diff --git a/eng/illink.targets b/eng/illink.targets
index 6faae27a7ae624..e574f066166bf5 100644
--- a/eng/illink.targets
+++ b/eng/illink.targets
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
     />
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <_DependencyDirectoriesTemp Include="@(ReferencePath->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)')" />
+      <_DependencyDirectoriesTemp Include="@(ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)')" />
       <!-- Remove duplicate directories by batching over them -->
       <!-- Add project references first to give precedence to project-specific files -->
       <_DependencyDirectories Condition="'%(_DependencyDirectoriesTemp.ReferenceSourceTarget)'=='ProjectReference'" Include="%(_DependencyDirectoriesTemp.Identity)" />