diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
index b39b8b2e..18dc6d88 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
index 84b04e2c..6612db4f 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
index c4895506..f180b0fc 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2015/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2015/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
index a9517555..9fcc6548 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2015/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2015/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2017/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2017/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
index 4c4b4387..7be374bc 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2017/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2017/libsodium/libsodium.vcxproj
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@
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diff --git a/libsodium.vcxproj b/libsodium.vcxproj
index 4af86e5f..0c3f9ecd 100644
--- a/libsodium.vcxproj
+++ b/libsodium.vcxproj
@@ -544,8 +544,6 @@
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diff --git a/packaging/dotnet-core/libsodium.props b/packaging/dotnet-core/libsodium.props
index 96a0fc1b..250960a2 100644
--- a/packaging/dotnet-core/libsodium.props
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@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@
     <Content Include="runtimes\**\*.*" PackagePath="runtimes\" />
     <Content Include="build\**\*.*" PackagePath="build\" />
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+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
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