diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/project.json
index e177c12c2..b6ff1d85e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "compilerName": "csc",
 
     "shared": "**/*.cs",
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli/project.json
index d6a128e4f..b927627b4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotnet",
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "compilerName": "csc",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true
   },
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Csc/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Csc/project.json
index 9a2f3d0eb..37137989e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Csc/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Csc/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotnet-compile-csc",
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "compilerName": "csc",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true
   },
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/Program.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/Program.cs
index 2119009fe..281986a3c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/Program.cs
@@ -191,11 +191,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
             }
 
             var compilerName = context.ProjectFile.CompilerName;
-            if (compilerName == null)
-            {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine("Could not find the compiler name. Please specify it in the project.json file.");
-                return false;
-            }
+            compilerName = compilerName ?? "csc";
 
             // Write RSP file
             var rsp = Path.Combine(intermediateOutputPath, $"dotnet-compile.{compilerName}.rsp");
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/project.json
index 1d0c647b9..60777510f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotnet-compile",
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "compilerName": "csc",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true
   },
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish/project.json
index c663ad76c..c0d8ddb35 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotnet-publish",
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "compilerName": "csc",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true
   },
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen/project.json
index 52bbc0388..da64c8872 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "resgen",
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "compilerName": "csc",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true
   },
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel/project.json b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel/project.json
index c203f4053..fc475de1e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
   "description": "Types to model a .NET Project",
-  "compilerName": "csc",
   "dependencies": {
     "Microsoft.CSharp": "4.0.1-beta-23419",
     "System.Collections": "4.0.11-beta-23419",