diff --git a/IKVM.refs.targets b/IKVM.refs.targets
index f1544ab936..b7f57fc247 100644
--- a/IKVM.refs.targets
+++ b/IKVM.refs.targets
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)src\IKVM.ByteCode\IKVM.ByteCode.csproj">
             <ReferenceOutputAssembly>true</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
-            <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-            <OutputItemType>IkvmLibsItem</OutputItemType>
         </ProjectReference>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)src\IKVM.Runtime\IKVM.Runtime.csproj">
             <ReferenceOutputAssembly>true</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/src/dist-nuget/dist-nuget.csproj b/src/dist-nuget/dist-nuget.csproj
index 093f3f31b3..ffdd1b5ddc 100644
--- a/src/dist-nuget/dist-nuget.csproj
+++ b/src/dist-nuget/dist-nuget.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageProjectReference Include="..\IKVM.ByteCode\IKVM.ByteCode.csproj">
+            <PackageTargetPath>.</PackageTargetPath>
+        </PackageProjectReference>
         <PackageProjectReference Include="..\IKVM.MSBuild\IKVM.MSBuild.msbuildproj">
             <PackageTargetPath>.</PackageTargetPath>
         </PackageProjectReference>