Make sure you are using the . NET 4.0 version of MSBuild.
I was using the "Open Visual Studio Command Prompt (2008)" entry of Start Menu to build, and it gave me the same error, but when I switched to "Open Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010)", I had the problem miracolously solved.
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