diff --git a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props
index b01491da6c9..a84172a2318 100644
--- a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props
+++ b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props
@@ -1,40 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_MicrosoftNetSdkWindowsDesktop>true</_MicrosoftNetSdkWindowsDesktop>
-    <EnableDefaultPageItems Condition="'$(EnableDefaultPageItems)' == ''">true</EnableDefaultPageItems> 
-    <EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' == ''">true</EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- 
-    WindowsDesktop SDK supports WPF and WinForms on 
-      - .NET Core 3.0 and greater
-      - .NET Framework 3.0 and greater
-   
-    Note that on .NET Framework versions < 4.0, additional workarounds may be required to build applications 
-    using the SDK style projects. For e.g., see https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/1333
-    
-    Irrespective of whether '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' is '.NETCoreApp' or '.NETFramework', 
-    the minimum value of $(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue) we will be testing for is '3.0'
-    
-  -->
-    <_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor>3.0</_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor>
-
-    <!-- 
-      Represents an undefined TFV value. This will be used in comparisons of _TargetFrameworkVersionValue (defined in Microsoft.NET.WindowsDesktop.targets)
-      to identify when a TFV is undefined
-    -->
-    <_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion>0.0</_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion>
-    
-    <!--
-      Initial/Default value set to 'undefined'. Updated in Microsoft.NET.WindowsDesktop.targets
-    --> 
-    <_TargetFrameworkVersionValue>$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)</_TargetFrameworkVersionValue>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" ('$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And 
-                         ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And 
-                         ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_EnableWindowsDesktopGlobbing)' == 'true' ">
     <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml"
                            Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' != 'false' And Exists('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/App.xaml') And '$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
@@ -66,10 +32,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   
-  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true') And
-                      ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp') And
-                      ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And
-                      ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_EnableWindowsDesktopNetCoreFrameworkReferences)' == 'true' ">
 
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App" IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
                         Condition="('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true')"/>
@@ -103,9 +66,7 @@
                 System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon
 
   -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework') And 
-                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And 
-                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_EnableWindowsDesktopNETFrameworkImplicitReference)' == 'true' ">
 
     <!--
       The following 3 _WpfCommonNetFxReference items normally require Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '3.0'", since
@@ -129,10 +90,7 @@
     <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon" Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '4.5'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true') And 
-                        ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework') And 
-                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And 
-                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_EnableWindowsDesktopNETFrameworkImplicitReference)' == 'true' ">
     
     <_SDKImplicitReference Include="@(_WpfCommonNetFxReference)"
                        Condition="'$(UseWPF)' == 'true'"/>
@@ -204,6 +162,4 @@
     
     <SupportedTargetFramework Remove="@(_UnsupportedNETCoreAppTargetFramework);@(_UnsupportedNETStandardTargetFramework);@(_UnsupportedNETFrameworkTargetFramework)" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <Import Project="Microsoft.WinFX.props" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
index 839a615f888..a9b1e02b4da 100644
--- a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
+++ b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 <Project>
-  
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_MicrosoftNetSdkWindowsDesktop>true</_MicrosoftNetSdkWindowsDesktop>
+    <EnableDefaultPageItems Condition="'$(EnableDefaultPageItems)' == ''">true</EnableDefaultPageItems>
+    <EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' == ''">true</EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- 
+    WindowsDesktop SDK supports WPF and WinForms on 
+      - .NET Core 3.0 and greater
+      - .NET Framework 3.0 and greater
+   
+    Note that on .NET Framework versions < 4.0, additional workarounds may be required to build applications 
+    using the SDK style projects. For e.g., see https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/1333
+    
+    Irrespective of whether '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' is '.NETCoreApp' or '.NETFramework', 
+    the minimum value of $(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue) we will be testing for is '3.0'
+    
+  -->
+    <_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor>3.0</_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor>
+
+    <!-- 
+      Represents an undefined TFV value. This will be used in comparisons of _TargetFrameworkVersionValue (defined in Microsoft.NET.WindowsDesktop.targets)
+      to identify when a TFV is undefined
+    -->
+    <_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion>0.0</_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+
   <!-- 
     $(TargetFrameworkVersion), $(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV) etc. are defined in 
     Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets. 
@@ -22,6 +51,25 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_TargetFrameworkVersionValue>$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)', '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)'))</_TargetFrameworkVersionValue>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <!-- PropertyGroup flags control if Itemgroups in Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props file is being imported -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+      <_EnableWindowsDesktopGlobbing Condition=" ('$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And
+                         ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And
+                         ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">true</_EnableWindowsDesktopGlobbing>
+      <_EnableWindowsDesktopNetCoreFrameworkReferences Condition="('$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true') And
+                      ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp') And
+                      ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And
+                      ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">true</_EnableWindowsDesktopNetCoreFrameworkReferences>
+      <_EnableWindowsDesktopNETFrameworkImplicitReference Condition="('$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true') And
+                        ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework') And
+                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)') And
+                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">true</_EnableWindowsDesktopNETFrameworkImplicitReference>
+      <_EnableWindowsDesktopSupportUnsupportedTargetFramework Condition="('$(UseWPF)' == 'true' Or '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true') And
+                        '$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' != '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)' And
+                        '$(_TargetFrameworkVersionValue)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)'">true</_EnableWindowsDesktopSupportUnsupportedTargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   
   <Import Project="Microsoft.WinFX.targets" />
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.props b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.props
index a73f7b23e5f..8c119d5413b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.props
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
 <Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PresentationBuildTasksTfm Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core'">netcoreapp2.1</_PresentationBuildTasksTfm>
-    <_PresentationBuildTasksTfm Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core'">net472</_PresentationBuildTasksTfm>
-    <_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly Condition="'$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)'==''">$([MSBuild]::Unescape($([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\$(_PresentationBuildTasksTfm)\PresentationBuildTasks.dll'))))</_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.MarkupCompilePass1" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.UidManager" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.ResourcesGenerator" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.FileClassifier" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.MarkupCompilePass2" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.GenerateTemporaryTargetAssembly" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.MergeLocalizationDirectives" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
-  
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.targets b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.targets
index 04ec174a95d..3d7878a7c6e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationBuildTasks/Microsoft.WinFx.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PresentationBuildTasksTfm Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core'">netcoreapp2.1</_PresentationBuildTasksTfm>
+    <_PresentationBuildTasksTfm Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core'">net472</_PresentationBuildTasksTfm>
+    <_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly Condition="'$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)'==''">$([MSBuild]::Unescape($([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\$(_PresentationBuildTasksTfm)\PresentationBuildTasks.dll'))))</_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.MarkupCompilePass1" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.UidManager" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.ResourcesGenerator" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.FileClassifier" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.MarkupCompilePass2" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.GenerateTemporaryTargetAssembly" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Windows.MergeLocalizationDirectives" AssemblyFile="$(_PresentationBuildTasksAssembly)" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true' and '$(AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain)' == ''">true</AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain>
     <AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain Condition="'$(AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain)' == '' ">true</AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain>