diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 962ff4f4415d7c..907f13c9b0b0d3 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@
     <MicrosoftDiaSymReaderVersion>2.0.0</MicrosoftDiaSymReaderVersion>
     <MicrosoftDiaSymReaderNativeVersion>17.10.0-beta1.24272.1</MicrosoftDiaSymReaderNativeVersion>
     <SystemCommandLineVersion>2.0.0-beta4.24324.3</SystemCommandLineVersion>
-    <!-- This package provides working implementation of BinaryFormatter and is used only by test projects -->
-    <SystemRuntimeSerializationFormattersVersion>9.0.0-preview.7.24327.2</SystemRuntimeSerializationFormattersVersion>
     <TraceEventVersion>3.1.7</TraceEventVersion>
     <NETStandardLibraryRefVersion>2.1.0</NETStandardLibraryRefVersion>
     <NetStandardLibraryVersion>2.0.3</NetStandardLibraryVersion>
diff --git a/eng/references.targets b/eng/references.targets
index d54606f17ab797..2b0035d3054a1f 100644
--- a/eng/references.targets
+++ b/eng/references.targets
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
       <ProjectReferenceWithConfiguration PrivateAssets="all"
                                          Private="false"
-                                         Condition="$(NetCoreAppLibrary.Contains('%(Filename);'))" />
+                                         Condition="$(NetCoreAppLibrary.Contains('%(Filename);')) and '%(ProjectReferenceWithConfiguration.Private)' == ''" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/System.Formats.Nrbf.Tests.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/System.Formats.Nrbf.Tests.csproj
index 513d152362e247..a9da043b5ecd57 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/System.Formats.Nrbf.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/System.Formats.Nrbf.Tests.csproj
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Text.Json\src\System.Text.Json.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETFramework'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters" Version="$(SystemRuntimeSerializationFormattersVersion)" />
+    <!-- Reference the `NetCoreAppMinimum` build which has a functional BinaryFormatter and force a private copy to ensure it's not excluded -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters\src\System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.csproj"
+                      Private="true"
+                      SetTargetFramework="TargetFramework=$(NetCoreAppMinimum)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/tests/FunctionalTests/System.Net.Http.Functional.Tests.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/tests/FunctionalTests/System.Net.Http.Functional.Tests.csproj
index 7ca899166bc407..28dd6768061a0c 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/tests/FunctionalTests/System.Net.Http.Functional.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/tests/FunctionalTests/System.Net.Http.Functional.Tests.csproj
@@ -331,11 +331,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.TestData" Version="$(SystemNetTestDataVersion)" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.DirectoryServices.Protocols\src\System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.IO.Pipelines\src\System.IO.Pipelines.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(CommonTestPath)StreamConformanceTests\StreamConformanceTests.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Pipelines" Version="7.0.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Net.ServerSentEvents/tests/System.Net.ServerSentEvents.Tests.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Net.ServerSentEvents/tests/System.Net.ServerSentEvents.Tests.csproj
index e2b3d73610d489..ca685119d3dabe 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Net.ServerSentEvents/tests/System.Net.ServerSentEvents.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Net.ServerSentEvents/tests/System.Net.ServerSentEvents.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\src\System.Net.ServerSentEvents.csproj"/>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Text.Json\gen\System.Text.Json.SourceGeneration.Roslyn4.4.csproj" OutputItemType="Analyzer" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" SetTargetFramework="TargetFramework=netstandard2.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Text.Json\src\System.Text.Json.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/BinaryFormatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.BinaryFormat.Tests.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/BinaryFormatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.BinaryFormat.Tests.csproj
index 668bb0c91eeede..b3d238081a2ecf 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/BinaryFormatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.BinaryFormat.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/BinaryFormatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.BinaryFormat.Tests.csproj
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="TestResources.resx" LogicalName="TestResources.resources" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common.TestData" Version="$(SystemDrawingCommonTestDataVersion)" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\System.Resources.Extensions.csproj" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="$(SystemDrawingCommonVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters" Version="$(SystemRuntimeSerializationFormattersVersion)" />
+    <!-- Reference the `NetCoreAppMinimum` build which has a functional BinaryFormatter and force a private copy to ensure it's not excluded -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters\src\System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.csproj"
+                      Private="true"
+                      SetTargetFramework="TargetFramework=$(NetCoreAppMinimum)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/CompatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.Compat.Tests.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/CompatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.Compat.Tests.csproj
index e56833eb8b2848..6f7bc5fd567550 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/CompatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.Compat.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/CompatTests/System.Resources.Extensions.Compat.Tests.csproj
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common.TestData" Version="$(SystemDrawingCommonTestDataVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters" Version="$(SystemRuntimeSerializationFormattersVersion)" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\System.Resources.Extensions.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp'">
+  <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="$(SystemDrawingCommonVersion)" />
+        <!-- Reference the `NetCoreAppMinimum` build which has a functional BinaryFormatter and force a private copy to ensure it's not excluded -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters\src\System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.csproj"
+                      Private="true"
+                      SetTargetFramework="TargetFramework=$(NetCoreAppMinimum)" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Windows.Extensions\src\System.Windows.Extensions.csproj" Condition="'$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'windows'" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ValueTuple" Version="$(SystemValueTupleVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Apple mobile trimming descriptor for Mono runtime -->
     <TrimmerRootDescriptor Condition="'$(TargetsAppleMobile)' == 'true' and '$(EnableAggressiveTrimming)' == 'true' and '$(UseNativeAotRuntime)' != 'true'" Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ILLink.Descriptors.xml" />
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/System.Resources.Extensions.Tests.csproj b/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/System.Resources.Extensions.Tests.csproj
index d9fb191bb69308..4ef8e28d3d654f 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/System.Resources.Extensions.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Resources.Extensions/tests/System.Resources.Extensions.Tests.csproj
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="$(SystemDrawingCommonVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters" Version="$(SystemRuntimeSerializationFormattersVersion)" />
+    <!-- Reference the `NetCoreAppMinimum` build which has a functional BinaryFormatter and force a private copy to ensure it's not excluded -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters\src\System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.csproj"
+                      Private="true"
+                      SetTargetFramework="TargetFramework=$(NetCoreAppMinimum)" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Windows.Extensions\src\System.Windows.Extensions.csproj" Condition="'$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'windows'" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">