diff --git a/build.proj b/build.proj
index ba45ac2d8..522844b34 100644
--- a/build.proj
+++ b/build.proj
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <DotnetCliBuildFrameworkInputs Include="build_projects/**/*.cs" Exclude="build_projects/**/obj/**/*.cs" />
-    <DotnetCliBuildFrameworkInputs Include="build_projects/**/project.json;build_projects/**/project.lock.json" />
+    <DotnetCliBuildFrameworkInputs Include="build_projects/**/*.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Workaround to "Native image cannot be loaded multiple times" issue
@@ -55,14 +55,20 @@
           DependsOnTargets="MSBuildWorkaroundTarget;
                             RestoreDotnetCliBuildFramework">
 
-    <Exec Command="$(DotnetStage0) publish -o $(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/bin --framework netcoreapp1.0" WorkingDirectory="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)"/>
+    <Exec Command="$(DotnetStage0) publish3 -o $(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/bin --framework netcoreapp1.0" WorkingDirectory="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)"/>
   </Target>
-
+  
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <RestoreDotnetCliBuildFrameworkOutputs Include="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/obj/project.assets.json" />
+    <RestoreDotnetCliBuildFrameworkOutputs Include="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/obj/dotnet-cli-build.csproj.nuget.g.props" />
+    <RestoreDotnetCliBuildFrameworkOutputs Include="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/obj/dotnet-cli-build.csproj.nuget.g.targets" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  
   <Target Name="RestoreDotnetCliBuildFramework"
-          Inputs="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/project.json"
-          Outputs="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/project.lock.json">
+          Inputs="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)/dotnet-cli-build.csproj"
+          Outputs="@(RestoreDotnetCliBuildFrameworkOutputs)">
 
-    <Exec Command="$(DotnetStage0) restore" WorkingDirectory="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)"/>
+    <Exec Command="$(DotnetStage0) restore3" WorkingDirectory="$(DotnetCliBuildDirectory)"/>
   </Target>
 
   <Target DependsOnTargets="$(CLITargets)" Name="BuildTheWholeCli"></Target>
diff --git a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd7a3dce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Description>Build scripts for dotnet-cli</Description>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.0.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <AssemblyName>dotnet-cli-build</AssemblyName>
+    <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>false</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
+    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library">
+      <Version>1.6.0</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR">
+      <Version>1.0.4</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp">
+      <Version>4.0.1</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Dynamic.Runtime">
+      <Version>4.0.11</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata">
+      <Version>1.4.1-beta-24410-02</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
+      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Xml.XmlSerializer">
+      <Version>4.0.11</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="WindowsAzure.Storage">
+      <Version>6.2.2-preview</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat">
+      <Version>3.6.0-rc-1979</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core">
+      <Version>0.1.0-preview-00043-160929</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions">
+      <Version>1.0.1-beta-000933</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
+    <Compile Include="..\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework\**\*.cs;..\shared-build-targets-utils\**\*.cs;" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="**\*.resx" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="compiler\resources\**\*" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+      <Version>1.0.0-alpha-20161010-1</Version>
+      <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);NETCOREAPP1_0</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.xproj b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.xproj
deleted file mode 100644
index fd8546624..000000000
--- a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.xproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
-    <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.Props" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
-    <ProjectGuid>d7b9695d-23eb-4ea8-b8ab-707a0092e1d5</ProjectGuid>
-    <RootNamespace>Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build</RootNamespace>
-    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\bin</OutputPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/project.json b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/project.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ae4316b9..000000000
--- a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/project.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "description": "Build scripts for dotnet-cli",
-  "buildOptions": {
-    "allowUnsafe": true,
-    "compile": [
-      "../Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework/**/*.cs",
-      "../shared-build-targets-utils/**/*.cs",
-      "../../src/Microsoft.DotNet.InternalAbstractions/RuntimeEnvironment.cs",
-      "../../src/Microsoft.DotNet.InternalAbstractions/Platform.cs",
-      "../../src/Microsoft.DotNet.InternalAbstractions/Native/*.cs"
-    ]
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
-    "Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR": "1.0.4",
-    "Microsoft.CSharp": "4.0.1",
-    "System.Dynamic.Runtime": "4.0.11",
-    "System.Reflection.Metadata": "1.4.1-beta-24410-02",
-    "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives": "4.1.1",
-    "System.Xml.XmlSerializer": "4.0.11",
-    "WindowsAzure.Storage": "6.2.2-preview",
-    "NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat": "3.6.0-rc-1979",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions": "1.0.1-beta-000933"
-  },
-  "frameworks": {
-    "netcoreapp1.0": {
-      "imports": [
-        "dnxcore50",
-        "portable-net45+win8"
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  "runtimes": {
-    "win7-x64": {},
-    "win7-x86": {},
-    "osx.10.11-x64": {},
-    "ubuntu.14.04-x64": {},
-    "ubuntu.16.04-x64": {},
-    "centos.7-x64": {},
-    "rhel.7.2-x64": {},
-    "debian.8-x64": {},
-    "fedora.23-x64": {},
-    "opensuse.13.2-x64": {}
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file