diff --git a/build/targets/PackageVersions.props b/build/targets/PackageVersions.props
index 6eb904adbf0..498a9d7fd68 100644
--- a/build/targets/PackageVersions.props
+++ b/build/targets/PackageVersions.props
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     <SystemSecurityClaimsPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemSecurityClaimsPackageVersion>
     <SystemSecurityCryptographyAlgorithmsPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemSecurityCryptographyAlgorithmsPackageVersion>
     <SystemSecurityPrincipalPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemSecurityPrincipalPackageVersion>
-    <SystemDataSqlClientPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemDataSqlClientPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingTasksParallelPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemThreadingTasksParallelPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingThreadPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemThreadingThreadPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingThreadPoolPackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemThreadingThreadPoolPackageVersion>
diff --git a/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj b/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
index bdfe6970e8a..602050c09a4 100644
--- a/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
+++ b/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="1.6.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="4.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TraceSource" Version="4.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Emit" Version="4.3.0" />
diff --git a/src/buildfromsource/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj b/src/buildfromsource/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
index 334d7c1096b..bd976bb12ca 100644
--- a/src/buildfromsource/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
+++ b/src/buildfromsource/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="$(SystemCollectionsImmutablePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="$(SystemDataSqlClientPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsProcessPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TraceSource" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsTraceSourcePackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Expressions" Version="$(SystemLinqExpressionsPackageVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/fsharp/CompileOps.fs b/src/fsharp/CompileOps.fs
index 47ba63034d2..64dcf722c94 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/CompileOps.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/CompileOps.fs
@@ -1854,8 +1854,7 @@ let DefaultReferencesForScriptsAndOutOfProjectSources(assumeDotNetFramework) =
           yield Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof<System.Object>.Assembly.Location), "mscorlib.dll")    // mscorlib
           yield typeof<System.Console>.Assembly.Location                                                        // System.Console
           yield typeof<System.Collections.BitArray>.Assembly.Location                                           // System.Collections
-          yield typeof<System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand>.Assembly.Location                                      // System.Data.SqlClient
-          yield typeof<System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs>.Assembly.Location                        // System.ObjectModel             
+          yield typeof<System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs>.Assembly.Location                        // System.ObjectModel
           yield typeof<System.IO.File>.Assembly.Location                                                        // System.IO.FileSystem
           yield typeof<System.IO.TextWriter>.Assembly.Location                                                  // System.IO
           yield typeof<System.Linq.Enumerable>.Assembly.Location                                                // System.Linq
diff --git a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
index 7afc21b96cf..9c4cf145437 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
@@ -683,7 +683,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="$(SystemCollectionsImmutablePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="$(SystemDataSqlClientPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsProcessPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TraceSource" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsTraceSourcePackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Expressions" Version="$(SystemLinqExpressionsPackageVersion)" />