diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
index a41bea904bc5..55d1039cfa23 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@
 		<_XamarinSdkRoot Condition="'$(_XamarinSdkRoot)' == ''">$(_XamarinSdkRootDirectory)</_XamarinSdkRoot>
 		<!-- _XamarinSdkRootOnMac this should be passed to tasks that need to access the Xamarin Sdk dir on the Mac, this value will be overriden from Windows -->
 		<_XamarinSdkRootOnMac>$(_XamarinSdkRoot)</_XamarinSdkRootOnMac>
+
+		<!-- We don't need any dependency files -->
+		<GenerateDependencyFile Condition="'$(GenerateDependencyFile)' == ''">false</GenerateDependencyFile>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index 88e78a4a3cca..494bb01703bf 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
 		<StartupHookSupport Condition="'$(StartupHookSupport)' == ''">false</StartupHookSupport>
 		<UseSystemResourceKeys Condition="'$(UseSystemResourceKeys)' == ''">true</UseSystemResourceKeys>
 		<UseNativeHttpHandler Condition="'$(_PlatformName)' != 'macOS' And '$(UseNativeHttpHandler)' == ''">true</UseNativeHttpHandler>
+
+		<!-- We don't need to generate reference assemblies for apps or app extensions -->
+		<ProduceReferenceAssembly Condition="'$(ProduceReferenceAssembly)' == '' And ('$(OutputType)' == 'Exe' Or '$(IsAppExtension)' == 'true')">false</ProduceReferenceAssembly>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<PropertyGroup>