diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
index 9fdfbcbd315..a482d3a5305 100755
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 
-@rem Current package versions
-set VERSION=1.19.0-dev
-
-@rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
-set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
 set DOTNET=dotnet
 
 mkdir ..\..\artifacts
@@ -41,9 +36,9 @@ xcopy /Y /I nativelibs\csharp_ext_windows_x64\grpc_csharp_ext.dll ..\..\cmake\bu
 %DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.HealthCheck --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
 %DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Reflection --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
 %DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Tools --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-
-%NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% -OutputDirectory ..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core.NativeDebug.nuspec -Version %VERSION% -OutputDirectory ..\..\artifacts
+@rem build auxiliary packages
+%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
+%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Core.NativeDebug --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
 
 @rem copy resulting nuget packages to artifacts directory
 xcopy /Y /I *.nupkg ..\..\artifacts\ || goto :error
diff --git a/templates/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat.template b/templates/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat.template
deleted file mode 100755
index aa35ae1e6fc..00000000000
--- a/templates/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-%YAML 1.2
---- |
-  @rem Copyright 2016 gRPC authors.
-  @rem
-  @rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  @rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  @rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  @rem
-  @rem     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  @rem
-  @rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  @rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  @rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  @rem limitations under the License.
-  
-  @rem Current package versions
-  set VERSION=${settings.csharp_version}
-  
-  @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
-  set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
-  set DOTNET=dotnet
-  
-  mkdir ..\..\artifacts
-  
-  @rem Collect the artifacts built by the previous build step
-  mkdir nativelibs
-  powershell -Command "cp -r ..\..\input_artifacts\csharp_ext_* nativelibs"
-  
-  @rem Collect protoc artifacts built by the previous build step
-  mkdir protoc_plugins
-  powershell -Command "cp -r ..\..\input_artifacts\protoc_* protoc_plugins"
-  
-  %%DOTNET% restore Grpc.sln || goto :error
-  
-  @rem To be able to build, we also need to put grpc_csharp_ext to its normal location
-  xcopy /Y /I nativelibs\csharp_ext_windows_x64\grpc_csharp_ext.dll ..\..\cmake\build\x64\Release${"\\"}
-  
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Core.Api --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Core --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Core.Testing --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Auth --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.HealthCheck --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Reflection --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%DOTNET% pack --configuration Release Grpc.Tools --output ..\..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  
-  %%NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% -OutputDirectory ..\..\artifacts || goto :error
-  %%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core.NativeDebug.nuspec -Version %VERSION% -OutputDirectory ..\..\artifacts
-  
-  @rem copy resulting nuget packages to artifacts directory
-  xcopy /Y /I *.nupkg ..\..\artifacts\ || goto :error
-  
-  @rem create a zipfile with the artifacts as well
-  powershell -Command "Add-Type -Assembly 'System.IO.Compression.FileSystem'; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory('..\..\artifacts', 'csharp_nugets_windows_dotnetcli.zip');"
-  xcopy /Y /I csharp_nugets_windows_dotnetcli.zip ..\..\artifacts\ || goto :error
-  
-  goto :EOF
-  
-  :error
-  echo Failed!
-  exit /b %errorlevel%