diff --git a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.nuspec b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.nuspec
index a2564854d..bf4629492 100644
--- a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.nuspec
+++ b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.nuspec
@@ -35,6 +35,5 @@
     <file src="$winrt_host_arm64$" target ="runtimes\win-arm64\native"/>
     <file src="$winrt_shim$" target ="lib\net5.0\"/>
     <file src="$guid_patch$" target ="build\tools\"/>
-    <file src="$net5_runtime$" target ="build\tools\"/>
   </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets
index 57a2bf79b..e9a29d767 100644
--- a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets
+++ b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets
@@ -147,40 +147,34 @@ $(CsWinRTFilters)
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(CsWinRTGeneratedFilesDir)\$(AssemblyName).winmd" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)" UseHardlinksIfPossible="false" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
   </Target>
 
-  <!-- ====================== -->
   <!-- Call The GuidPatch tool on the projection .dll -->
-  <Target Name="CsWinRTInvokeGuidPatcher" Condition="'$(CsWinRTEnableGuidPatch)' == 'true'" AfterTargets="Compile" BeforeTargets="Link">
-    <!-- We need to invoke GuidPatch.exe. This lives in two different places depending on our environment. 
-
-         If we are in the CsWinRT repo, we don't have a .nupkg to use to find the exe, 
-           then we need to rely on CsWinRTGuidPatchRepoPath and CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath from src/Directory.Build.props 
-           to get a hold of the files needed 
-           
-         If we are not in the CsWinRT repo, we can use the package paths we know -->
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CsWinRTInRepo)' == 'true'">
-      <!-- We use _DirectoryBuildTargetsBasePath as it is the only way I found to get "c:/.../cswinrt/src" -->
-      <CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath>$(_DirectoryBuildTargetsBasePath)\$(CsWinRTGuidPatchRepoPath)</CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath>
-      <CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll>$(_DirectoryBuildTargetsBasePath)\$(CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath)</CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll> 
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CsWinRTInRepo)' != 'true'">
-      <CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath>$(CsWinRTPath)build\tools\</CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath>
-      <CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll>$(CsWinRTPath)lib\net5.0\</CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll>
-    </PropertyGroup>
+  <Target Name="CsWinRTInvokeGuidPatcher" AfterTargets="Compile" BeforeTargets="Link">
 
+    <!-- You can use a Directory.Build.props file to set two properties as the path to the patcher and the winrt.runtime used
+          - CsWinRTGuidPatchPath
+          - CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll
+    -->
     <PropertyGroup>
+      <CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath Condition="'$(CsWinRTGuidPatchPath)' != ''">$(CsWinRTGuidPatchPath)</CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath>
+      <CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll Condition="'$(CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath)' != ''">$(CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath)</CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll> 
+
+      <CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath Condition="'$(CsWinRTGuidPatchPath)' == ''">$(CsWinRTPath)build\tools\</CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath>
+      <CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll Condition="'$(CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath)' == ''">$(CsWinRTPath)lib\net5.0\</CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll> 
+
       <CsWinRTGuidPatchInput Condition="'$(CsWinRTGuidPatchInput)' == ''">@(BuiltProjectOutputGroupKeyOutput->'%(Identity)')</CsWinRTGuidPatchInput>
     </PropertyGroup>
+    
 
     <Exec Command="$(CsWinRTGuidPatchExePath)GuidPatch.exe $(CsWinRTGuidPatchInput) $(CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimeDll)" ConsoleToMsBuild="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="CsWinRTGuidPatchOutput" />
     </Exec>
+    <!-- Special case when the GuidPatcherOutput doesn't exist? -->
     
     <ItemGroup>
       <PatchedFiles Include="$(_DirectoryBuildTargetsBasePath)\GuidPatcherOutput\*.dll" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
+    <!-- what is the file handed to Link ? Can we pass the output one along? -->
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(PatchedFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)" />
 
   </Target>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 3b6519197..a0ee6a9e3 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <CsWinRTInRepo>true</CsWinRTInRepo>
-    <CsWinRTGuidPatchRepoPath>Perf\GuidPatch\bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\net5.0\</CsWinRTGuidPatchRepoPath>
-    <!-- Doesn't look like there's a platform in the path ? At least from FileExplorer -->
-    <CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath>WinRT.Runtime\bin\$(Configuration)\net5.0\</CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath>
+    <CsWinRTGuidPatchPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Perf\GuidPatch\bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\net5.0\</CsWinRTGuidPatchPath>
+    <CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\WinRT.Runtime\bin\$(Configuration)\net5.0\</CsWinRTGuidPatchRuntimePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Perf/GuidPatch/GuidPatch.csproj b/src/Perf/GuidPatch/GuidPatch.csproj
index c9ca52748..3d9a8f99a 100644
--- a/src/Perf/GuidPatch/GuidPatch.csproj
+++ b/src/Perf/GuidPatch/GuidPatch.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64;x86</Platforms>
+    <Platforms>AnyCPU</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Perf/GuidPatch/Program.cs b/src/Perf/GuidPatch/Program.cs
index 56c48c6ea..579788732 100644
--- a/src/Perf/GuidPatch/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Perf/GuidPatch/Program.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class Program
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
             if (args.Length != 2)
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Expected to be given two arguments. Given {args.Length}");
diff --git a/src/Projections/Windows/Windows.csproj b/src/Projections/Windows/Windows.csproj
index 542fbda34..f0e9d5265 100644
--- a/src/Projections/Windows/Windows.csproj
+++ b/src/Projections/Windows/Windows.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Platforms>x64;x86</Platforms>
-    <CsWinRTEnableGuidPatch>true</CsWinRTEnableGuidPatch>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>