diff --git a/src/Compatibility/ControlGallery/src/WinUI/Compatibility.ControlGallery.WinUI.csproj b/src/Compatibility/ControlGallery/src/WinUI/Compatibility.ControlGallery.WinUI.csproj
index 2839728e7946..e889e2cb6272 100644
--- a/src/Compatibility/ControlGallery/src/WinUI/Compatibility.ControlGallery.WinUI.csproj
+++ b/src/Compatibility/ControlGallery/src/WinUI/Compatibility.ControlGallery.WinUI.csproj
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IncludeWindowsSDKRefFrameworkReferences)' == 'True'">
-    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" Pack="false" PrivateAssets="All" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.19041.34</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>   
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Core\Compatibility.ControlGallery.Core.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\Controls\Maps\src\Controls.Maps.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Graphics/samples/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop.csproj b/src/Graphics/samples/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop.csproj
index f43f0254f787..fcff1acd93dc 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/samples/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/src/Graphics/samples/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop/GraphicsTester.WinUI.Desktop.csproj
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
     <UseRidGraph>true</UseRidGraph>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IncludeWindowsSDKRefFrameworkReferences)' == 'True'">
-    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" Pack="false" PrivateAssets="All" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.19041.34</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>   
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D" />