diff --git a/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.props b/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.props
index e53ed814690b..3273d3d24b0b 100644
--- a/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.props
+++ b/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- The Type Equivalence feature is unsupported outside of windows -->
diff --git a/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.targets b/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.targets
index 5cc9a07c5201..f858bec03baa 100644
--- a/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.targets
+++ b/tests/src/baseservices/typeequivalence/TypeEquivalence.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project>
 
   <Target
     Name="CreateEmbedResponseFile"
diff --git a/tests/src/dirs.proj b/tests/src/dirs.proj
index 785a05859bba..08de58094c95 100644
--- a/tests/src/dirs.proj
+++ b/tests/src/dirs.proj
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       <DisabledProjects Include="Performance\Scenario\JitBench\unofficial_dotnet\JitBench.csproj" /> <!-- no official build support for SDK-style netcoreapp2.0 projects -->
       <DisabledProjects Include="Loader\classloader\generics\regressions\DD117522\Test.csproj" />
       <DisabledProjects Include="Loader\classloader\generics\GenericMethods\VSW491668.csproj" /> <!-- issue 5501 -->
+      <DisabledProjects Include="baseservices\typeequivalence\**\*.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!-- Test build is divided in slices which can be created within Test Group