diff --git a/MonoMod.Backports.snk b/MonoMod.Backports.snk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2636391
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diff --git a/src/MonoMod.Backports.Shims/Directory.Build.targets b/src/MonoMod.Backports.Shims/Directory.Build.targets
index 73fdf13..ded548d 100644
--- a/src/MonoMod.Backports.Shims/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/MonoMod.Backports.Shims/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@
           DependsOnTargets="$(CoreCompileDependsOn);_PrepareRawTfmList;_GetShimmedPackages;ResolveProjectReferences"
           Inputs="$(MSBuildAllProjects);@(MMShimGen)"
           Outputs="$(_OutputTfmsTxt)"
-          Condition="'$(dotnet-nugetize)' == ''"
-          >
+          Condition="'$(dotnet-nugetize)' == ''">
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <_ExistingShimFiles Include="$(_ShimsDir)**/*" />
@@ -140,16 +139,37 @@
       <_ShimGenExe>%(MMShimGen.RelativeDir)%(FileName)$(_NativeExecutableExtension)</_ShimGenExe>
       <_SnkDir>$(MMRootPath)snk/</_SnkDir>
     </PropertyGroup>
+    
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <_BackportsProps Remove="@(_BackportsProps)"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(MMSourcePath)MonoMod.Backports/MonoMod.Backports.csproj"
+             Targets="GetAssemblyVersion;GetProperties"
+             Properties="TargetFramework=net8.0;PropertyNames=AssemblyVersion,AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile;BuildProjectReferences=false">
+      <Output ItemName="_BackportsProps" TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" />
+    </MSBuild>
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_BackportsAsmVersion></_BackportsAsmVersion>
+      <_BackportsKeyFile></_BackportsKeyFile>
+      <_BackportsAsmVersion Condition="'%(_BackportsProps.Identity)' == 'AssemblyVersion'">%(_BackportsProps.Value)</_BackportsAsmVersion>
+      <_BackportsKeyFile Condition="'%(_BackportsProps.Identity)' == 'AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile'">%(_BackportsProps.Value)</_BackportsKeyFile>
+    </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <_PPArguments Remove="@(_PPArguments)" />
-      <!-- 1: the output directory -->
+      <!-- 1: Backports version -->
+      <_PPArguments Include="$(_BackportsAsmVersion)" />
+      <!-- 2: Backports keyfile -->
+      <_PPArguments Include="$(_BackportsKeyFile)" />
+      <!-- 3: the output directory -->
       <_PPArguments Include="$(_ShimsDir)" />
-      <!-- 2: snk directory -->
+      <!-- 4: snk directory -->
       <_PPArguments Include="$(_SnkDir)" />
-      <!-- 3: tfms file -->
+      <!-- 5: tfms file -->
       <_PPArguments Include="$(_BackportsTfmsTxt)" />
-      <!-- 4: the paths to the packages to process -->
+      <!-- 6: the paths to the packages to process -->
       <_PPArguments Include="@(_ShimmedPackagePaths)" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/MonoMod.Backports/MonoMod.Backports.csproj b/src/MonoMod.Backports/MonoMod.Backports.csproj
index 5450345..11368ee 100644
--- a/src/MonoMod.Backports/MonoMod.Backports.csproj
+++ b/src/MonoMod.Backports/MonoMod.Backports.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- target frameworks are defined in Common.props -->
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
     <!-- We're not going to be having any of the logic that would use the shared sources, so we'll just not include them -->
     <RootNamespace><![CDATA[ ]]></RootNamespace>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1200;CA1716</NoWarn>
-    <MMReferenceSourcePkgs>false</MMReferenceSourcePkgs>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>A set of backports of new BCL features to all frameworks which MonoMod supports.</Description>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MMRootPath)MonoMod.Backports.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MMTFKind>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)'))</MMTFKind>
     <MMTFVersion>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)'))</MMTFVersion>
@@ -24,9 +28,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="js6pak.InlineIL.Fody" Version="1.10.0-js6pak.1" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="runtime" Pack="false" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="RemoveImplicitOutOfBandAssemblies"
-          BeforeTargets="BeforeCompile"
-          AfterTargets="FindReferenceAssembliesForReferences">
+  <Target Name="RemoveImplicitOutOfBandAssemblies" BeforeTargets="BeforeCompile" AfterTargets="FindReferenceAssembliesForReferences">
     <ItemGroup>
       <ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies Remove="@(ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies)" Condition="%(Filename) == 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe'" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/MonoMod.Backports/NuGet.targets b/src/MonoMod.Backports/NuGet.targets
index 29d741e..72ec989 100644
--- a/src/MonoMod.Backports/NuGet.targets
+++ b/src/MonoMod.Backports/NuGet.targets
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
 
-  <Target Name="Backports_AddShimsDependency">
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <PackageReference Include="MonoMod.Backports.Shims" Version="$(Version)" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-  </Target>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageFile Include="MonoMod.Backports.Shims" Version="$(Version)">
       <Source>Explicit</Source>
diff --git a/src/build/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks.csproj b/src/build/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks.csproj
index a19cb2a..a9c69e0 100644
--- a/src/build/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/build/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks/MonoMod.Backports.Tasks.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
 
-    <MMReferenceSourcePkgs>false</MMReferenceSourcePkgs>
-
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
     
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -13,7 +11,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MSBuildRequiredVersion)" />
-    <!--<PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="6.0.0" />-->
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/build/ShimGen/Program.cs b/src/build/ShimGen/Program.cs
index bf99141..a1e2925 100644
--- a/src/build/ShimGen/Program.cs
+++ b/src/build/ShimGen/Program.cs
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 
 if (args is not [
+    var backportsVersion,
+    var backportsSnkFile,
     var outputRefDir,
     var snkPath,
     var tfmsFilePath,
     .. var dotnetOobPackagePaths
     ])
 {
-    Console.Error.WriteLine("Assemblies not provided.");
-    Console.Error.WriteLine("Syntax: <output ref dir> <snk directory> <tfms file> <...oob package paths...>");
+    Console.Error.WriteLine("Syntax: <backports version> <backports snk file> <output ref dir> <snk directory> <tfms file> <...oob package paths...>");
     Console.Error.WriteLine("Arguments provided: ");
     foreach (var arg in args)
     {
@@ -160,6 +161,12 @@ .. var dotnetOobPackagePaths
     .OrderBy(t => t.fwk, precSorter)
     .ToArray();
 
+var backportsReferenceBase = new AssemblyReference(
+    "MonoMod.Backports",
+    new Version(backportsVersion),
+    publicKey: true,
+    StrongNamePrivateKey.FromFile(backportsSnkFile).CreatePublicKeyBlob(AssemblyHashAlgorithm.Sha1));
+
 // Now, we have some work to do for shims. We want to check if there is an equivalent type to the shims
 // defined or exported from Backports, and rewrite a new shim forwarding to Backports as appropriate.
 var importedSet = new Dictionary<string, ExportedType>();
@@ -195,9 +202,7 @@ .. var dotnetOobPackagePaths
             HasPublicKey = bclShim.Assembly!.HasPublicKey,
         };
 
-        backportsReference =
-            new AssemblyReference("MonoMod.Backports", new(1, 0, 0, 0))
-            .ImportWith(backportsShim.DefaultImporter);
+        backportsReference = backportsReferenceBase.ImportWith(backportsShim.DefaultImporter);
 
         foreach (var file in dllsByDllName[dllName].Values.SelectMany(x => x))
         {
diff --git a/tools/Common.CS.props b/tools/Common.CS.props
index 57d6faa..8a564bf 100644
--- a/tools/Common.CS.props
+++ b/tools/Common.CS.props
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
     <AnalysisMode>All</AnalysisMode>
     <AnalysisLevel>8.0</AnalysisLevel>
     
-    <MMReferenceSourcePkgs>true</MMReferenceSourcePkgs>
-    
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn> <!-- XML documentation warning. TODO: We should probably remove this at some point and ensure that MM is fully documented. -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1716</NoWarn> <!-- Members have name shared with primitive type. -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1003</NoWarn> <!-- Change event to use EventHandler<EventArgs> -->
@@ -37,16 +35,5 @@
     <!-- We want to remove JSImportGenerator by default, becuase it takes a good deal of compilation time -->
     <RemoveAnalyzer Include="Microsoft.Interop.JavaScript.JSImportGenerator" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MMReferenceSourcePkgs)' == 'true'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="IsExternalInit" Version="1.0.3">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/Common.targets b/tools/Common.targets
index e48f236..9a09390 100644
--- a/tools/Common.targets
+++ b/tools/Common.targets
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <_PropertiesToGet Include="$(PropertyNames)" />
+      <_PropertiesToGet Include="$([System.String]::Copy($(PropertyNames)).Split(','))" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <Properties Include="%(_PropertiesToGet.Identity)" Value="$(%(Identity))" />
+      <Properties Include="%(_PropertiesToGet.Identity)" Value="$(%(_PropertiesToGet.Identity))" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>