diff --git a/src/Platform/Microsoft.Testing.Platform/buildMultiTargeting/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.targets b/src/Platform/Microsoft.Testing.Platform/buildMultiTargeting/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.targets
index 9fa06c82c6..f78fa59d36 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Microsoft.Testing.Platform/buildMultiTargeting/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.targets
+++ b/src/Platform/Microsoft.Testing.Platform/buildMultiTargeting/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.targets
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- This is the knob to disable completely for this project the machinery -->
-    <IsTestingPlatformApplication Condition=" '$(IsTestingPlatformApplication)' == '' ">true</IsTestingPlatformApplication>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Declare our capability to Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code -->
   <!-- Note: DisableTestingPlatformServerCapability or IsTestingPlatformApplication may be set by TestAdapter targets -->
diff --git a/test/UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests.csproj b/test/UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests.csproj
index 62237a43c6..5cecbd6993 100644
--- a/test/UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/test/UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests/MSTest.Analyzers.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     <!-- This will exclude compile and runtime assets from NuGet so that they flow via ProjectReference -->
     <UseMSTestFromSource>true</UseMSTestFromSource>
     <EnableMSTestRunner>true</EnableMSTestRunner>
+
+    <!-- In real-world projects, this is not needed. -->
+    <!-- It's only needed here because we are using MSTest from source via ProjectReference, and so package props/targets are not imported. -->
+    <IsTestingPlatformApplication>true</IsTestingPlatformApplication>
+
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>