diff --git a/src/mono/nuget/mono-packages.proj b/src/mono/nuget/mono-packages.proj
index 507386d7d9bffe..025c6666db7121 100644
--- a/src/mono/nuget/mono-packages.proj
+++ b/src/mono/nuget/mono-packages.proj
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WebAssembly.Sdk\Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WebAssembly.Sdk.pkgproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\wasm\templates\Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WebAssembly.Templates.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack.pkgproj" />
+
+    <ProjectReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal\Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal.pkgproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetsWasi)' == 'true'">
@@ -31,8 +33,4 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'">
     <ProjectReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Runtime.MonoTargets.Sdk\Microsoft.NET.Runtime.MonoTargets.Sdk.pkgproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal\Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal.pkgproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj b/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj
index 4751fc9ec3576c..4e91a40280ca46 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent);net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <!-- net8.0 is only need for the internal nuget produced which isn't required for source builds -->
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'">$(TargetFrameworks);net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA1050,CA1850</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>