diff --git a/src/coreclr/clrdatadescriptors.cmake b/src/coreclr/clrdatadescriptors.cmake
index ab42f081a041d1..b8f68edb65d004 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/clrdatadescriptors.cmake
+++ b/src/coreclr/clrdatadescriptors.cmake
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function(generate_data_descriptors)
     add_custom_command(
       OUTPUT "${CONTRACT_DESCRIPTOR_OUTPUT}"
       VERBATIM
-      COMMAND ${CLR_DOTNET_HOST_PATH} ${CDAC_BUILD_TOOL_BINARY_PATH} compose -i "${CONTRACT_DESCRIPTOR_INPUT}" -o "${CONTRACT_DESCRIPTOR_OUTPUT}" -b "${CONTRACT_BASELINE_DIR}" $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${INTERMEDIARY_LIBRARY}>
+      COMMAND dotnet ${CDAC_BUILD_TOOL_BINARY_PATH} compose -i "${CONTRACT_DESCRIPTOR_INPUT}" -o "${CONTRACT_DESCRIPTOR_OUTPUT}" -b "${CONTRACT_BASELINE_DIR}" $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${INTERMEDIARY_LIBRARY}>
       DEPENDS ${INTERMEDIARY_LIBRARY} ${DATA_DESCRIPTORS_DEPENDENCIES} $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${INTERMEDIARY_LIBRARY}> "${CONTRACT_DESCRIPTOR_INPUT}"
       USES_TERMINAL
     )
diff --git a/src/coreclr/runtime.proj b/src/coreclr/runtime.proj
index 30aeb14a5a49fe..a5b0109e8f9d20 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/runtime.proj
+++ b/src/coreclr/runtime.proj
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <_CoreClrBuildArg Include="-targetrid $(TargetRid)" />
       <_CoreClrBuildArg Include="-cmakeargs &quot;-DCLR_DOTNET_RID=$(PortableTargetRid)&quot;" />
       <_CoreClrBuildArg Condition="'$(BuildSubdirectory)' != ''" Include="-subdir $(BuildSubdirectory)" />
-      <_CoreClrBuildArg Include="-cmakeargs &quot;-DCLR_DOTNET_HOST_PATH=$(DOTNET_HOST_PATH)&quot;" />
       <_CoreClrBuildArg Condition="'$(HasCdacBuildTool)' == 'true'" Include="-cmakeargs &quot;-DCDAC_BUILD_TOOL_BINARY_PATH=$(RuntimeBinDir)cdac-build-tool\cdac-build-tool.dll&quot;" />
       <_CoreClrBuildArg Condition="'$(FeatureXplatEventSource)' == 'false'" Include="-cmakeargs &quot;-DFEATURE_EVENTSOURCE_XPLAT=0&quot;" />
       <_CoreClrBuildArg Condition="'$(FeatureInterpreter)' == 'true'" Include="-cmakeargs &quot;-DFEATURE_INTERPRETER=1&quot;" />