/src/Servers/IIS/Directory.Build.props
index 624773c5b877..3820ff2921a7 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\, Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
-  
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <KestrelSharedSourceRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Kestrel\shared\</KestrelSharedSourceRoot>
+
+    <EnableManagedPackageReferenceSupport>true</EnableManagedPackageReferenceSupport>
     <HostArch>$(Platform)</HostArch>
     <HostArch Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">x86</HostArch>
     <HostArch Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'AnyCPU'">x64</HostArch>
-    <LibNetHostPath>$(NetCoreTargetingPackRoot)Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-$(HostArch)\$(LibNetHostAppPackVersion)\runtimes\win-$(HostArch)\native</LibNetHostPath>
+    <HostArch Condition="'$(DotNetBuild)' == 'true'">$(TargetArchitecture)</HostArch>
+    <LibNetHostPath>$(NuGetPackageRoot)microsoft.netcore.app.host.win-$(HostArch)\$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion)\runtimes\win-$(HostArch)\native</LibNetHostPath>
     <!-- This tools version MUST match the same version as runtime uses to compile libnethost.lib -->
     <PlatformToolsetVersion>143</PlatformToolsetVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Platform is different during restore than during build. Therefore, restore everything when not building the product. -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.vcxproj' and '$(DotNetBuild)' != 'true'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x64" Version="[$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion)]" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x86" Version="[$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion)]" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-arm64" Version="[$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion)]" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="all" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.vcxproj' and '$(DotNetBuild)' == 'true'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-$(TargetArchitecture)" Version="[$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefVersion)]" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="all" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/testassets/InProcessNewShimWebSite/InProcessNewShimWebSite.csproj b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/testassets/InProcessNewShimWebSite/InProcessNewShimWebSite.csproj
index 13ae36e09fa5..f358dd93534e 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/testassets/InProcessNewShimWebSite/InProcessNewShimWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/testassets/InProcessNewShimWebSite/InProcessNewShimWebSite.csproj
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="2.2.0" >
       <AllowExplicitReference>true</AllowExplicitReference>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="4.5.1" >
-      <AllowExplicitReference>true</AllowExplicitReference>
-    </PackageReference>
     <Reference Include="xunit.assert" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/InMemory.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/InMemory.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 3fd95d1cc652..eedce343bc81 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/InMemory.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/InMemory.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     <Content Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)TestCertificates\*.key" LinkBase="shared\TestCertificates" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
     <Content Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)TestCertificates\*.pem" LinkBase="shared\TestCertificates" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
 
-    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Channels" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Testing" />
diff --git a/src/Shared/test/Shared.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Shared.Tests.csproj b/src/Shared/test/Shared.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Shared.Tests.csproj
index f72f75419dd0..72496024ef3b 100644
--- a/src/Shared/test/Shared.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Shared.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Shared/test/Shared.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Shared.Tests.csproj
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="FSharp.Core" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys" />
diff --git a/src/SignalR/perf/Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj b/src/SignalR/perf/Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj
index ff022626496b..3061127181c5 100644
--- a/src/SignalR/perf/Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj
+++ b/src/SignalR/perf/Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
     <Reference Include="Moq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Linq" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Channels" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" />
 
 
     <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)BenchmarkRunner\*.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Testing/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.InternalTesting.Tests.csproj b/src/Testing/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.InternalTesting.Tests.csproj
index 9e7bd0e702ba..2ec19113d106 100644
--- a/src/Testing/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.InternalTesting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Testing/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.InternalTesting.Tests.csproj
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.InternalTesting" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472' OR '$(MSBuildRestoreSessionId)' == ''">
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-user-jwts/src/dotnet-user-jwts.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-user-jwts/src/dotnet-user-jwts.csproj
index 3a9a992b5ac9..2947cd817fd1 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-user-jwts/src/dotnet-user-jwts.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-user-jwts/src/dotnet-user-jwts.csproj
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json" Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETCoreApp'" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" />
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/src/dotnet-user-secrets.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/src/dotnet-user-secrets.csproj
index b9b1b99952f2..249504b09fdc 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/src/dotnet-user-secrets.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/src/dotnet-user-secrets.csproj
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json" Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETCoreApp'" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" />
   </ItemGroup>