diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
index df20c6a1c1..7d58895a70 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
     <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
-    <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
-    <ProjectPriFileName>Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.pri</ProjectPriFileName>
+    <GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>true</GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>