diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
index f55d9f71a9..12ebe4ff9c 100644
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
@@ -204,13 +204,6 @@ jobs:
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK, false)}}:
     - template: .\steps-restore-nuget.yml
 
-  - pwsh: |-
-      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1"
-    displayName: Work around DD-1541167 (VCToolsVersion)
-    ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-      env:
-        VCWhereExtraVersionTarget: '-prerelease'
-
   - pwsh: |-
       & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\installWiX.ps1"
     displayName: Download and install WiX 3.14 development build
diff --git a/.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1 b/.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6527b63574..0000000000
--- a/.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-$LatestVCToolsVersion = (([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest $env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -include packages -format xml)).instances.instance.packages.package | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.CRT.Source" }).version;
-
-Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion"
-Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
-Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"