diff --git a/eng/testing/tests.wasm.targets b/eng/testing/tests.wasm.targets
index e302af8a7d59b5..5d6c2e626eab70 100644
--- a/eng/testing/tests.wasm.targets
+++ b/eng/testing/tests.wasm.targets
@@ -65,11 +65,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
       <WasmBuildAppDependsOn>PrepareForWasmBuildApp;$(WasmBuildAppDependsOn)</WasmBuildAppDependsOn>
-      <EmSdkDirForHelixPayload>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(RepoRoot)', 'src', 'mono', 'wasm', 'emsdk'))</EmSdkDirForHelixPayload>
 
       <BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn Condition="'$(BuildAOTTestsOn)' == 'local'">WasmBuildApp</BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn>
-      <BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn Condition="'$(BuildAOTTestsOn)' == 'helix'">StageEmSdkForHelix</BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn>
-
       <BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn Condition="'$(BuildAOTTestsOnHelix)' == 'true'">$(BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn);_BundleAOTTestWasmAppForHelix</BundleTestWasmAppDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -124,20 +121,6 @@
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(_WasmVFSFilesToCopy)" DestinationFiles="$(BundleDir)\extraFiles\%(_WasmVFSFilesToCopy.TargetPath)" />
   </Target>
 
-  <!-- CI has emscripten provisioned in $(EMSDK_PATH) as `/usr/local/emscripten`. Because helix tasks will
-   attempt to write a .payload file, we cannot use $(EMSDK_PATH) to package emsdk as a helix correlation 
-   payload. Instead, we copy over the files to a new directory `src/mono/wasm/emsdk` and use that. -->
-  <Target Name="StageEmSdkForHelix" Condition="'$(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload)' == '' or !Exists($(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload))">
-    <Error Condition="'$(EMSDK_PATH)' == '' or !Exists($(EMSDK_PATH))" Text="Could not find emscripten sdk in $(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload) or in EMSDK_PATH=$(EMSDK_PATH)" />
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <EmSdkFiles Include="$(EMSDK_PATH)\**\*" Exclude="$(EMSDK_PATH)\.git\**\*" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <MakeDir Directories="$(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload)" />
-    <Copy SourceFiles="@(EmSdkFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload)\%(RecursiveDir)" />
-  </Target>
-
   <Target Name="PrepareForWasmBuildApp">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <WasmAppDir>$(BundleDir)</WasmAppDir>
diff --git a/src/libraries/sendtohelixhelp.proj b/src/libraries/sendtohelixhelp.proj
index d326ebfae53103..3fc915089df2cc 100644
--- a/src/libraries/sendtohelixhelp.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/sendtohelixhelp.proj
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
     such as the HelixWorkItem item group) before Helix "Test" target is invoked (as a normal target).
   -->
 
-  <Target Name="BuildHelixWorkItems">
+  <Target Name="BuildHelixWorkItems" DependsOnTargets="StageEmSdkForHelix">
 
     <Message Condition="'$(Scenario)' == ''" Importance="High" Text="Building Helix work items" />
     <Message Condition="'$(Scenario)' != ''" Importance="High" Text="Building Helix work items for scenario $(Scenario)" />
@@ -320,6 +320,25 @@
 
   </Target>
 
+  <!-- CI has emscripten provisioned in $(EMSDK_PATH) as `/usr/local/emscripten`. Because helix tasks will
+       attempt to write a .payload file, we cannot use $(EMSDK_PATH) to package emsdk as a helix correlation
+       payload. Instead, we copy over the files to a new directory `src/mono/wasm/emsdk` and use that. -->
+  <Target Name="StageEmSdkForHelix" Condition="'$(TargetOS)' == 'Browser' and '$(NeedsToBuildWasmAppsOnHelix)' == 'true' and !Exists($(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload))">
+    <Error Condition="'$(EMSDK_PATH)' == '' or !Exists($(EMSDK_PATH))"
+           Text="Could not find emscripten sdk in EMSDK_PATH=$(EMSDK_PATH), needed to provision for running tests on helix" />
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <EmSdkDirForHelixPayload>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(RepoRoot)', 'src', 'mono', 'wasm', 'emsdk'))</EmSdkDirForHelixPayload>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <_EmSdkFiles Include="$(EMSDK_PATH)\**\*" Exclude="$(EMSDK_PATH)\.git\**\*" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <MakeDir Directories="$(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload)" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="@(_EmSdkFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(EmSdkDirForHelixPayload)\%(RecursiveDir)" />
+  </Target>
+
   <Target Name="PrintHelixQueues">
     <Message Importance="High" Text="Using Queues: $(HelixTargetQueues)" />
   </Target>