diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 70d6c03f17741a..13aff82cb7724f 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
 
   <!-- Language configuration -->
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- default to allowing all language features -->
+    <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.vbproj'">latest</LangVersion>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 2d72cd0f912847..f16e04d9b4e278 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -20,11 +20,4 @@
     <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion)</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- Language configuration -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- default to allowing all language features -->
-    <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
-    <LangVersion Condition="'$(Language)' == 'VB'">latest</LangVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun.csproj b/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun.csproj
index f07c29c417b97b..02f0d8e08038bb 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.Reflection.ReadyToRun.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <OutputPath>$(BinDir)</OutputPath>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>