diff --git a/src/System.IO.Compression/src/System.IO.Compression.csproj b/src/System.IO.Compression/src/System.IO.Compression.csproj
index 1ae399fd1d6b..825d1786ec13 100644
--- a/src/System.IO.Compression/src/System.IO.Compression.csproj
+++ b/src/System.IO.Compression/src/System.IO.Compression.csproj
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