diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
index c1138b29ea..79f05b939f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
         <EmbeddedResource Remove="App_Data\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <Content Remove="App_Data\**" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    
     <ItemGroup>
         <None Include="config\**\*.*">
             <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@
             <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
             <CopyToPublishDirectory>Always</CopyToPublishDirectory>
         </None>
+        <None Remove="App_Data\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -48,4 +54,6 @@
 
 
 
+
+
 </Project>