diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 9f7a610433bd1..58c7f876aeafe 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
     <AppleAppBuilderDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'AppleAppBuilder', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'))</AppleAppBuilderDir>
     <AndroidAppBuilderDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'AndroidAppBuilder', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)', 'publish'))</AndroidAppBuilderDir>
-    <WasmAppBuilderDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WasmAppBuilder', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)', 'publish'))</WasmAppBuilderDir>
+    <WasmAppBuilderDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WasmAppBuilder', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'))</WasmAppBuilderDir>
     <WasmBuildTasksDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WasmBuildTasks', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)', 'publish'))</WasmBuildTasksDir>
     <WorkloadBuildTasksDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WorkloadBuildTasks', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)', 'publish'))</WorkloadBuildTasksDir>
     <MonoAOTCompilerDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'MonoAOTCompiler', 'Debug', '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'))</MonoAOTCompilerDir>
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.LocalBuild.props b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.LocalBuild.props
index d92024f720d46..70c0d5edafe40 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.LocalBuild.props
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.LocalBuild.props
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackLocationToUse>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory($(ArtifactsBinDir), 'microsoft.netcore.app.runtime.browser-wasm', $(RuntimeConfig)))</MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackLocationToUse>
 
-    <WasmAppBuilderDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WasmAppBuilder', 'Debug', '$(_NetCoreAppToolCurrent)', 'publish'))</WasmAppBuilderDir>
+    <WasmAppBuilderDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WasmAppBuilder', 'Debug', '$(_NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'))</WasmAppBuilderDir>
     <WasmBuildTasksDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'WasmBuildTasks', 'Debug', '$(_NetCoreAppToolCurrent)', 'publish'))</WasmBuildTasksDir>
     <MonoAOTCompilerDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'MonoAOTCompiler', 'Debug', '$(_NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'))</MonoAOTCompilerDir>
     <RuntimeConfigParserDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'RuntimeConfigParser', 'Debug', '$(_NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'))</RuntimeConfigParserDir>
diff --git a/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj b/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
index d7cb1b1f5b7d0..6b8813e0aa098 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <!-- Ignore nullable warnings on net4* -->
     <NoWarn Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == '.NETFramework'">$(NoWarn),CS8604,CS8602</NoWarn>
     <EnableSingleFileAnalyzer>false</EnableSingleFileAnalyzer>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">
@@ -23,30 +24,16 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext" Version="4.7.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="PublishBuilder"
-          AfterTargets="Build"
-          Condition="'$(_RunningForPublishBuilder)' != 'true'">
-
-    <!-- needed for publishing with multi-targeting. We are publishing essentially to get the SR.MetadataLoadContext.dll :/ -->
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_PublishFramework Include="$(TargetFrameworks)" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-    <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFile)" Targets="Publish" Properties="TargetFramework=%(_PublishFramework.Identity);_RunningForPublishBuilder=true" />
-  </Target>
-
   <Target Name="GetFilesToPackage" Returns="@(FilesToPackage)">
     <ItemGroup>
-      <_PublishFramework Remove="@(_PublishFramework)" />
-      <_PublishFramework Include="$(TargetFrameworks)" />
-
       <!-- non-net4* -->
       <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)\$(MSBuildProjectName)*"
                       TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)" />
-      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)\publish\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext.dll"
+      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext.dll"
                       TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)" />
 
       <!-- for net472 we need all the dependent assemblies too, so copy from the publish folder -->
-      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)\publish\*"
+      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)\*"
                       TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
diff --git a/src/tests/Common/Directory.Build.targets b/src/tests/Common/Directory.Build.targets
index ed56d4d011b72..6ffee68f72477 100644
--- a/src/tests/Common/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/tests/Common/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 
         <!-- Wasm App Builder always builds in Debug -->
         <RunTimeDependencyCopyLocal
-          Include="$(ArtifactsBinDir)\WasmAppBuilder\Debug\$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)\publish\**"
+          Include="$(ArtifactsBinDir)\WasmAppBuilder\Debug\$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)\**"
           TargetDir="WasmAppBuilder/"/>
 
         <RunTimeDependencyCopyLocal
diff --git a/src/tests/Directory.Build.targets b/src/tests/Directory.Build.targets
index 8ab2ab3cd3121..086f8806513d8 100644
--- a/src/tests/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/tests/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
 
         <!-- Wasm App Builder always builds in Debug -->
         <RunTimeDependencyCopyLocal
-          Include="$(ArtifactsBinDir)\WasmAppBuilder\Debug\$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)\publish\**"
+          Include="$(ArtifactsBinDir)\WasmAppBuilder\Debug\$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)\**"
           TargetDir="WasmAppBuilder/"/>
 
         <!-- MonoAOTCompiler always builds in Debug -->