diff --git a/src/Umbraco.TestData/readme.md b/src/Umbraco.TestData/readme.md
index 57aa2392f1..454184c238 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.TestData/readme.md
+++ b/src/Umbraco.TestData/readme.md
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 This project is a utility to be able to generate large amounts of content and media in an
 Umbraco installation for testing.
 
-Currently this project is referenced in the Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore project but only when it's being built
-in Debug mode (i.e. when testing within Visual Studio).
-
 ## Usage
 
 You must use SQL Server for this, using SQLCE will die if you try to bulk create huge amounts of data.
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 9a01598468..01dd265158 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="../Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="../Umbraco.Web.Website/Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="../Umbraco.Persistence.SqlCe/Umbraco.Persistence.SqlCe.csproj" Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="../Umbraco.TestData/Umbraco.TestData.csproj" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>