diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 140a3fa8..5ab678e9 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,14 +3,9 @@
 
   <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" />
 
-  <!-- 
-  
-    TODO come back here for copyright as part of #4 
-  
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CopyrightNetFoundation)' != ''">
     <Copyright>$(CopyrightNetFoundation)</Copyright>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  -->
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07b3c4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project>
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\, Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj
index 53ba752d..4fd4e6ea 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>Tye</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Tye.Core</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Tye.Core</PackageId>
-    <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
-    <Nullable>Enable</Nullable>
-    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics.csproj
index d2fcc59c..9849b863 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Diagnostics</PackageId>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
-    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Pinned">
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime.csproj
index b95613a9..2d84341d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Runtime</PackageId>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
-    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.csproj
index c7ce45bf..57fb8d46 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.csproj
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Tye.Hosting</PackageId>
     <GenerateEmbeddedFilesManifest>true</GenerateEmbeddedFilesManifest>
     <NoDefaultLaunchSettingsFile>true</NoDefaultLaunchSettingsFile>
-    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/tye/tye.csproj b/src/tye/tye.csproj
index 37b03a82..47515e11 100644
--- a/src/tye/tye.csproj
+++ b/src/tye/tye.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     <PackageId>Microsoft.Tye</PackageId>
     <ToolCommandName>tye</ToolCommandName>
     <PackAsTool>true</PackAsTool>
-    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Directory.Build.props b/test/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dabb33e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project>
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\, Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/E2ETest/E2ETest.csproj b/test/E2ETest/E2ETest.csproj
index 978c309f..4343c569 100644
--- a/test/E2ETest/E2ETest.csproj
+++ b/test/E2ETest/E2ETest.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Tye.E2ETest</AssemblyName>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <IsUnitTestProject>true</IsUnitTestProject>
-    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <TestRunnerName>XUnit</TestRunnerName>
   </PropertyGroup>