diff --git a/osu.Game.props b/Directory.Build.props
similarity index 78%
rename from osu.Game.props
rename to Directory.Build.props
index 1a3c0aec3e..4f7ad880b5 100644
--- a/osu.Game.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <!-- Contains required properties for osu!framework projects. -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup Label="C#">
-    <LangVersion>7.2</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <ApplicationManifest>..\app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
+    <ApplicationManifest>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="License">
-    <None Include="..\osu.licenseheader">
+    <None Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)osu.licenseheader">
       <Link>osu.licenseheader</Link>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index 2d1282634f..84881ce1d3 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
index 883cac67d1..53d8651476 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
index a086da0565..061cced227 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
index b0ca314551..afd5e1f753 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
index 656ebcc7c2..482f459564 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj b/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj
index bddaff0a80..7e1f0eb2b3 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index 53678b96c7..717e3e7de8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/osu.TestProject.props b/osu.TestProject.props
index 79f1cf49d1..7e87bc5414 100644
--- a/osu.TestProject.props
+++ b/osu.TestProject.props
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <StartupObject>osu.Game.Tests.VisualTestRunner</StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Project References">
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\osu.Game\osu.Game.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)osu.Game\osu.Game.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="..\osu.Game\Tests\VisualTestRunner.cs">
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)osu.Game\Tests\VisualTestRunner.cs">
       <Link>VisualTestRunner.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
   </ItemGroup>