diff --git a/src/core-sdk-tasks/GenerateChecksums.cs b/src/core-sdk-tasks/GenerateChecksums.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bd1ef7c0..000000000
--- a/src/core-sdk-tasks/GenerateChecksums.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
-using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Security.Cryptography;
-
-namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks
-{
-    public class GenerateChecksums : Task
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// An item collection of files for which to generate checksums.  Each item must have metadata
-        /// 'DestinationPath' that specifies the path of the checksum file to create.
-        /// </summary>
-        [Required]
-        public ITaskItem[] Items { get; set; }
-
-        public override bool Execute()
-        {
-            foreach (ITaskItem item in Items)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    string destinationPath = item.GetMetadata("DestinationPath");
-                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(destinationPath))
-                    {
-                        throw new Exception($"Metadata 'DestinationPath' is missing for item '{item.ItemSpec}'.");
-                    }
-
-                    if (!File.Exists(item.ItemSpec))
-                    {
-                        throw new Exception($"The file '{item.ItemSpec}' does not exist.");
-                    }
-
-                    Log.LogMessage(
-                        MessageImportance.High,
-                        "Generating checksum for '{0}' into '{1}'...",
-                        item.ItemSpec,
-                        destinationPath);
-
-                    using (FileStream stream = File.OpenRead(item.ItemSpec))
-                    {
-                        HashAlgorithm hashAlgorithm = SHA512.Create();
-                        byte[] hash = hashAlgorithm.ComputeHash(stream);
-                        string checksum = BitConverter.ToString(hash).Replace("-", string.Empty);
-                        File.WriteAllText(destinationPath, checksum);
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    // We have 2 log calls because we want a nice error message but we also want to capture the
-                    // callstack in the log.
-                    Log.LogError("An exception occurred while trying to generate a checksum for '{0}'.", item.ItemSpec);
-                    Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Low, e.ToString());
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/redist/targets/BuildCoreSdkTasks.targets b/src/redist/targets/BuildCoreSdkTasks.targets
index ed6fc9352..e8410ed9c 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/BuildCoreSdkTasks.targets
+++ b/src/redist/targets/BuildCoreSdkTasks.targets
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
   <UsingTask TaskName="AddMetadataIsPE" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
   <UsingTask TaskName="Crossgen" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
   <UsingTask TaskName="CopyBlobsToLatest" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
-  <UsingTask TaskName="GenerateChecksums" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
   <UsingTask TaskName="GetRuntimePackRids" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
   <UsingTask TaskName="GenerateMSBuildExtensionsSWR" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
   <UsingTask TaskName="GetLinuxNativeInstallerDependencyVersions" AssemblyFile="$(CoreSdkTaskDll)"/>
diff --git a/src/redist/targets/Checksum.targets b/src/redist/targets/Checksum.targets
index f5196d7a6..0e2790a9b 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/Checksum.targets
+++ b/src/redist/targets/Checksum.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Target Name="GenerateChecksums"
+  <Target Name="GenerateArtifactChecksums"
           DependsOnTargets="InitializeChecksumItemGroup;"
           AfterTargets="GenerateInstallers"
           Inputs="@(ArtifactsForGeneratingChecksums)"