diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
index 14605e2de..3c75d48dc 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj
index 740dafd34..1cb4f8e21 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="$(GlobalExclude)" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="**\*.resx" Exclude="$(GlobalExclude)" />
+    <Compile Include="**\*.cs" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="**\*.resx" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs
index 396253a46..29a2ea7a2 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs
@@ -94,12 +94,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.New
         private static void ReplaceProjectJsonTemplateValues(string projectDirectory)
         {
             string projectJsonFile = Path.Combine(projectDirectory, "project.json");
+            string projectJsonTemplateFile = Path.Combine(projectDirectory, "project.json.template");
 
-            if(File.Exists(Path.Combine(projectDirectory, "project.json.template")))
+            if(File.Exists(projectJsonTemplateFile))
             {
-                File.Move(
-                    Path.Combine(projectDirectory, "project.json.template"),
-                    projectJsonFile);
+                File.Move(projectJsonTemplateFile, projectJsonFile);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
index d0767a870..063944301 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
                     .Should()
                     .Pass();
 
+                //TODO: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/187 - remove framework from below.
                 new Run3Command()
                     .WithWorkingDirectory(projectDirectory)
                     .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp1.0")
diff --git a/test/dotnet-run3.Tests/GivenDotnetRun3RunsCsProj.cs b/test/dotnet-run3.Tests/GivenDotnetRun3RunsCsProj.cs
index a756f1a5d..62183ef9e 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-run3.Tests/GivenDotnetRun3RunsCsProj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-run3.Tests/GivenDotnetRun3RunsCsProj.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run3.Tests
                 .Should()
                 .Pass();
 
+            //TODO: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/187 - remove framework from below.
             new Run3Command()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
                 .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp1.0")
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run3.Tests
                 .Should()
                 .Pass();
 
+            //TODO: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/187 - remove framework from below.
             new Run3Command()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
                 .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp1.0")