fiseni · fiseni · Oct 3, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="8.14.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.6.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Mono.Cecil" Version="0.11.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Test projects dependencies">

diff --git a/src/NuSeal/AssemblyUtils.cs b/src/NuSeal/AssemblyUtils.cs
diff --git a/src/NuSeal/Assets.cs b/src/NuSeal/Assets.cs
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ public static string GenerateTargets(ConsumerParameters parameters)
                       {condition}>
 
                 <NuSeal.{TASK_NAME}
-                  PackageReferences="@(PackageReference)"
-                  ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions="@(ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions)"
                   MainAssemblyPath="$(TargetPath)"
                   ProtectedPackageId="{parameters.PackageId}"
                   ProtectedAssemblyName="{parameters.AssemblyName}"

diff --git a/src/NuSeal/NuSeal.csproj b/src/NuSeal/NuSeal.csproj
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" PrivateAssets="all" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Mono.Cecil" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -64,10 +63,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
       <BuildOutputInPackage
         Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)"
-        TargetPath="%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubPath)"
-        Condition="'%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename)' != 'Mono.Cecil.Mdb' AND 
-                   '%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename)' != 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb' AND 
-                   '%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename)' != 'Mono.Cecil.Rocks'" />
+        TargetPath="%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubPath)" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 

diff --git a/src/NuSeal/ValidateLicenseTask.cs b/src/NuSeal/ValidateLicenseTask.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-using Mono.Cecil;
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 
 namespace NuSeal;
 
 public partial class ValidateLicenseTask : Task
 {
-    public ITaskItem[] PackageReferences { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ITaskItem>();
-    public ITaskItem[] ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ITaskItem>();
     public string MainAssemblyPath { get; set; } = "";
     public string ProtectedPackageId { get; set; } = "";
     public string ProtectedAssemblyName { get; set; } = "";
@@ -35,15 +32,6 @@ public override bool Execute()
 
         var options = new NuSealOptions(ValidationMode, ValidationScope);
 
-        if (!TryGetProtectedDllPath(options, out var protectedDll))
-        {
-            // If this task is being executed, it must have come from a protected package.
-            // Something went wrong if we can't find the protected dll.
-            // But we won't break end users' builds.
-            Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, "NuSeal: No protected DLL was found for NuGet Package: {0}", ProtectedPackageId);
-            return true;
-        }
-
         try
         {
             var pems = Pems.Select(x =>
@@ -100,35 +88,9 @@ public override bool Execute()
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, "NuSeal: Failed to process {0}. Error: {1}", protectedDll, ex.Message);
+            Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, "NuSeal: Failed to process license validation for {0}. Error: {1}", ProtectedPackageId, ex.Message);
         }
 
         return true;
     }
-
-    private bool TryGetProtectedDllPath(
-        NuSealOptions options,
-        out string dllPath)
-    {
-        if (options.ValidationScope == NuSealValidationScope.Direct
-            && !PackageReferences.Any(x => string.Equals(x.ItemSpec, ProtectedPackageId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
-        {
-            dllPath = "";
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        foreach (var file in ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions)
-        {
-            var nugetPackageId = file.GetMetadata("NuGetPackageId");
-            if (string.Equals(nugetPackageId, ProtectedPackageId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                dllPath = file.ItemSpec;
-                return true;
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        dllPath = "";
-        return false;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/NuSeal/build/NuSeal.props b/src/NuSeal/build/NuSeal.props
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <NuSealAssembly>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)', '..', 'tasks', 'netstandard2.0', 'NuSeal.dll'))</NuSealAssembly>
-    <!--Needed while debugging locally-->
-    <!--<NuSealAssembly Condition="!Exists('$(NuSealAssembly)')">$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)', '..', 'bin', 'Debug', 'netstandard2.0', 'NuSeal.dll'))</NuSealAssembly>-->
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <UsingTask

diff --git a/tests/NuSeal.Tests/AssemblyUtils_ExtractPemsTests.cs b/tests/NuSeal.Tests/AssemblyUtils_ExtractPemsTests.cs
diff --git a/tests/NuSeal.Tests/AssetsTests.cs b/tests/NuSeal.Tests/AssetsTests.cs
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ public void GenerateTargets_ReturnUniqueAssetWithNoCondition_GivenDirectScope()
                       >
 
                 <NuSeal.ValidateLicenseTask
-                  PackageReferences="@(PackageReference)"
-                  ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions="@(ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions)"
                   MainAssemblyPath="$(TargetPath)"
                   ProtectedPackageId="Prefix.PackageId1"
                   ProtectedAssemblyName="Assembly1"
@@ -138,8 +136,6 @@ public void GenerateTargets_ReturnUniqueAssetWithCondition_GivenTransitiveScope(
                       Condition="'$(OutputType)' == 'Exe' Or '$(OutputType)' == 'WinExe' Or '$(MSBuildProjectSdk)' == 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web'">
 
                 <NuSeal.ValidateLicenseTask
-                  PackageReferences="@(PackageReference)"
-                  ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions="@(ResolvedCompileFileDefinitions)"
                   MainAssemblyPath="$(TargetPath)"
                   ProtectedPackageId="Prefix.PackageId1"
                   ProtectedAssemblyName="Assembly1"