diff --git a/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.props b/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.props
index 20d2b2c1..e1dc717d 100644
--- a/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.props
+++ b/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.props
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     <!-- Don't automatically reference assembly packages since NoTargets don't need reference assemblies -->
     <AutomaticallyUseReferenceAssemblyPackages Condition="'$(AutomaticallyUseReferenceAssemblyPackages)' == ''">false</AutomaticallyUseReferenceAssemblyPackages>
     <NoCompilerStandardLib Condition="'$(NoCompilerStandardLib)' == ''">false</NoCompilerStandardLib>
+    <NoStdLib Condition="'$(NoStdLib)' == ''">true</NoStdLib>
     
     <!-- Disable Visual Studio's Fast Up-to-date Check and rely on MSBuild to determine -->
     <DisableFastUpToDateCheck Condition="'$(DisableFastUpToDateCheck)' == ''">true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
diff --git a/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.targets b/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.targets
index 793725fd..59c5e135 100644
--- a/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.targets
+++ b/src/NoTargets/Sdk/Sdk.targets
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     <DebugSymbolsProjectOutputGroupOutput Remove="@(DebugSymbolsProjectOutputGroupOutput)" />
     <IntermediateAssembly Remove="@(IntermediateAssembly)" />
     <IntermediateRefAssembly Remove="@(IntermediateRefAssembly)" />
+    <Reference Remove="mscorlib" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
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