diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets b/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets
index 48dfb37f0..70ed6e4fa 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     <!-- Exclude repositories that currently don't build when not building source-only. -->
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' != 'true'">
       <TransitiveRepositoryReference Remove="roslyn" />
-      <TransitiveRepositoryReference Remove="aspnetcore" />
       <TransitiveRepositoryReference Remove="nuget-client" />
       <TransitiveRepositoryReference Remove="fsharp" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/aspnetcore.proj b/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/aspnetcore.proj
index 3cf6425a4..5de0177d4 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/aspnetcore.proj
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/aspnetcore.proj
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     <BuildScript>$(ProjectDirectory)eng\build$(ShellExtension)</BuildScript>
 
     <!-- On Windows, build all for the VB PoC -->
-    <BuildActions Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' != 'true' and '$(BuildOS)' == 'windows'">$(FlagParameterPrefix)restore $(FlagParameterPrefix)all $(FlagParameterPrefix)pack</BuildActions>
+    <BuildActions Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' != 'true' and '$(BuildOS)' == 'windows'">$(FlagParameterPrefix)restore $(FlagParameterPrefix)all $(FlagParameterPrefix)pack -NativeToolsOnMachine</BuildActions>
 
     <BuildArgs>$(BuildArgs) $(FlagParameterPrefix)arch $(TargetArchitecture)</BuildArgs>
-    <BuildArgs Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' == 'true' or '$(BuildOS)' != 'windows'">$(BuildArgs) $(FlagParameterPrefix)no-build-repo-tasks</BuildArgs>
+    <BuildWithDesktopMSBuild>true</BuildWithDesktopMSBuild>
 
     <LogVerbosityOptOut>true</LogVerbosityOptOut>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' == 'true'">
     <BuildArgs>$(BuildArgs) /p:PortableBuild=$(PortableBuild)</BuildArgs>
     <BuildArgs>$(BuildArgs) /p:TargetRuntimeIdentifier=$(TargetRid)</BuildArgs>
+    <BuildArgs>$(BuildArgs) $(FlagParameterPrefix)no-build-repo-tasks</BuildArgs>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>