aspnetcore: Circular dependency error when publishing webdeploy package using .net 5.0.300

I am getting the following error when I try and generate a webdeploy package using .net 5: C:\Program

Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.300\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish\targets\CopyTargets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.CopyFiles.targets(80,5): error MSB4006: There is a circular dependency in the target dependency graph involving target "Publish". Since "_CopyAspNetCoreFilesToIntermediateOutputPath" has "DependsOn" dependence on "Publish", the circular is "Publish<-_CopyAspNetCoreFilesToIntermediateOutputPath<-CorePublish<-DotNetPublish<-_PublishBuildAlternative<-Publish"

Repro steps: dotnet new mvc -n mvcApp cd mvcApp dotnet restore dotnet publish /p:WebDeployMethod=package /p:DeployOnBuild=true;

expected result: Web Deploy Package produced

actual result: Microsoft ® Build Engine version 16.10.0+4242f381a for .NET Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Determining projects to restore… All projects are up-to-date for restore. mvcApp -> C:\Temp\mvcApp\bin\Debug\net5.0\mvcApp.dll mvcApp -> C:\Temp\mvcApp\bin\Debug\net5.0\mvcApp.Views.dll C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.300\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish\targets\CopyTargets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.CopyFiles.targets(80,5): error MSB4006: There is a circular dependency in the target dependency graph involving target “Publish”. Since “_CopyAspNetCoreFilesToIntermediateOutputPath” has “DependsOn” dependence on “Publish”, the circular is “Publish<-_CopyAspNetCoreFilesToIntermediateOutputPath<-CorePublish<-DotNetPublish<-_PublishBuildAlternative<-Publish”. [C:\Temp\mvcApp\mvcApp.csproj]

This seems to be similar to https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/16474 but I’m not using Visual Studio. dotnet clean doesn’t seem to help.