diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Dotnet.WinForms.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Dotnet.Winforms.ProjectTemplates.csproj b/pkg/Microsoft.Dotnet.WinForms.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Dotnet.Winforms.ProjectTemplates.csproj
index e7aae034088..9c3f4ceed31 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Dotnet.WinForms.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Dotnet.Winforms.ProjectTemplates.csproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Dotnet.WinForms.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Dotnet.Winforms.ProjectTemplates.csproj
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(PackageTargetRuntime)' == ''">
     <Content Include="content\**\*" />
     <Content Update="@(Content)">
-      <PackagePath>.\content\</PackagePath>
+      <!-- Supress creation of content directory -->
+      <PackagePath>.\</PackagePath>
       <SkipPackageFileCheck>true</SkipPackageFileCheck>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>