diff --git a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj
index e8cf92d8703..b41943b7576 100644
--- a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj
+++ b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
+      <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
       <!--Temporarily disable cppwinrt heap enforcement to work around xaml compiler generated std::shared_ptr use -->