diff --git a/AzurePackage.proj b/AzurePackage.proj
index d888b4e04..1f23f7413 100644
--- a/AzurePackage.proj
+++ b/AzurePackage.proj
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
     
     <ItemGroup>
       <!-- filter to exclude any binary from a folder -->
-      <Excluded Include="$(SrcFolder)\**\bin\**\*;$(SrcFolder)\**\obj\**\*;$(SrcFolder)\**\*.user;" />
-   
+      <Excluded Include="$(SrcFolder)\**\bin\**\*;$(SrcFolder)\**\obj\**\*;$(SrcFolder)\**\*.user; $(SrcFolder)\**\*.cs;$(SrcFolder)\**\*.csproj" />
+
       <!-- list of files from Themes, Core and Modules to export -->
       <Stage-Themes Include="$(SrcFolder)\Orchard.Web\Themes\**\*" Exclude="@(Excluded)" />
       <Stage-Core Include="$(SrcFolder)\Orchard.Web\Core\**\*" Exclude="@(Excluded)" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Config/HostComponents.config b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Config/HostComponents.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ece073bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Config/HostComponents.config
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<HostComponents>
+  <Components>
+    <Component Type="Orchard.Environment.Extensions.Loaders.DynamicExtensionLoader">
+      <Properties>
+        <Property Name="Disabled" Value="true"/>
+      </Properties>
+    </Component>
+  </Components>
+</HostComponents>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Orchard.Azure.Web.csproj b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Orchard.Azure.Web.csproj
index d5df36db7..19320dc9e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Orchard.Azure.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.Web/Orchard.Azure.Web.csproj
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Config\log4net.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="Config\HostComponents.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Config\Sites.config">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>