diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index 2205c9e81173..085e8a75c573 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ function InstallDotNetSdk([string] $dotnetRoot, [string] $version, [string] $arc
   InstallDotNet -dotnetRoot $dotnetRoot -version $version -architecture $architecture -skipNonVersionedFiles $false -runtimeSourceFeed $runtimeSourceFeed -runtimeSourceFeedKey $runtimeSourceFeedKey
 }
 
-function InstallDotNet([string] $dotnetRoot, 
-  [string] $version, 
-  [string] $architecture = "", 
-  [string] $runtime = "", 
-  [bool] $skipNonVersionedFiles = $false, 
-  [string] $runtimeSourceFeed = "", 
+function InstallDotNet([string] $dotnetRoot,
+  [string] $version,
+  [string] $architecture = "",
+  [string] $runtime = "",
+  [bool] $skipNonVersionedFiles = $false,
+  [string] $runtimeSourceFeed = "",
   [string] $runtimeSourceFeedKey = "") {
 
   $installScript = GetDotNetInstallScript $dotnetRoot
@@ -323,7 +323,16 @@ function InitializeVisualStudioMSBuild([bool]$install, [object]$vsRequirements =
   }
 
   $msbuildVersionDir = if ([int]$vsMajorVersion -lt 16) { "$vsMajorVersion.0" } else { "Current" }
-  return $global:_MSBuildExe = Join-Path $vsInstallDir "MSBuild\$msbuildVersionDir\Bin\msbuild.exe"
+
+  $local:BinFolder = Join-Path $vsInstallDir "MSBuild\$msbuildVersionDir\Bin"
+  $local:Prefer64bit = if ($vsRequirements.Prefer64bit) { $vsRequirements.Prefer64bit } else { $false }
+  if ($local:Prefer64bit -and (Test-Path(Join-Path $local:BinFolder "amd64"))) {
+    $global:_MSBuildExe = Join-Path $local:BinFolder "amd64\msbuild.exe"
+  } else {
+    $global:_MSBuildExe = Join-Path $local:BinFolder "msbuild.exe"
+  }
+
+  return $global:_MSBuildExe
 }
 
 function InitializeVisualStudioEnvironmentVariables([string] $vsInstallDir, [string] $vsMajorVersion) {
@@ -523,7 +532,7 @@ function InitializeNativeTools() {
   }
 }
 
-function InitializeToolset([string] $runtimeSourceFeed, [string] $runtimeSourceFeedKey) 
+function InitializeToolset([string] $runtimeSourceFeed, [string] $runtimeSourceFeedKey)
 {
   if (Test-Path variable:global:_ToolsetBuildProj) {
     return $global:_ToolsetBuildProj
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index ccd49e27e694..189bcfa37638 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
         "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL",
         "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
         "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17134"
-      ]
+      ],
+      "Prefer64bit": true
     }
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/ProjectTemplatesNoDeps.slnf b/src/ProjectTemplates/ProjectTemplatesNoDeps.slnf
index 6d45dcfe3fb2..9c39bccae863 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/ProjectTemplatesNoDeps.slnf
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/ProjectTemplatesNoDeps.slnf
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "solution": {
     "path": "ProjectTemplates.sln",
     "projects": [
-      "ComponentsWebAssembly.ProjectTemplates\\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Templates.csproj",
       "Web.Client.ItemTemplates\\Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Client.ItemTemplates.csproj",
       "Web.ItemTemplates\\Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ItemTemplates.csproj",
       "Web.ProjectTemplates\\Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.csproj",
@@ -10,4 +9,4 @@
       "test\\ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj
index 0bb298c5edf4..016e024dc2b0 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="../ComponentsWebAssembly.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Templates.csproj" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
       <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
       <_Parameter2>true</_Parameter2>
     </AssemblyAttribute>
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <Target Name="PrepareForTest" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="$(DesignTimeBuild) != true">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <TestTemplateCreationFolder>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(OutputPath)$(TestTemplateCreationFolder)'))</TestTemplateCreationFolder>