diff --git a/src/Caching/Hybrid/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid.Tests.csproj b/src/Caching/Hybrid/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid.Tests.csproj
index 54c0de3adf67..4b862961ffa3 100644
--- a/src/Caching/Hybrid/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Caching/Hybrid/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid.Tests.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" />
diff --git a/src/Caching/SqlServer/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer.csproj b/src/Caching/SqlServer/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer.csproj
index 21c98b778833..3088ff699532 100644
--- a/src/Caching/SqlServer/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Caching/SqlServer/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer.csproj
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" />
     <Reference Include="Azure.Identity" />
-
-    <!-- temporary until we can move IBufferDistributedCache to Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions-->
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.csproj b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.csproj
index 3a3faeaf9f40..c3f7de250341 100644
--- a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.csproj
+++ b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.csproj
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
     <Reference Include="StackExchange.Redis" />
-
-    <!-- temporary until we can move IBufferDistributedCache to Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions-->
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>