diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/ref/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/ref/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.cs
index 2b8116824c..3d39e0083e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/ref/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/ref/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // New attributes that are designed to work with Microsoft.Data.SqlClient and are publicly documented should be included in future.
 
 [assembly: System.CLSCompliant(true)]
-[assembly: System.Resources.NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("en-US")]
 namespace Microsoft.Data
 {
     /// <include file='../../../../doc/snippets/Microsoft.Data/OperationAbortedException.xml' path='docs/members[@name="OperationAbortedException"]/OperationAbortedException/*' />
diff --git a/tools/props/AssemblyInfo.props b/tools/props/AssemblyInfo.props
index 71488482eb..344862fec4 100644
--- a/tools/props/AssemblyInfo.props
+++ b/tools/props/AssemblyInfo.props
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
     <Company>Microsoft Corporation</Company>
     <BaseProduct>Microsoft SqlClient Data Provider</BaseProduct>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
+    <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>