diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
index 9103295f3..75d5c89f0 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <Version>1.0.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk">
-      <Version>1.0.0-alpha-20161006-3</Version>
+      <Version>1.0.0-alpha-20161007-1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/VSTestDotNetCoreProject.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/VSTestDotNetCoreProject.csproj
index f4fa033eb..e3dba2cf4 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/VSTestDotNetCoreProject.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/VSTestDotNetCoreProject.csproj
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier>.NETCoreApp</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v1.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\netcoreapp1.0</OutputPath>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -14,12 +13,27 @@
     <None Include="project.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
+      <Version>1.0.1</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk">
+      <Version>1.0.0-alpha-20161007-1</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter">
+      <Version>1.0.3-preview</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework">
+      <Version>1.0.4-preview</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testadapter\1.0.3-preview\build\_common\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTest.TestAdapter.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testadapter\1.0.3-preview\build\dotnet\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTestAdapter.PlatformServices.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testadapter\1.0.3-preview\build\_common\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTestAdapter.PlatformServices.Interface.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testframework\1.0.1-preview\lib\dotnet\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.TestFramework.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testframework\1.0.1-preview\lib\dotnet\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.TestFramework.Extensions.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testframework\1.0.4-preview\lib\dotnet\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.TestFramework.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)\mstest.testframework\1.0.4-preview\lib\dotnet\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.TestFramework.Extensions.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)"  SkipUnchangedFiles="true"/>
   </Target>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/project.json b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/project.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce2590081..000000000
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestDotNetCoreProject/project.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dependencies": {
-    "MSTest.TestAdapter": "1.0.3-preview",
-    "MSTest.TestFramework": "1.0.1-preview"
-  },
-  "frameworks": {
-    "netcoreapp1.0": {
-      "dependencies": {
-        "Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk": "1.0.0-alpha-20161006-3",
-        "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
-          "version": "1.0.1",
-          "type": "platform"
-        }
-      },
-      "imports": [
-        "dnxcore50",
-        "portable-net45+win8"
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
index 6433c2687..037253813 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PublishOutputExtensions Include="$(ExeExtension);.dll;.pdb;.deps.json;.runtimeconfig.json" />
-    <FilesToMove Include="$(BinaryToCorehostifyRelDir)/csc.exe;$(BinaryToCorehostifyRelDir)/MSBuild.exe;" />
+    <FilesToMove Include="$(BinaryToCorehostifyRelDir)/csc.exe;" />
     <BundledTools Include="csc;MSBuild;NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat;dotnet" />
     <MSBuildImportsContent Include="$(MSBuildImportsDir)/**/*" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -216,12 +216,6 @@
       <Copy SourceFiles="@(MSBuildTargetsToCopy)"
             DestinationFiles="@(MSBuildTargetsToCopy->'$(SdkOutputDirectory)/%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
 
-      <!-- 
-      MSBuild's nupkg puts Microsoft.Common.props in an "Extensions" folder.  Take that folder out of the hierarchy, since
-      the CLI sets $(MSBuildExtensionsPath) to be the $(SdkOutputDirectory).
-      -->
-      <Move SourceFiles="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/Extensions/15.0/Microsoft.Common.props"
-            DestinationFolder="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/15.0" />
       <RemoveDir Directories="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/Extensions" />
 
       <ItemGroup>
@@ -239,15 +233,5 @@
           DestinationFiles="@(FilesToCopy->'$(StageSymbolsDirectory)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
 
       <Delete Files="@(PdbsToClean)" />
-
-      <!-- workaround for https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/872 -->
-      <Copy SourceFiles="$(MSBuildTargetsDirectory)/MSBuild.exe"
-            DestinationFiles="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/MSBuild.exe" />
-
-      <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepoRoot)/resources/MSBuild.exe.config"
-            DestinationFiles="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/MSBuild.exe.config" />
-
-      <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepoRoot)/resources/MSBuild.exe.config"
-            DestinationFiles="$(MSBuildTargetsDirectory)/MSBuild.exe.config" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj
index 41144d9bd..aadb3946a 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/$projectName$.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <Version>1.0.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk">
-      <Version>1.0.0-alpha-20161006-3</Version>
+      <Version>1.0.0-alpha-20161007-1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/dotnet/project.json b/src/dotnet/project.json
index 94106b469..e2064f277 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/project.json
+++ b/src/dotnet/project.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       "exclude": "compile"
     },
 
-    "Microsoft.Build": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
+    "Microsoft.Build": "15.1.298-preview5",
 
     "Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions": "1.0.1-beta-000933"
   },
diff --git a/src/redist/project.json b/src/redist/project.json
index 3d3800bb7..721eb5544 100644
--- a/src/redist/project.json
+++ b/src/redist/project.json
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@
     "tool_nuget": "1.0.0-preview3-*",
     "tool_msbuild": "1.0.0-preview3-*",
 
-    "MSBuild": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Framework": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Targets": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.Build": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
+    "Microsoft.Build.Runtime": "15.1.298-preview5",
     "Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Build.Tasks": "2.0.0-beta6-60922-08",
     "System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml": "4.1.1",
     "NuGet.Build.Tasks": "3.6.0-rc-1954",
diff --git a/src/tool_msbuild/project.json b/src/tool_msbuild/project.json
index f59dbe70f..7d9b432db 100644
--- a/src/tool_msbuild/project.json
+++ b/src/tool_msbuild/project.json
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@
       "type": "platform",
       "version": "1.0.1"
     },
-    "MSBuild": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Targets": "0.1.0-preview-00043-160929",
+    "Microsoft.Build.Runtime": "15.1.298-preview5",
     "Microsoft.Net.Compilers.netcore": "2.0.0-beta6-60922-08",
     "Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Build.Tasks": "2.0.0-beta6-60922-08",
     "Microsoft.Cci": "4.0.0-rc3-24128-00",
-    "Microsoft.NuGet.Build.Tasks": "1.0.0-alpha-000004",
     "Microsoft.Composition": "1.0.30"
   },
   "frameworks": {
diff --git a/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs b/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs
index 4a3a9b61a..09fd80827 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.VSTest.Tests
 
             string testProjectDirectory = testInstance.TestRoot;
 
+            new Restore3Command()
+                .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
+                .Execute()
+                .Should()
+                .Pass();
+
             // Build project DotNetCoreTestProject
             new Build3Command()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)