Why is dotnet build not using the specified SDK on global.json?

Question

I have a global.json with the following contents

{
  "sdk": {
    "version": "2.2.300"
  }
}

This is the output of dotnet --list-sdks

2.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.105 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.2.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

This is the output of donet --list-runtimes

Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Yet when I do dotnet build I get the following error

Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.1.76+g14b0a930a7 for .NET Core Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.300\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets(137,5): error : The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 2.2. Either target .NET Core 2.1 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Core 2.2. [C:\solutionfolder\projectfolder\Project.csproj] C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.300\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets(137,5): error : The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 2.2. Either target .NET Core 2.1 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Core 2.2. [C:\solutionfolder\projectfolder\Project.csproj]

Build FAILED.

C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.300\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets(137,5): error : The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 2.2. Either target .NET Core 2.1 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Core 2.2. [C:\solutionfolder\otherprojectfolder\OtherProject.csproj] C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.300\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets(137,5): error : The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 2.2. Either target .NET Core 2.1 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Core 2.2. [C:\solutionfolder\otherprojectfolder\OtherProject.csproj] 0 Warning(s) 2 Error(s)

I need help, this is driving me nuts

Paleta Paleta · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-13T19:43:53

Ok, found the solution, it seems this Environment System Variable

MSBuildSDKsPath was pointing to the .NET Core 2.1.300 Sdks folder, removing that variable addressed the problem.

Why is dotnet build not using the specified SDK on global.json?

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