diff --git a/eng/Subsets.props b/eng/Subsets.props
index f9192e043bed38..7113a4ac779e33 100644
--- a/eng/Subsets.props
+++ b/eng/Subsets.props
@@ -22,11 +22,19 @@
         that indicates tests should be run. Otherwise, they'll only be built.)
   -->
 
+  <!-- Determine the primary runtime flavor. This is usually CoreCLR, except on
+       platforms (like s390x) where only Mono is supported. The primary runtime
+       flavor is used to decide when to build the hosts and installers. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PrimaryRuntimeFlavor>CoreCLR</PrimaryRuntimeFlavor>
+    <PrimaryRuntimeFlavor Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 's390x'">Mono</PrimaryRuntimeFlavor>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DefaultSubsets>clr+mono+libs+host+packs</DefaultSubsets>
     <DefaultSubsets Condition="'$(TargetsMobile)' == 'true'">mono+libs+packs</DefaultSubsets>
-    <!-- mono is not supported in source build. On Windows mono is supported for x86/x64 only. -->
-    <DefaultSubsets Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true' or ('$(TargetOS)' == 'windows' and '$(TargetArchitecture)' != 'x86' and '$(TargetArchitecture)' != 'x64')">clr+libs+host+packs</DefaultSubsets>
+    <!-- In source build, mono is only supported as primary runtime flavor. On Windows mono is supported for x86/x64 only. -->
+    <DefaultSubsets Condition="('$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true' and '$(PrimaryRuntimeFlavor)' != 'Mono') or ('$(TargetOS)' == 'windows' and '$(TargetArchitecture)' != 'x86' and '$(TargetArchitecture)' != 'x64')">clr+libs+host+packs</DefaultSubsets>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Init _subset here in to allow RuntimeFlavor to be set as early as possible -->
@@ -35,14 +43,6 @@
     <_subset Condition="'$(Subset)' == ''">+$(DefaultSubsets)+</_subset>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- Determine the primary runtime flavor. This is usually CoreCLR, except on
-       platforms (like s390x) where only Mono is supported. The primary runtime
-       flavor is used to decide when to build the hosts and installers. -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PrimaryRuntimeFlavor>CoreCLR</PrimaryRuntimeFlavor>
-    <PrimaryRuntimeFlavor Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 's390x'">Mono</PrimaryRuntimeFlavor>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeFlavor Condition="'$(TargetsMobile)' == 'true'">Mono</RuntimeFlavor>
     <RuntimeFlavor Condition="'$(RuntimeFlavor)' == '' and ($(_subset.Contains('+mono+')) or $(_subset.Contains('+mono.runtime+'))) and (!$(_subset.Contains('+clr+')) and !$(_subset.Contains('+clr.runtime+')))">Mono</RuntimeFlavor>