diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index 28cb7bae63..35689875e4 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -2032,8 +2032,11 @@ Path to source folder containing Windows framework dependent assemblies.
 .PARAMETER LinuxFxdBinPath
 Path to source folder containing Linux framework dependent assemblies.
 
-.PARAMETER GenAPIToolPath
-Path to the GenAPI.exe tool.
+.PARAMETER RefAssemblyPath
+Path to the reference assemblies.
+
+.PARAMETER CGManifestPath
+Path to the CGManifest.json file.
 #>
 function New-ILNugetPackageSource
 {
@@ -2055,10 +2058,11 @@ function New-ILNugetPackageSource
         [string] $LinuxFxdBinPath,
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
-        [string] $GenAPIToolPath,
+        [string] $RefAssemblyPath,
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
         [string] $CGManifestPath
+
     )
 
     if (! $Environment.IsWindows)
@@ -2091,11 +2095,8 @@ function New-ILNugetPackageSource
         "Microsoft.WSMan.Management.dll",
         "Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime.dll")
 
-    $refBinPath = New-TempFolder
     $SnkFilePath = "$RepoRoot\src\signing\visualstudiopublic.snk"
 
-    New-ReferenceAssembly -linux64BinPath $LinuxFxdBinPath -RefAssemblyDestinationPath $refBinPath -RefAssemblyVersion $PackageVersion -SnkFilePath $SnkFilePath -GenAPIToolPath $GenAPIToolPath
-
     if (! (Test-Path $PackagePath)) {
         $null = New-Item -Path $PackagePath -ItemType Directory
     }
@@ -2109,7 +2110,7 @@ function New-ILNugetPackageSource
 
     #region ref
     $refFolder = New-Item (Join-Path $filePackageFolder.FullName "ref/$script:netCoreRuntime") -ItemType Directory -Force
-    CopyReferenceAssemblies -assemblyName $fileBaseName -refBinPath $refBinPath -refNugetPath $refFolder -assemblyFileList $fileList -winBinPath $WinFxdBinPath
+    CopyReferenceAssemblies -assemblyName $fileBaseName -refBinPath $RefAssemblyPath -refNugetPath $refFolder -assemblyFileList $fileList -winBinPath $WinFxdBinPath
     #endregion ref
 
     $packageRuntimesFolderPath = $packageRuntimesFolder.FullName
@@ -2174,10 +2175,6 @@ function New-ILNugetPackageSource
     }
     $deps = New-FileDependencies -FileBaseName $fileBaseName -PackageVersion $PackageVersion
     New-CGManifest -FilePath (Join-Path -Path $CGManifestPath -ChildPath "CGManifest.json") -Dependencies $deps
-
-    if (Test-Path $refBinPath) {
-        Remove-Item $refBinPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-    }
 }
 
 <#
@@ -2264,33 +2261,33 @@ function CopyReferenceAssemblies
 
     $supportedRefList = @(
         "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility",
-        "Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost")
+        "Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost",
+        "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management",
+        "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Security",
+        "System.Management.Automation"
+        )
 
     switch ($assemblyName) {
-        { $_ -in $supportedRefList } {
-            $refDll = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath "$assemblyName.dll"
-            $refDoc = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath "$assemblyName.xml"
-            Copy-Item $refDll, $refDoc -Destination $refNugetPath -Force
-            Write-Log "Copied file '$refDll' and '$refDoc' to '$refNugetPath'"
-        }
-
         "Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK" {
             foreach ($asmFileName in $assemblyFileList) {
-                $refFile = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath $asmFileName
-                if (Test-Path -Path $refFile) {
-                    $refDoc = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath ([System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($asmFileName, "xml"))
-                    Copy-Item $refFile, $refDoc -Destination $refNugetPath -Force
-                    Write-Log "Copied file '$refFile' and '$refDoc' to '$refNugetPath'"
+                $fileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($asmFileName)
+
+                if ($fileName -in $supportedRefList) {
+                    $refFile = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath $asmFileName
+                    if (Test-Path -Path $refFile) {
+                        $refDoc = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath ([System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($asmFileName, "xml"))
+                        Copy-Item $refFile, $refDoc -Destination $refNugetPath -Force
+                        Write-Log "Copied file '$refFile' and '$refDoc' to '$refNugetPath'"
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
 
         default {
-            $ref_SMA = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath System.Management.Automation.dll
-            $ref_doc = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath System.Management.Automation.xml
-            $self_ref_doc = Join-Path -Path $winBinPath -ChildPath "$assemblyName.xml"
-            Copy-Item $ref_SMA, $ref_doc, $self_ref_doc -Destination $refNugetPath -Force
-            Write-Log "Copied file '$ref_SMA' and '$ref_doc' to '$refNugetPath'"
+            $refDll = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath "$assemblyName.dll"
+            $refDoc = Join-Path -Path $refBinPath -ChildPath "$assemblyName.xml"
+            Copy-Item $refDll, $refDoc -Destination $refNugetPath -Force
+            Write-Log "Copied file '$refDll' and '$refDoc' to '$refNugetPath'"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget-pkg-sbom.yml b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget-pkg-sbom.yml
index fe8c1a872f..f0a033fd9e 100644
--- a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget-pkg-sbom.yml
+++ b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget-pkg-sbom.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ parameters:
   - name: PackagePath
   - name: WinFxdPath
   - name: LinuxFxdPath
-  - name: GenAPIToolPath
   - name: ListOfFiles
     type: object
     default:
@@ -20,6 +19,69 @@ parameters:
     - System.Management.Automation.dll
 
 steps:
+
+- pwsh: |
+    Import-Module "$env:REPOROOT/build.psm1" -Force
+    Start-PSBootstrap
+
+    $sharedModules = @('Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management',
+                       'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility',
+                       'Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost',
+                       'Microsoft.PowerShell.Security',
+                       'System.Management.Automation'
+                      )
+
+    $winOnlyModules = @('Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimCmdlets',
+                        'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics',
+                        'Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing',
+                        'Microsoft.WSMan.Management',
+                        'Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime'
+                        )
+
+    $refAssemblyFolder = Join-Path '$(System.ArtifactsDirectory)' 'RefAssembly'
+    $null = New-Item -Path $refAssemblyFolder -Force -Verbose -Type Directory
+
+    Start-PSBuild -Clean -Runtime linux-x64 -Configuration Release
+
+    $sharedModules | Foreach-Object {
+      $refFile = Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:REPOROOT\src\$_\obj\Release\net8.0\refint\$_.dll"
+      Write-Verbose -Verbose "RefAssembly: $refFile"
+      Copy-Item -Path $refFile -Destination "$refAssemblyFolder\$_.dll" -Verbose
+      $refDoc = "$env:REPOROOT\src\$_\bin\Release\net8.0\$_.xml"
+      if (-not (Test-Path $refDoc)) {
+        Write-Warning "$refDoc not found"
+        Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:REPOROOT\src\$_\bin\Release\net8.0\" | Out-String | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+      }
+      else {
+        Copy-Item -Path $refDoc -Destination "$refAssemblyFolder\$_.xml" -Verbose
+      }
+    }
+
+    Start-PSBuild -Clean -Runtime win7-x64 -Configuration Release
+
+    $winOnlyModules | Foreach-Object {
+      $refFile = Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:REPOROOT\src\$_\obj\Release\net8.0\refint\*.dll"
+      Write-Verbose -Verbose 'RefAssembly: $refFile'
+      Copy-Item -Path $refFile -Destination "$refAssemblyFolder\$_.dll" -Verbose
+      $refDoc = "$env:REPOROOT\src\$_\bin\Release\net8.0\$_.xml"
+      if (-not (Test-Path $refDoc)) {
+        Write-Warning "$refDoc not found"
+        Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:REPOROOT\src\$_\bin\Release\net8.0" | Out-String | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+      }
+      else {
+        Copy-Item -Path $refDoc -Destination "$refAssemblyFolder\$_.xml" -Verbose
+      }
+    }
+
+    Get-ChildItem $refAssemblyFolder -Recurse | Out-String | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+
+    # Set RefAssemblyPath path variable
+    $vstsCommandString = "vso[task.setvariable variable=RefAssemblyPath]${refAssemblyFolder}"
+    Write-Host "sending " + $vstsCommandString
+    Write-Host "##$vstsCommandString"
+
+  displayName: Build reference assemblies
+
 - ${{ each value in parameters.ListOfFiles }}:
   - pwsh: |
       $FileName = '${{ value }}'
@@ -45,7 +107,7 @@ steps:
       Import-Module -Name $env:REPOROOT\build.psm1
       Import-Module -Name $env:REPOROOT\tools\packaging
       Find-DotNet
-      New-ILNugetPackageSource -File $FileName -PackagePath '${{ parameters.PackagePath }}' -PackageVersion '${{ parameters.PackageVersion }}' -WinFxdBinPath '${{ parameters.WinFxdPath }}' -LinuxFxdBinPath '${{ parameters.LinuxFxdPath }}' -GenAPIToolPath '${{ parameters.GenAPIToolPath }}' -CGManifestPath $CGManifestPath
+      New-ILNugetPackageSource -File $FileName -PackagePath '${{ parameters.PackagePath }}' -PackageVersion '${{ parameters.PackageVersion }}' -WinFxdBinPath '${{ parameters.WinFxdPath }}' -LinuxFxdBinPath '${{ parameters.LinuxFxdPath }}' -CGManifestPath $CGManifestPath -RefAssemblyPath $(RefAssemblyPath)
     displayName: 'Create NuGet Package source for single file'
 
   - template: Sbom.yml@ComplianceRepo
diff --git a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml
index f38e1a718c..269b614964 100644
--- a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml
+++ b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml
@@ -106,14 +106,6 @@ jobs:
       archiveFilePatterns: '$(System.ArtifactsDirectory)/packages/powershell-*-linux-x64-fxdependent.tar.gz'
       destinationFolder: '$(linuxFxdPath)'
 
-  - task: PkgESInstallNuGetToolsPackage@10
-    displayName: 'Install package Microsoft.DotNet.BuildTools.GenAPI'
-    inputs:
-      packageName: Microsoft.DotNet.BuildTools.GenAPI
-      packageVersion: '1.0.0-beta-00081'
-      packageSources: 'https://nuget.org/api/v2'
-      installRoot: '$(GenAPIToolPath)'
-
   - template: SetVersionVariables.yml
     parameters:
       ReleaseTagVar: $(ReleaseTagVar)
@@ -130,7 +122,6 @@ jobs:
       PackagePath: $(PackagePath)
       WinFxdPath: $(winFxdPath)
       LinuxFxdPath: $(linuxFxdPath)
-      GenAPIToolPath: $(GenAPIToolPath)
 
   - pwsh: |
       Get-ChildItem $(linuxFxdPath)