diff --git a/src/SponsorLink/Analyzer/Analyzer.csproj b/src/SponsorLink/Analyzer/Analyzer.csproj
index 2aeffdd..963c77b 100644
--- a/src/SponsorLink/Analyzer/Analyzer.csproj
+++ b/src/SponsorLink/Analyzer/Analyzer.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <PackFolder>analyzers/dotnet/roslyn4.0</PackFolder>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
     <CustomAfterMicrosoftCSharpTargets>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\SponsorLink.targets</CustomAfterMicrosoftCSharpTargets>
-    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <MergeAnalyzerAssemblies>true</MergeAnalyzerAssemblies>
     <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/SponsorLink/SponsorLink.targets b/src/SponsorLink/SponsorLink.targets
index e62c21c..de93845 100644
--- a/src/SponsorLink/SponsorLink.targets
+++ b/src/SponsorLink/SponsorLink.targets
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
     <ShowSponsorLinkInProject Condition="$(ShowSponsorLinkInProject) == '' and '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">true</ShowSponsorLinkInProject>
     <!-- This ensures we expose only the main assembly in the Dependencies > Analyzers node -->
     <MergeAnalyzerAssemblies Condition="'$(MergeAnalyzerAssemblies)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">true</MergeAnalyzerAssemblies>
+    <!-- If we are going to merge files, we need to copy local -->
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies Condition="'$(MergeAnalyzerAssemblies)' == 'true'">true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
+
     <!-- Read public key we validate manifests against -->
     <DevloopedJwk>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)SponsorLink/devlooped.pub.jwk'))</DevloopedJwk>