diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 7678397d0ed..318aca4ecce 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
these packages even during major version bumps, so compatibility is not a concern here.
-->
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diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
index cfeae2fa85d..6c122ffa6de 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
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