diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/ProjectWithTests/GivenThatIWantSomeFakeTests.cs b/TestAssets/ProjectWithTests/GivenThatIWantSomeFakeTests.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from TestAssets/TestProjects/ProjectWithTests/GivenThatIWantSomeFakeTests.cs
rename to TestAssets/ProjectWithTests/GivenThatIWantSomeFakeTests.cs
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/ProjectWithTests/project.json b/TestAssets/ProjectWithTests/project.json
similarity index 62%
rename from TestAssets/TestProjects/ProjectWithTests/project.json
rename to TestAssets/ProjectWithTests/project.json
index eba1ae115..ffe054cb0 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/ProjectWithTests/project.json
+++ b/TestAssets/ProjectWithTests/project.json
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.5.0-rc2-24008",
+    "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
+      "type": "platform",
+      "version": "1.0.0-rc2-*"
+    },
     "System.Linq.Expressions": "4.0.11-rc2-24008",
     "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives": "4.1.1-rc2-24008",
     "xunit": "2.1.0",
-    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-128011-22"
+    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-140469-38"
   },
   "frameworks": {
-    "netstandardapp1.5": {
+    "netcoreapp1.0": {
       "imports": [
+        "netstandardapp1.5",
         "dnxcore50",
         "portable-net45+win8"
       ]
diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
index 5e394ba1d..9df8b95a0 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
                 "--fallbacksource", Dirs.TestPackages,
                 "--fallbacksource", Dirs.Corehost)
                 .WorkingDirectory(Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "TestAssets", "TestProjects"))
-                .Execute().EnsureSuccessful();
+                .Execute()
+                .EnsureSuccessful();
+
+            // The 'ProjectWithTests' is a portable test app. Cannot call --infer-runtimes on it, since on win x64 machines,
+            // the x86 runtime is being inferred, and there are no x86 DotNetHost packages
+            dotnet.Restore(
+                "--verbosity", "verbose",
+                "--fallbacksource", Dirs.Corehost)
+                .WorkingDirectory(Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "TestAssets", "ProjectWithTests"))
+                .Execute()
+                .EnsureSuccessful();
 
             // The 'ProjectModelServer' directory contains intentionally-unresolved dependencies, so don't check for success. Also, suppress the output
             dotnet.Restore(
@@ -248,6 +258,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
                     .EnsureSuccessful();
             }
 
+            // build ProjectWithTests, which is outside of TestProjects and targets netcoreapp
+            string projectWithTests = Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "TestAssets", "ProjectWithTests");
+            c.Info($"Building: {projectWithTests}");
+            dotnet.Build("--framework", "netcoreapp1.0")
+                .WorkingDirectory(projectWithTests)
+                .Execute()
+                .EnsureSuccessful();
+
             return c.Success();
         }
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToRunTestsInTheConsole.cs b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToRunTestsInTheConsole.cs
index c196e8b45..e431ca7ee 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToRunTestsInTheConsole.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToRunTestsInTheConsole.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 using Xunit;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
@@ -18,8 +19,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Tools.Test.Tests
 
         public GivenThatWeWantToRunTestsInTheConsole()
         {
+            var testAssetManager = new TestAssetsManager(Path.Combine(RepoRoot, "TestAssets"));
             var testInstance =
-                TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance("ProjectWithTests", identifier: "ConsoleTests").WithLockFiles();
+                testAssetManager.CreateTestInstance("ProjectWithTests", identifier: "ConsoleTests").WithLockFiles();
 
             _projectFilePath = Path.Combine(testInstance.TestRoot, "project.json");
             var contexts = ProjectContext.CreateContextForEachFramework(
@@ -27,8 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Tools.Test.Tests
                 null,
                 PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers());
 
-            var runtime = contexts.FirstOrDefault(c => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(c.RuntimeIdentifier))?.RuntimeIdentifier;
-            _defaultOutputPath = Path.Combine(testInstance.TestRoot, "bin", "Debug", DefaultFramework, runtime);
+            _defaultOutputPath = Path.Combine(testInstance.TestRoot, "bin", "Debug", "netcoreapp1.0");
         }
 
         //ISSUE https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1935
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Tools.Test.Tests
         {
             var testCommand = new DotnetTestCommand();
             var result = testCommand.Execute(
-                $"{_projectFilePath} -o {Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "output")} -f netstandardapp1.5");
+                $"{_projectFilePath} -o {Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "output")} -f netcoreapp1.0");
             result.Should().Pass();
         }
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToUseDotnetTestE2EInDesignTime.cs b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToUseDotnetTestE2EInDesignTime.cs
index 570e9d316..a3e4fd1af 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToUseDotnetTestE2EInDesignTime.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToUseDotnetTestE2EInDesignTime.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
 using System.IO;
 using FluentAssertions;
@@ -18,15 +19,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Tools.Test.Tests
 
         public GivenThatWeWantToUseDotnetTestE2EInDesignTime()
         {
-            var testInstance = TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance("ProjectWithTests").WithLockFiles();
+            var testAssetManager = new TestAssetsManager(Path.Combine(RepoRoot, "TestAssets"));
+            var testInstance = testAssetManager.CreateTestInstance("ProjectWithTests").WithLockFiles();
 
             _projectFilePath = Path.Combine(testInstance.TestRoot, "project.json");
             var contexts = ProjectContext.CreateContextForEachFramework(
                 _projectFilePath,
                 null,
                 PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers());
-            var runtime = contexts.FirstOrDefault(c => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(c.RuntimeIdentifier))?.RuntimeIdentifier;
-            _outputPath = Path.Combine(testInstance.TestRoot, "bin", "Debug", DefaultFramework, runtime);
+
+            _outputPath = Path.Combine(testInstance.TestRoot, "bin", "Debug", "netcoreapp1.0");
             var buildCommand = new BuildCommand(_projectFilePath);
             var result = buildCommand.Execute();