diff --git a/src/Shared/FileSystem/WindowsFileSystem.cs b/src/Shared/FileSystem/WindowsFileSystem.cs
index 1493d0f29a8..0031442b28f 100644
--- a/src/Shared/FileSystem/WindowsFileSystem.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/FileSystem/WindowsFileSystem.cs
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ public override bool DirectoryExists(string path)
 
         public override bool FileExists(string path)
         {
-#if NETFRAMEWORK
-            return Microsoft.IO.File.Exists(path);
-#else
+            // Due to https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/issues/20734
+            // I'm removing the dependency on  Microsoft.IO.File.Exists(path);
+            // until the issue is fixed
             return File.Exists(path);
-#endif
         }
 
         public override bool FileOrDirectoryExists(string path)