diff --git a/dependencies.props b/dependencies.props
index d3b643172426..de3c99c8764c 100644
--- a/dependencies.props
+++ b/dependencies.props
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     <MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26402-02</MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostPolicyPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26402-02</MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostPolicyPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26402-02</MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26402-02</MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion>
 
     <!-- CoreFX-built SNI identity package -->
     <RuntimeNativeSystemDataSqlClientSniPackageVersion>4.4.0</RuntimeNativeSystemDataSqlClientSniPackageVersion>
@@ -170,11 +169,6 @@
       <ElementName>MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion</ElementName>
       <PackageId>Microsoft.NETCore.App</PackageId>
     </XmlUpdateStep>
-    <XmlUpdateStep Include="CoreSetup">
-      <Path>$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</Path>
-      <ElementName>MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion</ElementName>
-      <PackageId>Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions</PackageId>
-    </XmlUpdateStep>
     <UpdateStep Include="BuildTools">
       <UpdaterType>File</UpdaterType>
       <Path>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)BuildToolsVersion.txt</Path>
diff --git a/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj b/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj
index 8e8f63db9828..2b96e94ba3a6 100644
--- a/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj
+++ b/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       <Version>0.10.0-alpha-experimental</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetGroup)' != 'uapaot'" Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions">
-      <Version>$(MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion)</Version>
+      <Version>2.0.4</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser">
       <Version>2.1.1-beta</Version>