diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.cs b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.cs
index 43640d14fe2f..2f582d6df220 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static FrameworkPackages()
     {
         NETStandard20.Register();
         NETStandard21.Register();
-        NET461.Register();
         NETCoreApp20.Register();
         NETCoreApp21.Register();
         NETCoreApp22.Register();
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.net461.cs b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.net461.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index ef21b16323f2..000000000000
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/FrameworkPackages/FrameworkPackages.net461.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.NuGet;
-
-#nullable disable
-
-using static global::NuGet.Frameworks.FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Framework packages for .NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1.
-/// </summary>
-internal partial class FrameworkPackages
-{
-    internal static class NET461
-    {
-        internal static FrameworkPackages Instance { get; } = new(Net461, DefaultFrameworkKey, NETStandard20.Instance);
-
-        internal static void Register() => FrameworkPackages.Register(Instance);
-    }
-}