diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj b/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
index 3d5a1a3a7..2d08a0969 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
@@ -5,33 +5,24 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>ubuntu.16.04-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Remove="api.filterlists\**" />
-    <Content Remove="api.filterlists\**" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Remove="api.filterlists\**" />
-    <None Remove="api.filterlists\**" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="wwwroot\" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="10.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.1.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="1.1.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FilterLists.Data\FilterLists.Data.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FilterLists.Services\FilterLists.Services.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Update="appsettings.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-  </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj b/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj
index f426e7cb7..e89309558 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj
+++ b/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>ubuntu.16.04-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Remove="appsettings.json" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="appsettings.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="10.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.2" />