diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
index 54bd98fe3d4..7d1571257a6 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
     <_GetChildProjectCopyToPublishDirectoryItems>false</_GetChildProjectCopyToPublishDirectoryItems>
     <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">true</UseMonoRuntime>
 
-    <!-- Use $(AndroidMinimumSupportedApiLevel) for $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) if unset -->
-    <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(SupportedOSPlatformVersion)' == '' ">$(AndroidMinimumSupportedApiLevel)</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <!-- $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) must be '21.0', but we should support integer values like '21' -->
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(SupportedOSPlatformVersion)' != '' and !$(SupportedOSPlatformVersion.Contains('.')) ">$(SupportedOSPlatformVersion).0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>