diff --git a/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj b/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
index e64ff47680d..4105995de89 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
+++ b/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Compiler.Service dll provides a referencable public interface for tool builders -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <FsYaccOutputFolder>$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)\</FsYaccOutputFolder>
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj
index 1d2670fbc84..2fe24bbf219 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Build dll does not provide a referencable public interface although it's used for testing -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="VisualFSharp.UnitTests" />
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj
index 12952536046..5bece530bbd 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings dll provides a referencable public interface to tool builders  -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="fsi" />
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared.fsproj
index d63c3ce02f9..b2e3f458247 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared/FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared.fsproj
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Compiler.Server.Shared dll does not provide a referencable public interface  -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="fsi" />
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj
index 2c78bf6cfee..0178574ccb4 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Core dll provides a referencable public interface -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto' and '$(CompressAllMetadata)' != 'true'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto' and '$(CompressAllMetadata)' != 'true'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Update="FSCore.resx">
diff --git a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj
index 2425866f41b..43542ade3f7 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget dll does not provide a referencable public interface although it's used for testing -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <Target Name="CopyToBuiltBin" BeforeTargets="BuiltProjectOutputGroup" AfterTargets="CoreCompile">
     <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/fsi/fsi.targets b/src/fsi/fsi.targets
index b66ca4b2241..835744482f7 100644
--- a/src/fsi/fsi.targets
+++ b/src/fsi/fsi.targets
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The fsi application does not provide a referencable public interface  -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
+  <!-- <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Proto'">
       <CompressMetadata>true</CompressMetadata>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  </PropertyGroup> -->
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)console.fs" />