diff --git a/build.proj b/build.proj
index 809e0b99a..5a0865085 100644
--- a/build.proj
+++ b/build.proj
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="BuildTheWholeCli" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Monikers.props" />
-  <ImportGroup Condition=" '$(GeneratingPropsFile)' == 'true' ">
-    <Import Condition=" Exists('$(GitCommitInfoProps)') "
-            Project="$(GitCommitInfoProps)" />
-    <Import Condition=" Exists('$(HostInfoProps)') "
-            Project="$(HostInfoProps)" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition=" '$(GeneratingPropsFile)' != 'true' ">
-    <Import Project="$(GitCommitInfoProps)" />
-    <Import Project="$(HostInfoProps)" />
-  </ImportGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--
@@ -83,20 +73,5 @@
           WorkingDirectory="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)"/>
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="WriteDynamicPropsToStaticPropsFiles"
-          DependsOnTargets="BuildDotnetCliBuildFramework;
-                            WriteGitCommitInfoProps;
-                            WriteHostInfoProps"/>
-
-  <Target DependsOnTargets="$(CLITargets)" Name="BuildTheWholeCli"></Target>
-
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.GitCommitInfo.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.HostInfo.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Package.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.targets" />
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run.targets" />
-
+  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.targets" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
index 23b7ec739..2db5b246d 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
-  
   <ItemGroup>
     <BundledSdk Include="NuGet.Build.Tasks.Pack" Version="$(CLI_NuGet_Version)" />
     <BundledSdk Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" Version="$(CLI_NETSDK_Version)" />
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledTemplates.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledTemplates.props
index 9280486a0..1da6a5f38 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledTemplates.props
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledTemplates.props
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
-  
   <ItemGroup>
     <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ItemTemplates" Version="$(TemplateEngineVersion)" />
     <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ProjectTemplates" Version="$(TemplateEngineVersion)" />
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.GitCommitInfo.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.GitCommitInfo.targets
index eeb832303..0e9f807bb 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.GitCommitInfo.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.GitCommitInfo.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <Target Name="WriteGitCommitInfoProps"
-          Condition=" !Exists('$(GitCommitInfoProps)') "
           DependsOnTargets="BuildDotnetCliBuildFramework">
     <GetCommitHash RepoRoot="$(RepoRoot)">
       <Output TaskParameter="CommitHash" PropertyName="GitInfoCommitHash" />
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@
       </GitCommitInfoPropsContent>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <MakeDir Directories="$(GeneratedPropsDir)" />
-
     <WriteLinesToFile File="$(GitCommitInfoProps)"
                       Lines="$(GitCommitInfoPropsContent)"
                       Condition=" '$(ShouldOverwriteThePropsFile)' == 'true' "/>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.HostInfo.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.HostInfo.targets
index 718986f9f..6e566d64b 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.HostInfo.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.HostInfo.targets
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
       </HostInfoPropsContent>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <MakeDir Directories="$(GeneratedPropsDir)" />
-
     <WriteLinesToFile File="$(HostInfoProps)"
                       Lines="$(HostInfoPropsContent)" />
   </Target>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ba0ff119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <GeneratedPropsDir>$(RepoRoot)/artifacts/obj</GeneratedPropsDir>
+    <GitCommitInfoProps>$(GeneratedPropsDir)/GitCommitInfo.props</GitCommitInfoProps>
+    <HostInfoProps>$(GeneratedPropsDir)/HostInfo.props</HostInfoProps>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.targets
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37a418a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
+  <Target Name="WriteDynamicPropsToStaticPropsFiles"
+          DependsOnTargets="BuildDotnetCliBuildFramework;
+                            EnsureGeneratedPropsDirectory;
+                            WriteGitCommitInfoProps;
+                            WriteHostInfoProps"/>
+
+  <Target Name="EnsureGeneratedPropsDirectory">
+    <MakeDir Condition=" !Exists('$(GeneratedPropsDir)') "
+             Directories="$(GeneratedPropsDir)" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target Name="BuildTheWholeCli" DependsOnTargets="$(CLITargets)" />
+
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.GitCommitInfo.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.HostInfo.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Package.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run.targets" />
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
index e119e320a..9c4c90bb3 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <Import Project="prepare/CheckPrereqs.targets" />
   <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props" />
   <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledTemplates.props" />
-  <Import Project="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props" />
 
   <Target Name="Prepare"
           DependsOnTargets="Init;DownloadHostAndSharedFxArtifacts;RestoreSrcPackages;RestoreToolsPackages;ZipTemplates" />
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets
index 866ada3a5..f337d00d9 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Test">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PathSeparator>/</PathSeparator>
     <PathSeparator Condition=" '$(OSName)' == 'win' ">\</PathSeparator>
diff --git a/dir.props b/dir.props
index e2fd32a31..03b5961eb 100644
--- a/dir.props
+++ b/dir.props
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props" />
-
   <!-- NuGet Information -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepoRoot>
 
-    <GeneratedPropsDir>$(RepoRoot)/artifacts/obj</GeneratedPropsDir>
-
-    <GitCommitInfoProps>$(GeneratedPropsDir)/GitCommitInfo.props</GitCommitInfoProps>
-    <HostInfoProps>$(GeneratedPropsDir)/HostInfo.props</HostInfoProps>
-
     <NuGetPackagesDir>$(NUGET_PACKAGES)</NuGetPackagesDir>
     <NuGetPackagesDir Condition=" '$(NuGetPackagesDir)' == '' ">$(RepoRoot)/.nuget/packages</NuGetPackagesDir>
 
@@ -27,4 +20,9 @@
 
     <CliTargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</CliTargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.InitRepo.props" />
+  <Import Condition=" Exists('$(GitCommitInfoProps)') Or '$(GeneratingPropsFile)' != 'true' " Project="$(GitCommitInfoProps)" />
+  <Import Condition=" Exists('$(HostInfoProps)') Or '$(GeneratingPropsFile)' != 'true' " Project="$(HostInfoProps)" />
+  <Import Project="build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props" />
 </Project>