diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 03f71e6ae8a429..2ada8cddddc1cd 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
   <!-- Include the triplet in ProjectStateLine to force VS2017 and later to fully rebuild if the user changes it.  -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ProjectStateLine>VcpkgTriplet=$(VcpkgTriplet):$(ProjectStateLine)</ProjectStateLine>
-
-    <ExternalIncludePath>%(ExternalIncludePath);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)include</ExternalIncludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Determine the locations trees we want to consume. _ZVcpkgInstalledDir is special in that it doesn't have a default
@@ -70,6 +68,7 @@
 
     <_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)' == 'Debug'">debug\</_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir>
     <_ZVcpkgExecutable>$(_ZVcpkgRoot)vcpkg.exe</_ZVcpkgExecutable>
+    <ExternalIncludePath>$(ExternalIncludePath);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)include</ExternalIncludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>