diff --git a/eng/cake/dotnet.cake b/eng/cake/dotnet.cake
index 45fdf03a62e6..06c442dc6845 100644
--- a/eng/cake/dotnet.cake
+++ b/eng/cake/dotnet.cake
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ void SetDotNetEnvironmentVariables(string dotnetDir = null)
     SetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_MSBUILD_SDK_RESOLVER_CLI_DIR", dotnet);
     SetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP", "0");
     SetEnvironmentVariable("MSBuildEnableWorkloadResolver", "true");
-    SetEnvironmentVariable("ForceNet8Current", "true");
     SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", dotnet, prepend: true);
 
     // Get "full" .binlog in Project System Tools
diff --git a/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/Utilities/DotnetInternal.cs b/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/Utilities/DotnetInternal.cs
index c69a2a897b34..08326e266c69 100644
--- a/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/Utilities/DotnetInternal.cs
+++ b/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/Utilities/DotnetInternal.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public static string RunForOutput(string command, string args, out int exitCode,
 			var pinfo = new ProcessStartInfo(DotnetTool, $"{command} {args}");
 			pinfo.EnvironmentVariables["DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP"] = "0";
 			pinfo.EnvironmentVariables["DOTNET_ROOT"] = DotnetRoot;
-			pinfo.EnvironmentVariables["ForceNet8Current"] = "true";
 
 			return ToolRunner.Run(pinfo, out exitCode, timeoutInSeconds: timeoutInSeconds);
 		}