diff --git a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/BlankApp/BlankApp.vcxproj b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/BlankApp/BlankApp.vcxproj
index 84359111e..b74002063 100644
--- a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/BlankApp/BlankApp.vcxproj	
+++ b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/BlankApp/BlankApp.vcxproj	
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
       <!--Temporarily disable cppwinrt heap enforcement to work around xaml compiler generated std::shared_ptr use -->
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(CppWinRTHeapEnforcement)'==''">/DWINRT_NO_MAKE_DETECTION %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DisableSpecificWarnings></DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/CoreApp/CoreApp.vcxproj b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/CoreApp/CoreApp.vcxproj
index 7bd74e746..246a3eeaa 100644
--- a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/CoreApp/CoreApp.vcxproj	
+++ b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/CoreApp/CoreApp.vcxproj	
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
       <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DisableSpecificWarnings></DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/StaticLibrary/StaticLibrary.vcxproj b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/StaticLibrary/StaticLibrary.vcxproj
index 2a7d1fd83..935ec08d0 100644
--- a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/StaticLibrary/StaticLibrary.vcxproj	
+++ b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/StaticLibrary/StaticLibrary.vcxproj	
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
       <!--Temporarily disable cppwinrt heap enforcement to work around xaml compiler generated std::shared_ptr use -->
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(CppWinRTHeapEnforcement)'==''">/DWINRT_NO_MAKE_DETECTION %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DisableSpecificWarnings></DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(WindowsSDK_WindowsMetadata);$(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/WindowsRuntimeComponent/WindowsRuntimeComponent.vcxproj b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/WindowsRuntimeComponent/WindowsRuntimeComponent.vcxproj
index d9152bbf9..784a8e8c9 100644
--- a/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/WindowsRuntimeComponent/WindowsRuntimeComponent.vcxproj	
+++ b/vsix/ProjectTemplates/VC/Windows Universal/WindowsRuntimeComponent/WindowsRuntimeComponent.vcxproj	
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
       <!--Temporarily disable cppwinrt heap enforcement to work around xaml compiler generated std::shared_ptr use -->
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(CppWinRTHeapEnforcement)'==''">/DWINRT_NO_MAKE_DETECTION %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DisableSpecificWarnings></DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINRT_DLL;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(WindowsSDK_WindowsMetadata);$(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
     </ClCompile>