diff --git a/src/redist/targets/GenerateMSIs.targets b/src/redist/targets/GenerateMSIs.targets
index 714b47a5a..2c1c41352 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/GenerateMSIs.targets
+++ b/src/redist/targets/GenerateMSIs.targets
@@ -315,9 +315,12 @@
           Outputs="$(MinimumVSVersion)">
 
           <PropertyGroup>
-            <FileToRead Condition="$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match(%(SDKInternalFiles.Identity),'.*minimumMSBuildVersion').Success) ">%(SDKInternalFiles.Identity)</FileToRead>
-            <MinimumVSVersion>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($(FileToRead)).Trim())</MinimumVSVersion>
+            <MinimumMSBuildVersionFile Condition="$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match(%(SDKInternalFiles.Identity),'.*minimumMSBuildVersion').Success) ">%(SDKInternalFiles.Identity)</MinimumMSBuildVersionFile>
           </PropertyGroup>
+
+          <ReadLinesFromFile File="$(MinimumMSBuildVersionFile)">
+            <Output TaskParameter="Lines" PropertyName="MinimumVSVersion"/>
+          </ReadLinesFromFile>
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="GenerateSdkBundle"
@@ -365,6 +368,7 @@
                       -DotnetCLINugetVersion '$(Version)' ^
                       -VersionMajor '$(VersionMajor)' ^
                       -VersionMinor '$(VersionMinor)' ^
+                      -MinimumVSVersion '$(MinimumVSVersion)' ^
                       -WindowsDesktopVersion '$(MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRuntimePackageVersion)' ^
                       -UpgradeCode '$(CombinedFrameworkSDKHostInstallerUpgradeCode)' ^
                       -DependencyKeyName '$(SdkDependencyKeyName)' ^
diff --git a/src/redist/targets/packaging/windows/clisdk/generatebundle.ps1 b/src/redist/targets/packaging/windows/clisdk/generatebundle.ps1
index 84bb459fa..0d9e9e302 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/packaging/windows/clisdk/generatebundle.ps1
+++ b/src/redist/targets/packaging/windows/clisdk/generatebundle.ps1
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ param(
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$ProductMoniker,
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$DotnetMSIVersion,
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$SDKBundleVersion,
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$MinimumVSVersion,
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$DotnetCLINugetVersion,
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$VersionMajor,
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$VersionMinor,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ function RunCandleForBundle
         -dProductMoniker="$ProductMoniker" `
         -dBuildVersion="$DotnetMSIVersion" `
         -dSDKBundleVersion="$SDKBundleVersion" `
+        -dMinimumVSVersion="$MinimumVSVersion" `
         -dSDKProductBandVersion="$SDKProductBandVersion" `
         -dNugetVersion="$DotnetCLINugetVersion" `
         -dVersionMajor="$VersionMajor" `
@@ -72,7 +74,6 @@ function RunCandleForBundle
         -dTemplatesMsiSourcePath="$TemplatesMSIFile" `
         -dManifestsMsiSourcePath="$ManifestsMSIFile" `
         -dWinFormsAndWpfVersion="$WindowsDesktopVersion" `
-        -dMinimumVSVersion="$MinimumVSVersion" `
         -dAdditionalSharedFXMsiSourcePath="$AdditionalSharedFxMSIFile" `
         -dAdditionalHostFXRMsiSourcePath="$AdditionalHostFxrMSIFile" `
         -dAdditionalSharedHostMsiSourcePath="$AdditionalSharedHostMSIFile" `