diff --git a/src/common/common-md-flag/common-md-flag.vcxproj b/src/common/common-md-flag/common-md-flag.vcxproj
index 8045be5868..dcbde5c417 100644
--- a/src/common/common-md-flag/common-md-flag.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common-md-flag/common-md-flag.vcxproj
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
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       <ConformanceMode>false</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>inc;telemetry;..\..\deps\cpprestsdk\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>inc;telemetry;../../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>false</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>inc;telemetry;..\..\deps\cpprestsdk\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>inc;telemetry;../../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
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diff --git a/src/common/interop/interop.vcxproj b/src/common/interop/interop.vcxproj
index f82fd0615a..7f91f9cca9 100644
--- a/src/common/interop/interop.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/interop/interop.vcxproj
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
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       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\interop;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\interop;../../;../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <OmitDefaultLibName>false</OmitDefaultLibName>
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@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\interop;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\interop;../../;../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
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diff --git a/src/runner/runner.vcxproj b/src/runner/runner.vcxproj
index bfea3a9091..095b82608c 100644
--- a/src/runner/runner.vcxproj
+++ b/src/runner/runner.vcxproj
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
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       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common\inc;..\common\os-detection;..\common\Telemetry;..;..\modules;..\..\deps\cpprestsdk\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common\inc;..\common\os-detection;..\common\Telemetry;..;..\modules;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
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       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
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-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common\inc;..\common\os-detection;..\common\Telemetry;..;..\modules;..\..\deps\cpprestsdk\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common\inc;..\common\os-detection;..\common\Telemetry;..;..\modules;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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