diff --git a/artifacts/.gitignore b/artifacts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7aeaaa13db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.nupkg
diff --git a/artifacts/readme b/artifacts/readme
deleted file mode 100644
index 198f7633d8e..00000000000
--- a/artifacts/readme
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ensure there is an artifacts directory
diff --git a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Host.netcore.nuget/FSharp.Compiler.Host.proj b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Host.netcore.nuget/FSharp.Compiler.Host.proj
index 62d40e739d4..85ec470e8d1 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Host.netcore.nuget/FSharp.Compiler.Host.proj
+++ b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Host.netcore.nuget/FSharp.Compiler.Host.proj
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <PackageProperties>-prop "licenseUrl=$(PackageLicenceUrl)" -prop "version=$(PackageVersion)" -prop "authors=$(PackageAuthors)" -prop "projectUrl=$(PackageProjectUrl)" -prop "tags=$(PackageTags)"</PackageProperties>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Exec Command='$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\.nuget\nuget.exe pack %(PackageNuspec.Filename)%(PackageNuspec.Extension) -BasePath "$(OutputPath.TrimEnd("\"))" -ExcludeEmptyDirectories $(PackageProperties) -OutputDirectory "$(OutputPath.TrimEnd("\"))"' />
+    <Exec Command='$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\.nuget\nuget.exe pack %(PackageNuspec.Filename)%(PackageNuspec.Extension) -BasePath "$(OutputPath.TrimEnd("\"))" -ExcludeEmptyDirectories $(PackageProperties) -OutputDirectory "$(FSharpSourcesRoot.TrimEnd("\"))\..\artifacts"' />
   </Target>
 
 </Project>