diff --git a/Vulkan/spirv-tools-build/spirv-tools-build.vcxproj b/Vulkan/spirv-tools-build/spirv-tools-build.vcxproj
index 92488a424e..979e0ac1d1 100644
--- a/Vulkan/spirv-tools-build/spirv-tools-build.vcxproj
+++ b/Vulkan/spirv-tools-build/spirv-tools-build.vcxproj
@@ -38,31 +38,32 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
     <CmakeGenerator>"Visual Studio $(VisualStudioVersion.Substring(0,2))"</CmakeGenerator>
-    <CmakeCLI>cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20 -DLLVM_USE_CRT_DEBUG=MTd -DLLVM_USE_CRT_RELEASE=MT -DSPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR=$(SolutionDir)/Vulkan/spirv-headers ../spirv-tools</CmakeCLI>
+    <CmakeCLI>cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20 -DLLVM_USE_CRT_DEBUG=MTd -DLLVM_USE_CRT_RELEASE=MT -DSPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR=$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../spirv-headers')) ../spirv-tools</CmakeCLI>
+    <PropsAbsPath>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\common_default.props'))</PropsAbsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine>
       $(CmakeCLI)
-      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Release /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(SolutionDir)common_default.props /m</NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Release /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(PropsAbsPath) /m</NMakeBuildCommandLine>
     <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
       $(CmakeCLI)
-      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Release /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(SolutionDir)common_default.props /m</NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
+      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Release /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(PropsAbsPath) /m</NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
     <NMakeCleanCommandLine>
       $(CmakeCLI)
-      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:clean /p:Configuration=Release /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(SolutionDir)common_default.props /m</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
+      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:clean /p:Configuration=Release /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(PropsAbsPath) /m</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine>
       $(CmakeCLI)
-      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Debug /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(SolutionDir)common_default.props /m
+      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Debug /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(PropsAbsPath) /m
     </NMakeBuildCommandLine>
     <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
       $(CmakeCLI)
-      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Debug /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(SolutionDir)common_default.props /m
+      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Debug /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(PropsAbsPath) /m
     </NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
     <NMakeCleanCommandLine>
       $(CmakeCLI)
-      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:clean /p:Configuration=Debug /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(SolutionDir)common_default.props /m
+      msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:clean /p:Configuration=Debug /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets=$(PropsAbsPath) /m
     </NMakeCleanCommandLine>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index bb63601522..104ea0e179 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -71,10 +71,18 @@ jobs:
     - bash: .ci/export-azure-vars.sh
       displayName: Export Variables
 
+    - task: MSBuild@1
+      inputs:
+        solution: './Vulkan/spirv-tools-build/spirv-tools-build.vcxproj'
+        maximumCpuCount: true
+        platform: x64
+        configuration: 'Release'
+      displayName: Compile SPIRV-Tools
+
     - task: VSBuild@1
       inputs:
         solution: 'rpcs3.sln'
-        msbuildArgs: '/m'
+        maximumCpuCount: true
         platform: x64
         configuration: 'Release - LLVM'
       displayName: Compile RPCS3
diff --git a/rpcs3.sln b/rpcs3.sln
index 2a7fd1e310..03715db867 100644
--- a/rpcs3.sln
+++ b/rpcs3.sln
@@ -284,15 +284,10 @@ Global
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 		{DA6F56B4-06A4-441D-AD70-AC5A7D51FADB}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Debug - LLVM|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
-		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Debug - LLVM|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
 		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Debug - MemLeak|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
-		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Debug - MemLeak|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
 		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
-		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
 		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Release - LLVM|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
-		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Release - LLVM|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
-		{4CBD3DDD-5555-49A4-A44D-DD3D8CB516A1}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE