diff --git a/src/Build/Evaluation/LazyItemEvaluator.RemoveOperation.cs b/src/Build/Evaluation/LazyItemEvaluator.RemoveOperation.cs
index 1db3ddfd3ce..d63e2a31c38 100644
--- a/src/Build/Evaluation/LazyItemEvaluator.RemoveOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Build/Evaluation/LazyItemEvaluator.RemoveOperation.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public RemoveOperation(RemoveOperationBuilder builder, LazyItemEvaluator<P, I, M
                 _matchOnMetadata = builder.MatchOnMetadata.ToImmutable();
 
                 ProjectFileErrorUtilities.VerifyThrowInvalidProjectFile(
-                    _matchOnMetadata.IsEmpty || _itemSpec.Fragments.All(f => f is ItemSpec<ProjectProperty, ProjectItem>.ItemExpressionFragment),
+                    _matchOnMetadata.IsEmpty || _itemSpec.Fragments.All(f => f is ItemSpec<P, I>.ItemExpressionFragment),
                     new BuildEventFileInfo(string.Empty),
                     "OM_MatchOnMetadataIsRestrictedToReferencedItems");