diff --git a/build/Build.proj b/build/Build.proj
index 902de7bdeb..30d794fb3f 100644
--- a/build/Build.proj
+++ b/build/Build.proj
@@ -260,14 +260,11 @@
   </Target>
 
   <!-- Unlike 2010, the VS2012 build targets file doesn't clean up the umbraco.presentation dir, do it manually -->
-  <!-- Also, it places umbraco.XmlSerializers.dll in the root, even though it's also in the bin folder. Kill! -->
   <Target Name="CleanupPresentation" DependsOnTargets="CompileProjects">
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<PresentationFolderToDelete Include="$(WebAppFolder)umbraco.presentation" />
-		<XmlSerializersDll Include="$(WebAppFolder)umbraco.XmlSerializers.dll" />
     </ItemGroup>
 	<RemoveDir Directories="@(PresentationFolderToDelete)" />
-    <Delete Files="@(XmlSerializersDll)" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CompileProjects" DependsOnTargets="CompileExternalExamineProjects">
diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
index 95d7de4798..1afcf53efa 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
         <file src="..\_BuildOutput\WebApp\bin\umbraco.providers.dll" target="lib\umbraco.providers.dll" />
         <file src="..\_BuildOutput\WebApp\bin\umbraco.providers.xml" target="lib\umbraco.providers.xml" />
         <file src="..\_BuildOutput\WebApp\bin\Umbraco.Web.UI.dll" target="lib\Umbraco.Web.UI.dll" />
-        <file src="..\_BuildOutput\WebApp\bin\umbraco.XmlSerializers.dll" target="lib\umbraco.XmlSerializers.dll" />
         <file src="..\_BuildOutput\WebApp\bin\UmbracoExamine.dll" target="lib\UmbracoExamine.dll" />
         <file src="..\_BuildOutput\WebApp\bin\UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter.dll" target="lib\UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter.dll" />
 		<file src="tools\install.core.ps1" target="tools\install.ps1" />
diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/tools/install.core.ps1 b/build/NuSpecs/tools/install.core.ps1
index 6a42e9bd13..79133a9f6a 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/tools/install.core.ps1
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/tools/install.core.ps1
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if ($project) {
 		if(Test-Path $umbracoBinFolder\umbraco.MacroEngines.dll) { Remove-Item $umbracoBinFolder\umbraco.MacroEngines.dll -Force -Confirm:$false }
 		if(Test-Path $umbracoBinFolder\umbraco.providers.dll) { Remove-Item $umbracoBinFolder\umbraco.providers.dll -Force -Confirm:$false }
 		if(Test-Path $umbracoBinFolder\Umbraco.Web.UI.dll) { Remove-Item $umbracoBinFolder\Umbraco.Web.UI.dll -Force -Confirm:$false }
-		if(Test-Path $umbracoBinFolder\umbraco.XmlSerializers.dll) { Remove-Item $umbracoBinFolder\umbraco.XmlSerializers.dll -Force -Confirm:$false }
 		if(Test-Path $umbracoBinFolder\UmbracoExamine.dll) { Remove-Item $umbracoBinFolder\UmbracoExamine.dll -Force -Confirm:$false }
 		if(Test-Path $umbracoBinFolder\UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter.dll) { Remove-Item $umbracoBinFolder\UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter.dll -Force -Confirm:$false }
 		
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 4aad562cdb..51bf67db49 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
+    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
+    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\UmbracoExamine\UmbracoExamine.csproj">