diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/deps.json b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/deps.json
index 029e5361d178..af798de0b9a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/deps.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/deps.json
@@ -155,18 +155,6 @@
     "hash": "sha256-pfhN5HDSWbo6hmlSnCVWvnkYTqSjs8PNtSyHCEEtUjI=",
     "url": "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/9ee6d478-d288-47f7-aacc-f6e6d082ae6d/_packaging/45bacae2-5efb-47c8-91e5-8ec20c22b4f8/nuget/v3/flat2/microsoft.visualstudio.threading.analyzers/17.13.2/microsoft.visualstudio.threading.analyzers.17.13.2.nupkg"
   },
-  {
-    "pname": "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref",
-    "version": "8.0.22",
-    "hash": "sha256-F8DQPfK1IiD8+H8A85QSBHhzJIo1fmAXwXaSge7EhBE=",
-    "url": "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/9ee6d478-d288-47f7-aacc-f6e6d082ae6d/_packaging/45bacae2-5efb-47c8-91e5-8ec20c22b4f8/nuget/v3/flat2/microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref/8.0.22/microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref.8.0.22.nupkg"
-  },
-  {
-    "pname": "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref",
-    "version": "9.0.11",
-    "hash": "sha256-i9M6vgo3DOA04FzxnWIjleUySW7Wy7d5elyUp6tI5OY=",
-    "url": "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/9ee6d478-d288-47f7-aacc-f6e6d082ae6d/_packaging/45bacae2-5efb-47c8-91e5-8ec20c22b4f8/nuget/v3/flat2/microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref/9.0.11/microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref.9.0.11.nupkg"
-  },
   {
     "pname": "NETStandard.Library",
     "version": "2.0.3",
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/package.nix
index f4cb2dce61ba..ff882e15ee4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn/package.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
       --replace-fail "patch" "latestFeature"
   '';
 
+  dotnetFlags = [
+    # this removes the Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref dependency
+    "-p:EnableWindowsTargeting=false"
+  ];
+
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
 
@@ -54,7 +59,8 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
       -p:Configuration=Release \
       -p:RepositoryUrl="${meta.homepage}" \
       -p:RepositoryCommit="v${version}" \
-      src/NuGet/Microsoft.Net.Compilers.Toolset/Framework/Microsoft.Net.Compilers.Toolset.Framework.Package.csproj
+      $dotnetFlags \
+      $dotnetProjectFiles
 
     runHook postBuild
   '';