diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DefaultItems.targets b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DefaultItems.targets
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7da6779d7202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DefaultItems.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Project>
+
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<EnableDefaultMauiBlazorEntitlements Condition="'$(EnableDefaultMauiBlazorEntitlements)'=='' And '$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdkRazor)'=='true'">true</EnableDefaultMauiBlazorEntitlements>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnableDefaultMauiBlazorEntitlements)'=='true'And '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
+		<!--Essential for MAUI Blazor, as it allows your sandboxed app to connect to a server process.-->
+		<CustomEntitlements Include="com.apple.security.app-sandbox" Type="boolean" Value="true" />
+		<CustomEntitlements Include="com.apple.security.network.client" Type="boolean" Value="true" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+		<ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnableDefaultMauiBlazorEntitlements)'=='True'And '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
+		<CustomEntitlements Include="com.apple.security.get-task-allow" Type="boolean" Value="true" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.MacCatalyst.targets b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.MacCatalyst.targets
index 09b77ba44420..fe6ffc478671 100644
--- a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.MacCatalyst.targets
+++ b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/nuget/buildTransitive/net6.0-maccatalyst13.1/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.MacCatalyst.targets
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
     <MtouchLink Condition="'$(MtouchLink)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' and '$(UseInterpreter)' == 'true'">None</MtouchLink>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DefaultItems.targets" />
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/MauiApp.1.csproj b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/MauiApp.1.csproj
index d0e9640966d9..6d5be27a0104 100644
--- a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/MauiApp.1.csproj
+++ b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/MauiApp.1.csproj
@@ -61,15 +61,4 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="MS_EXT_VERSION" />
     </ItemGroup>
-
-  <!-- Build Properties must be defined within these property groups to ensure successful publishing
-       to the Mac App Store. See: https://aka.ms/maui-publish-app-store#define-build-properties-in-your-project-file -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-maccatalyst')) and '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
-    <CodesignEntitlements>Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist</CodesignEntitlements>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-maccatalyst')) and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
-    <CodesignEntitlements>Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist</CodesignEntitlements>
-    <UseHardenedRuntime>true</UseHardenedRuntime>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist
deleted file mode 100644
index cc0208055252..000000000000
--- a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-    <dict>
-        <!-- Enable this value to use browser developer tools while debugging.-->
-        <!-- See https://aka.ms/blazor-hybrid-developer-tools -->
-        <key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>
-        <true/>
-    </dict>
-</plist>
diff --git a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist
deleted file mode 100644
index 1db1d9371a28..000000000000
--- a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-blazor/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-    <!-- See https://aka.ms/maui-publish-app-store#add-entitlements for more information about adding entitlements.-->
-    <dict>
-        <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
-        <true/>
-        <key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
-        <true/>
-    </dict>
-</plist>
-
diff --git a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/MauiApp.1.csproj b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/MauiApp.1.csproj
index 5e9d502271fe..3ac70e7a7779 100644
--- a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/MauiApp.1.csproj
+++ b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/MauiApp.1.csproj
@@ -61,14 +61,4 @@
 		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="MS_EXT_VERSION" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
-	<!-- Build Properties must be defined within these property groups to ensure successful publishing
-       to the Mac App Store. See: https://aka.ms/maui-publish-app-store#define-build-properties-in-your-project-file -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-maccatalyst')) and '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
-    <CodesignEntitlements>Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist</CodesignEntitlements>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-maccatalyst')) and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
-    <CodesignEntitlements>Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist</CodesignEntitlements>
-    <UseHardenedRuntime>true</UseHardenedRuntime>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist
deleted file mode 100644
index 1659c8426552..000000000000
--- a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Debug.plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-    <dict>
-        <!-- Enable this value to use browser developer tools while debugging.-->
-        <!-- See https://aka.ms/blazor-hybrid-developer-tools -->
-        <key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>
-        <true/>
-    </dict>
-</plist>
-
diff --git a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist b/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist
deleted file mode 100644
index 1db1d9371a28..000000000000
--- a/src/Templates/src/templates/maui-mobile/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Entitlements.Release.plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-    <!-- See https://aka.ms/maui-publish-app-store#add-entitlements for more information about adding entitlements.-->
-    <dict>
-        <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
-        <true/>
-        <key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
-        <true/>
-    </dict>
-</plist>
-
diff --git a/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets b/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets
index 939ee31104b8..1ca66aec8dd7 100644
--- a/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets
+++ b/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnableDefaultItems)'=='True' And '$(EnableDefaultCssItems)'=='True' And '$(EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems)'=='True'">
 		<None Remove="**\*.css" Condition="'$(EnableDefaultNoneItems)'=='True'" />
 	</ItemGroup>
-
+	
 </Project>