diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
index 112e861724728..68c7b768832fe 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
@@ -325,10 +325,12 @@
     <WriteLinesToFile Lines="@(_EmccCFlags)" File="$(_EmccCompileRsp)" Overwrite="true" WriteOnlyWhenDifferent="true" />
     <ItemGroup>
       <FileWrites Include="$(_EmccCompileRsp)" />
+      <EmscriptenMinimalBuildEnvVars Include="@(EmscriptenEnvVars)" />
+      <EmscriptenMinimalBuildEnvVars Include="FROZEN_CACHE=" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!-- warm up the cache -->
-    <Exec Command="$(_EmBuilder) build MINIMAL" EnvironmentVariables="@(EmscriptenEnvVars)" StandardOutputImportance="Low" StandardErrorImportance="Low" />
+    <Exec Command="$(_EmBuilder) build MINIMAL" EnvironmentVariables="@(EmscriptenMinimalBuildEnvVars)" StandardOutputImportance="Low" StandardErrorImportance="Low" />
 
     <Message Text="Compiling native assets with emcc with $(EmccCompileOptimizationFlag). This may take a while ..." Importance="High" />
     <ItemGroup>