diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj
index 4ec535ec..17a97fb2 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight.csproj
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\Renci.SshNet.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
     <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
     <Reference Include="SshNet.Security.Cryptography">
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\SshNet.Security.Cryptography.1.2.0\lib\sl4\SshNet.Security.Cryptography.dll</HintPath>
@@ -917,7 +916,7 @@
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-      <UserProperties ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" />
+      <UserProperties ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
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diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj
index 6c931be4..68df2866 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5/Renci.SshNet.Silverlight5.csproj
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\Renci.SshNet.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp, Version=5.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
     <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
     <Reference Include="SshNet.Security.Cryptography, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2fa9220ff3eadda4, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\SshNet.Security.Cryptography.1.2.0\lib\sl5\SshNet.Security.Cryptography.dll</HintPath>
@@ -923,7 +922,7 @@
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         <SilverlightProjectProperties />
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" />
+      <UserProperties ProjectLinkReference="2f5f8c90-0bd1-424f-997c-7bc6280919d1" ProjectLinkerExcludeFilter="\\?desktop(\\.*)?$;\\?silverlight(\\.*)?$;\.desktop;\.silverlight;\.xaml;^service references(\\.*)?$;\.clientconfig;^web references(\\.*)?$" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Renci.SshNet.Tests.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Renci.SshNet.Tests.csproj
index a2f78e61..4801475c 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Renci.SshNet.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Renci.SshNet.Tests.csproj
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\Renci.SshNet.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
     <Reference Include="Moq">
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\Moq.4.2.1409.1722\lib\net40\Moq.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj
index 8e704bc6..fd278e17 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
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     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>