diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-03-16-53-54-fix-publish-61.json b/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-03-16-53-54-fix-publish-61.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bffef0b3d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-03-16-53-54-fix-publish-61.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Revert #4487 in 0.61-stable",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "ngerlem@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+  "date": "2020-04-03T23:53:54.845Z"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vnext/Directory.Build.props b/vnext/Directory.Build.props
index d2a7137eea2..87b6500ca8b 100644
--- a/vnext/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/vnext/Directory.Build.props
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- Initialize $(ReactNativeWindowsDir) before it is used below. -->
-  <Import Project="PropertySheets\ReactPackageDirectories.props" />
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ProjectName Condition="'$(ProjectName)'==''">$(MSBuildProjectName)</ProjectName>
     <!-- Visual Studio forces using 'Win32' for the 'x86' platform. -->