diff --git a/packages/app/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj b/packages/app/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj
index c4f634412..09561da95 100644
--- a/packages/app/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj
+++ b/packages/app/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
     <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="ReactNativeWindowsProps">
     <ProjectRootDir Condition="'$(ProjectRootDir)'==''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'app.json'))</ProjectRootDir>
     <ReactAppWinDir Condition="'$(ReactAppWinDir)'==''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'node_modules\react-native-test-app\package.json'))\node_modules\react-native-test-app\windows</ReactAppWinDir>
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion Condition="'$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)'==''">10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="'$(WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion)'==''">10.0.17763.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM64">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
diff --git a/packages/app/windows/Win32/ReactApp.vcxproj b/packages/app/windows/Win32/ReactApp.vcxproj
index b6dc81048..12cc2dc8d 100644
--- a/packages/app/windows/Win32/ReactApp.vcxproj
+++ b/packages/app/windows/Win32/ReactApp.vcxproj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>17.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
     <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="ReactNativeWindowsProps">
     <ProjectRootDir Condition="'$(ProjectRootDir)'==''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'app.json'))</ProjectRootDir>
     <ReactAppWinDir Condition="'$(ReactAppWinDir)'==''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'node_modules\react-native-test-app\package.json'))\node_modules\react-native-test-app\windows</ReactAppWinDir>
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
     <ReactNativeWindowsDir Condition="'$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)'==''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'node_modules\react-native-windows\package.json'))\node_modules\react-native-windows\</ReactNativeWindowsDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.WindowsSdk.Default.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>