diff --git a/.nuspec/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.props b/.nuspec/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.props
index a9c020b70eea..79ed0e9a0e40 100644
--- a/.nuspec/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.props
+++ b/.nuspec/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.props
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		<_IsHotRestartDefined>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::IsMatch('$(DefineConstants.Trim())', '(^|;)HOTRESTART($|;)'))</_IsHotRestartDefined>
 		<DefineConstants Condition="!$(_IsHotRestartDefined) And '$(IsHotRestartBuild)' == 'true'">HOTRESTART;$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
 		<UseInterpreter Condition="'$(UseInterpreter)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">True</UseInterpreter>
+		<MtouchLink Condition="'$(MtouchLink)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' and '$(UseInterpreter)' == 'true'">None</MtouchLink>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>