diff --git a/parameters.cake b/parameters.cake
index b5839696c3..2639dd24c9 100644
--- a/parameters.cake
+++ b/parameters.cake
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System.Linq;
+
 public class Parameters
 {
     public string Configuration { get; private set; }
     public bool SkipTests { get; private set; }
     public string MainRepo { get; private set; }
     public string MasterBranch { get; private set; }
-    public string AssemblyInfoPath { get; private set; }
     public string ReleasePlatform { get; private set; }
     public string ReleaseConfiguration { get; private set; }
     public string MSBuildSolution { get; private set; }
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@ public class Parameters
         // CONFIGURATION
         MainRepo = "AvaloniaUI/Avalonia";
         MasterBranch = "master";
-        AssemblyInfoPath = context.File("./src/Shared/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs");
         ReleaseConfiguration = "Release";
         MSBuildSolution = "./dirs.proj";
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class Parameters
         IsMyGetRelease = !IsTagged && IsReleasable;
 
         // VERSION
-        Version = context.Argument("force-nuget-version", context.ParseAssemblyInfo(AssemblyInfoPath).AssemblyVersion);
+        Version = context.Argument("force-nuget-version", GetVersion());
 
         if (IsRunningOnAppVeyor)
         {
@@ -100,4 +101,10 @@ public class Parameters
         ZipSourceControlCatalogDesktopDirs = (DirectoryPath)context.Directory("./samples/ControlCatalog.Desktop/bin/" + DirSuffix + "/net461");
         ZipTargetControlCatalogDesktopDirs = ZipRoot.CombineWithFilePath("ControlCatalog.Desktop-" + FileZipSuffix);
     }
+
+    private static string GetVersion()
+    {
+        var xdoc = XDocument.Load("./build/SharedVersion.props");
+        return xdoc.Descendants().First(x => x.Name.LocalName == "Version").Value;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Shared/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Shared/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 44ebef4cd2..0000000000
--- a/src/Shared/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
-
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Resources;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
-[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright AvaloniaUI 2016")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Avalonia")]
-[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
-[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("en")]
-
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.2")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.6.2")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("0.6.2")]
diff --git a/src/Shared/avalonia.platform.targets b/src/Shared/avalonia.platform.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index d9d592831b..0000000000
--- a/src/Shared/avalonia.platform.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-
-<!-- Includes the Avalonia platform-specific libraries in an application's output directory -->
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)' != '' And HasTrailingSlash('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)')">
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Gtk\Avalonia.Cairo\bin\$(Configuration)\Avalonia.Cairo.dll" />
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Gtk\Avalonia.Gtk\bin\$(Configuration)\Avalonia.Gtk.dll" />
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Windows\Avalonia.Direct2D1\bin\$(Configuration)\Avalonia.Direct2D1.dll" />
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Windows\Avalonia.Direct2D1\bin\$(Configuration)\SharpDX.dll" />
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Windows\Avalonia.Direct2D1\bin\$(Configuration)\SharpDX.Direct2D1.dll" />
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Windows\Avalonia.Direct2D1\bin\$(Configuration)\SharpDX.DXGI.dll" />
-    <PlatformLib Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Windows\Avalonia.Win32\bin\$(Configuration)\Avalonia.Win32.dll" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PrepareForRunDependsOn>$(PrepareForRunDependsOn);CopyPlatformLibs</PrepareForRunDependsOn>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Target Name="CopyPlatformLibs">
-    <Copy SourceFiles="@(PlatformLib)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)" ContinueOnError="true"/>
-  </Target>
-</Project>
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