diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets b/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets
index 29512a83cd07..8d856d2d51d3 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/repo-projects/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -598,7 +598,18 @@
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(PackageVersionPropsSnapshotFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(PackageReportDir)snapshots/" />
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <RestoredPackageFile Include="$(NuGetPackageRoot)**/*.nupkg"
+      <!--
+        Note the usage of */*/*.nupkg and not **/*.nupkg. The latter would include nupkgs
+        carried as content, i.e. in Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler nupkg, and cause false positives.
+        Content nupkgs were not restored and should not be used in prebuit detection.
+
+        Example of a restored package:
+        $(NuGetPackageRoot)microsoft.fsharp.compiler/12.8.300-beta.24203.1/microsoft.fsharp.compiler.12.8.300-beta.24203.1.nupkg
+
+        Example of a content package:
+        $(NuGetPackageRoot)microsoft.fsharp.compiler/12.8.300-beta.24203.1/contentFiles/Release/FSharp.Core.8.0.300.nupkg
+      -->
+      <RestoredPackageFile Include="$(NuGetPackageRoot)*/*/*.nupkg"
                            Exclude="$(NuGetPackageRoot)tests/**/*.nupkg" />
 
       <!-- Only contains packages when building. -->
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/patches/fsharp/0001-Stop-publishing-of-additional-packages.patch b/src/SourceBuild/patches/fsharp/0001-Stop-publishing-of-additional-packages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3685409196da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/patches/fsharp/0001-Stop-publishing-of-additional-packages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nikola Milosavljevic <nikolam@microsoft.com>
+Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:26:09 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Stop publishing of additional packages
+
+Backport: https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17016
+---
+ eng/Publishing.props | 13 -------------
+ 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
+ delete mode 100644 eng/Publishing.props
+
+diff --git a/eng/Publishing.props b/eng/Publishing.props
+deleted file mode 100644
+index 6a0673b5a..000000000
+--- a/eng/Publishing.props
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
+-<Project>
+-
+-  <ItemGroup>
+-    <!--
+-      Additional packages needed to avoid prebuilts in VMR - https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/issues/4203
+-    -->
+-    <ItemsToPushToBlobFeed Include="$(ArtifactsPackagesDir)Dependency\**\*.nupkg"
+-                           IsShipping="true"
+-                           UploadPathSegment="Runtime"
+-                           Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' == 'true'" />
+-  </ItemGroup>
+-
+-</Project>