diff --git a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/MSBuildForwardingAppWithoutLogging.cs b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/MSBuildForwardingAppWithoutLogging.cs
index e6cb9dec582c..07177eb7d3fb 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/MSBuildForwardingAppWithoutLogging.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/MSBuildForwardingAppWithoutLogging.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
     internal class MSBuildForwardingAppWithoutLogging
     {
         private static readonly bool AlwaysExecuteMSBuildOutOfProc = Env.GetEnvironmentVariableAsBool("DOTNET_CLI_RUN_MSBUILD_OUTOFPROC");
-        private static readonly bool UseMSBuildServer = !Env.GetEnvironmentVariableAsBool("DOTNET_CLI_DO_NOT_USE_MSBUILD_SERVER");
+        private static readonly bool UseMSBuildServer = Env.GetEnvironmentVariableAsBool("DOTNET_CLI_USE_MSBUILD_SERVER", false);
 
         private const string MSBuildExeName = "MSBuild.dll";