diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets
index ecb871d48c4a..31f4ba4a0491 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != '' and ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '' or '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' == '')">
 
     <TargetFrameworkIdentifier>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)'))</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)', 3))</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <_TargetFrameworkVersionLength Condition="$(TargetFrameworkVersion.EndsWith('.0'))" >$([MSBuild]::Subtract($(TargetFrameworkVersion.Length), 2))</_TargetFrameworkVersionLength>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion Condition="$(TargetFrameworkVersion.EndsWith('.0'))" >$(TargetFrameworkVersion.Substring(0, $(_TargetFrameworkVersionLength)))</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)', 2))</TargetFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
     
   <!--
@@ -62,10 +60,8 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
   -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != '' and ('$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == '' and '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == '')">
     <TargetPlatformIdentifier>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)'))</TargetPlatformIdentifier>
-    <TargetPlatformVersion>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformVersion('$(TargetFramework)', 3))</TargetPlatformVersion>
-    <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="'$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == '0.0.0'" ></TargetPlatformVersion>
-    <_TargetPlatformVersionLength Condition="$(TargetPlatformVersion.EndsWith('.0'))" >$([MSBuild]::Subtract($(TargetPlatformVersion.Length), 2))</_TargetPlatformVersionLength>
-    <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="$(TargetPlatformVersion.EndsWith('.0'))" >$(TargetPlatformVersion.Substring(0, $(_TargetPlatformVersionLength)))</TargetPlatformVersion>
+    <TargetPlatformVersion>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformVersion('$(TargetFramework)', 2))</TargetPlatformVersion>
+    <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="'$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == '0.0'" ></TargetPlatformVersion>
     <!-- Normalize casing of windows to Windows -->
     <TargetPlatformIdentifier Condition="'$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'Windows'">Windows</TargetPlatformIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>