diff --git a/DnsServerApp.NETCore/DnsServerApp.NETCore.csproj b/DnsServerApp.NETCore/DnsServerApp.NETCore.csproj
index b3053ded..5f90bd43 100644
--- a/DnsServerApp.NETCore/DnsServerApp.NETCore.csproj
+++ b/DnsServerApp.NETCore/DnsServerApp.NETCore.csproj
@@ -31,21 +31,8 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="11.0.2" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DnsServerCore\DnsServerCore.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="TechnitiumLibrary.IO">
-      <HintPath>..\..\TechnitiumLibrary\bin\TechnitiumLibrary.IO.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="TechnitiumLibrary.Net">
-      <HintPath>..\..\TechnitiumLibrary\bin\TechnitiumLibrary.Net.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/DnsServerApp/DnsServerApp.csproj b/DnsServerApp/DnsServerApp.csproj
index 3afba794..6a6bedec 100644
--- a/DnsServerApp/DnsServerApp.csproj
+++ b/DnsServerApp/DnsServerApp.csproj
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
     <ApplicationIcon>logo2.ico</ApplicationIcon>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.11.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@
     <None Include="App.config">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </None>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DnsServerCore\DnsServerCore.csproj">
diff --git a/DnsServerApp/packages.config b/DnsServerApp/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 57627541..00000000
--- a/DnsServerApp/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="11.0.2" targetFramework="net461" />
-</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DnsServerCore/DnsServerCore.csproj b/DnsServerCore/DnsServerCore.csproj
index b3f4351c..b2f98bd9 100644
--- a/DnsServerCore/DnsServerCore.csproj
+++ b/DnsServerCore/DnsServerCore.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <Authors>Shreyas Zare</Authors>
     <Company>Technitium</Company>
     <Product>Technitium DNS Server</Product>
diff --git a/DnsService/DnsService.csproj b/DnsService/DnsService.csproj
index bb6fca6b..51330384 100644
--- a/DnsService/DnsService.csproj
+++ b/DnsService/DnsService.csproj
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
     <ApplicationIcon>logo2.ico</ApplicationIcon>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.11.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration.Install" />
     <Reference Include="System.ServiceProcess" />
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@
     <None Include="App.config">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </None>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="ProjectInstaller.resx">
diff --git a/DnsService/packages.config b/DnsService/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 57627541..00000000
--- a/DnsService/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="11.0.2" targetFramework="net461" />
-</packages>
\ No newline at end of file