diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Avalonia.Cairo.csproj b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Avalonia.Cairo.csproj
index d09fd2ddc6..460db98895 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Avalonia.Cairo.csproj
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Avalonia.Cairo.csproj
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
     <Reference Include="atk-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\Shared\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs">
+      <Link>Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="CairoPlatform.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Media\DrawingContext.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Media\FormattedTextImpl.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index dc7d815ddc..709f1eb22a 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Cairo/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
 // associated with an assembly.
 [assembly: AssemblyTitle("Avalonia.Cairo")]
-[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Avalonia.Cairo")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright \u00A9  2014")]
-[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
 // Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
 // to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
@@ -27,19 +20,6 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
 [assembly: Guid("f999ba8b-64e7-40cc-98a4-003f1852d2a3")]
 
-// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
-//
-//      Major Version
-//      Minor Version 
-//      Build Number
-//      Revision
-//
-// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
-// by using the '*' as shown below:
-// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
-
 [assembly: ExportRenderingSubsystem(OperatingSystemType.WinNT, 3, "Cairo", typeof(CairoPlatform), nameof(CairoPlatform.Initialize), RequiresWindowingSubsystem = "GTK")]
 [assembly: ExportRenderingSubsystem(OperatingSystemType.Linux, 2, "Cairo", typeof(CairoPlatform), nameof(CairoPlatform.Initialize), RequiresWindowingSubsystem = "GTK")]
 [assembly: ExportRenderingSubsystem(OperatingSystemType.OSX, 3, "Cairo", typeof(CairoPlatform), nameof(CairoPlatform.Initialize), RequiresWindowingSubsystem = "GTK")]