diff --git a/build/Common.targets b/build/Common.targets
index 9a7ef07d67..e528a73278 100644
--- a/build/Common.targets
+++ b/build/Common.targets
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	</Target>
 
 	<Target Name="_Compile" DependsOnTargets="_Clean">
-		<MSBuild Projects="%(Solution.Identity)" Properties="Configuration=%(Solution.Configuration)" BuildInParallel="true" />
+		<MSBuild Projects="@(Solution)" Properties="Configuration=$(BuildConfiguration)" BuildInParallel="true" />
 	</Target>
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/build.csproj b/build/build.csproj
index 8631cdbed5..c9b03b9078 100644
--- a/build/build.csproj
+++ b/build/build.csproj
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
 
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<WorkingDirectories Include="$(BuildTempDirectory)" />
-
-		<Solution Include="$(SolutionFile)">
-			<Configuration>$(BuildConfiguration)</Configuration>
-		</Solution>
-		
+		<Solution Include="$(SolutionFile)" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<!-- targets -->