diff --git a/sdk/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid/src/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.csproj b/sdk/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid/src/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.csproj
index dfb7305ed6b4..4ed8183a46f6 100644
--- a/sdk/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid/src/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.csproj
+++ b/sdk/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid/src/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.csproj
@@ -29,8 +29,5 @@
     <Compile Include="$(AzureCoreSharedSources)Argument.cs" Link="Shared\%(RecursiveDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
     <Compile Include="$(AzureCoreSharedSources)AzureResourceProviderNamespaceAttribute.cs" Link="Shared\%(RecursiveDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\core\Azure.Core\src\Azure.Core.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>