diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets
index 9ef2457e8d0e..c3892509db36 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets
@@ -150,11 +150,6 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
                  ResourceName="CppRequiresTFMVersion31"
       />
   </Target>
-
-  <PropertyGroup  Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' and $([MSBuild]::VersionGreaterThanOrEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), 5.0))">
-    <_EnableDefaultWindowsPlatform Condition="'$(_EnableDefaultWindowsPlatform)' == ''" >false</_EnableDefaultWindowsPlatform>
-    <UseOSWinMdReferences>false</UseOSWinMdReferences>
-  </PropertyGroup>
     
   <PropertyGroup  Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETStandard' And '$(NETStandardMaximumVersion)' == ''">
     <NETStandardMaximumVersion>2.1</NETStandardMaximumVersion>
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibrary.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibrary.cs
index ef98b64c861d..da261eb25a75 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibrary.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibrary.cs
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public void It_implicitly_defines_compilation_constants_for_the_target_framework
                     itemGroup.Add(supportedFramework);
                 });
 
-            AssertDefinedConstantsOutput(testAsset, targetFramework, new[] { "NETCOREAPP", "NET" }.Concat(expectedDefines).ToArray());
+            AssertDefinedConstantsOutput(testAsset, targetFramework, new[] { "NETCOREAPP", "NET", "WINDOWS", "WINDOWS7_0" }.Concat(expectedDefines).ToArray());
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -498,38 +498,6 @@ public void It_fails_gracefully_if_targetframework_should_be_targetframeworks(bo
                 $"The TargetFramework value '{targetFramework}' is not valid. To multi-target, use the 'TargetFrameworks' property instead");
         }
 
-        [RequiresMSBuildVersionTheory("16.7.0-preview-20310-07")]
-        [InlineData("net5.0", false)]
-        [InlineData("netcoreapp3.1", true)]
-        public void It_defines_target_platform_defaults_correctly(string targetFramework, bool defaultsDefined)
-        {
-            TestProject testProject = new TestProject()
-            {
-                Name = "TargetPlatformDefaults",
-                IsSdkProject = true,
-                TargetFrameworks = targetFramework
-            };
-
-            var testAsset = _testAssetsManager.CreateTestProject(testProject);
-
-            var getValuesCommand = new GetValuesCommand(Log, Path.Combine(testAsset.TestRoot, testProject.Name), targetFramework, "TargetPlatformIdentifier");
-            getValuesCommand
-                .Execute()
-                .Should()
-                .Pass();
-
-            var values = getValuesCommand.GetValues();
-            if (defaultsDefined)
-            {
-                values.Count().Should().Be(1);
-                values.FirstOrDefault().Should().Be("Windows");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                values.Count().Should().Be(0);
-            }
-        }
-
         private void TestInvalidTargetFramework(string testName, string targetFramework, bool useSolution, string expectedOutput)
         {
             var testProject = new TestProject()
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibraryWithVB.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibraryWithVB.cs
index def9568c0323..0afbfeaa3d39 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibraryWithVB.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildALibraryWithVB.cs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public void It_implicitly_defines_compilation_constants_for_the_configuration(st
         [InlineData("net45", new[] { "NETFRAMEWORK=-1", "NET45=-1" }, true)]
         [InlineData("net461", new[] { "NETFRAMEWORK=-1", "NET461=-1" }, true)]
         [InlineData("netcoreapp1.0", new[] { "NETCOREAPP=-1", "NETCOREAPP1_0=-1", "_MyType=\"Empty\"" }, false)]
-        [InlineData("net5.0", new[] { "NET=-1", "NET5_0=-1", "NETCOREAPP=-1", "NETCOREAPP3_1=-1", "_MyType=\"Empty\"" }, false)]
+        [InlineData("net5.0", new[] { "NET=-1", "NET5_0=-1", "NETCOREAPP=-1", "NETCOREAPP3_1=-1", "WINDOWS=-1", "WINDOWS7_0=-1", "_MyType=\"Empty\"" }, false)]
         [InlineData(".NETPortable,Version=v4.5,Profile=Profile78", new string[] { "_MyType=\"Empty\"" }, false)]
         [InlineData(".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client", new string[] { "NETFRAMEWORK=-1", "NET40=-1" }, false)]
         [InlineData("Xamarin.iOS,Version=v1.0", new string[] { "XAMARINIOS=-1", "XAMARINIOS1_0=-1", "_MyType=\"Empty\"" }, false)]