diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 5e7654e896..df3f3c5985 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -606,47 +606,8 @@
     <None Include="..\Umbraco.Web.UI\Views\web.config">
       <Link>Mvc\web.config</Link>
     </None>
-    <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
-      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
-    </None>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <WebReferenceUrl Include="http://update.umbraco.org/checkforupgrade.asmx">
-      <UrlBehavior>Dynamic</UrlBehavior>
-      <RelPath>Web References\org.umbraco.update\</RelPath>
-      <UpdateFromURL>http://update.umbraco.org/checkforupgrade.asmx</UpdateFromURL>
-      <ServiceLocationURL>
-      </ServiceLocationURL>
-      <CachedDynamicPropName>
-      </CachedDynamicPropName>
-      <CachedAppSettingsObjectName>Settings</CachedAppSettingsObjectName>
-      <CachedSettingsPropName>umbraco_org_umbraco_update_CheckForUpgrade</CachedSettingsPropName>
-    </WebReferenceUrl>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <!--
-    copied from Microsoft.CSharp.targets
-    because we have webservices, we need to SGEN
-    but it's getting confused by us referencing System.ValueTuple which it cannot load
 
-      Name="UmbGenerateSerializationAssemblies"
-      Condition="'$(_SGenGenerateSerializationAssembliesConfig)' == 'On' or ('@(WebReferenceUrl)'!='' and '$(_SGenGenerateSerializationAssembliesConfig)' == 'Auto')"
-  -->
-  <Target Name="AfterBuild" DependsOnTargets="AssignTargetPaths;Compile;ResolveKeySource" Inputs="$(MSBuildAllProjects);@(IntermediateAssembly)" Outputs="$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(_SGenDllName)">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <SGenMSBuildArchitecture Condition="'$(SGenMSBuildArchitecture)' == ''">$(PlatformTargetAsMSBuildArchitecture)</SGenMSBuildArchitecture>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <!-- we want to exclude all facade references ?! -->
-      <FixedReferencePath Include="@(ReferencePath)" Condition="'%(ReferencePath.FileName)' != 'System.ValueTuple' and '%(ReferencePath.FileName)' != 'System.Net.Http' and '%(ReferencePath.FileName)' != 'System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions'" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-    <Delete Files="$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).XmlSerializers.dll" ContinueOnError="true" />
-    <!--
-     ShouldGenerateSerializer="$(SGenShouldGenerateSerializer)"
-     -->
-    <SGen BuildAssemblyName="$(TargetFileName)" BuildAssemblyPath="$(IntermediateOutputPath)" References="@(FixedReferencePath)" ShouldGenerateSerializer="true" UseProxyTypes="$(SGenUseProxyTypes)" UseKeep="$(SGenUseKeep)" KeyContainer="$(KeyContainerName)" KeyFile="$(KeyOriginatorFile)" DelaySign="$(DelaySign)" ToolPath="$(SGenToolPath)" SdkToolsPath="$(TargetFrameworkSDKToolsDirectory)" EnvironmentVariables="$(SGenEnvironment)" MSBuildArchitecture="$(SGenMSBuildArchitecture)" SerializationAssembly="$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(_SGenDllName)" Platform="$(SGenPlatformTarget)" Types="$(SGenSerializationTypes)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="SerializationAssembly" ItemName="SerializationAssembly" />
-    </SGen>
-  </Target>
+
 </Project>
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