diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
index 6e28d2c0b..ad79ca4aa 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
 
         [Target]
         public static BuildTargetResult BuildTestPrerequisites(BuildTargetContext c)
+        {
+            BuildTestAssetPackages(c);
+            BuildTestAssetProjects(c);
+            return c.Success();
+        }
+
+        public static void BuildTestAssetPackages(BuildTargetContext c)
         {
             var dotnet = DotNetCli.Stage2;
 
@@ -71,8 +78,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
                     .Execute()
                     .EnsureSuccessful();
             }
+        }
 
-            return c.Success();
+        public static void BuildTestAssetProjects(BuildTargetContext c)
+        {
+            var dotnet = DotNetCli.Stage2;
+            string testProjectsRoot = Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "TestAssets", "TestProjects");
+            List<string> exclusionList = new List<string> { Path.Combine(testProjectsRoot, "CompileFail", "project.json") };
+            var projects = Directory.GetFiles(testProjectsRoot, "project.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                                    .Where(p => !exclusionList.Any(e => e.Contains(p)));
+
+            foreach (var project in projects)
+            {
+                c.Info($"Building: {project}");
+                dotnet.Build("--framework", "dnxcore50")
+                    .WorkingDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(project))
+                    .Execute()
+                    .EnsureSuccessful();
+            }
         }
 
         [Target]
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework.TestAssetsManager.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework.TestAssetsManager.cs
index e4565708e..9d4e59313 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework.TestAssetsManager.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework.TestAssetsManager.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework
             get; private set;
         }
 
-        public TestAssetsManager(string assetsRoot, bool skipRestore = true, bool skipBuild = true)
+        public TestAssetsManager(string assetsRoot, bool doRestore = false, bool doBuild = false)
         {
             if (!Directory.Exists(assetsRoot))
             {
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework
 
             AssetsRoot = assetsRoot;
 
-            if (!skipRestore)
+            if (doRestore)
             {
                 Restore();
             }
 
-            if (!skipBuild)
+            if (doBuild)
             {
                 Build();
             }
diff --git a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/BuildProjectToProjectTests.cs b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/BuildProjectToProjectTests.cs
index dacc29a28..c3b55a740 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/BuildProjectToProjectTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/BuildProjectToProjectTests.cs
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Builder.Tests
         [Fact]
         public void TestNoDependencyFlag()
         {
-            var dependencies = new[] { "L11", "L12", "L21", "L22" };
+            var testInstance = TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance("TestProjectToProjectDependencies")
+                                                .WithLockFiles()
+                                                .WithBuildArtifacts();
+
+            TestProjectRoot = testInstance.TestRoot;
             
-            // first clean build; all projects required compilation
-            var result1 = BuildProject();
-            AssertRebuilt(result1, _projects);
+            var dependencies = new[] { "L11", "L12", "L21", "L22" };
 
             // modify the source code of a leaf dependency
             TouchSourcesOfProject("L22");
diff --git a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/IncrementalTestBase.cs b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/IncrementalTestBase.cs
index ca202766e..046f9e781 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/IncrementalTestBase.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/IncrementalTestBase.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Builder.Tests
         protected CommandResult BuildProject(bool noDependencies = false, bool noIncremental = false, bool expectBuildFailure = false)
         {
             var mainProjectFile = GetProjectFile(MainProject);
-            return BuildProject(mainProjectFile, noIncremental, expectBuildFailure);
+            return BuildProject(mainProjectFile, noDependencies, noIncremental, expectBuildFailure);
         }
 
         protected CommandResult BuildProject(string projectFile, bool noDependencies = false, bool noIncremental = false, bool expectBuildFailure = false)
diff --git a/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenACompilationDriver.cs b/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenACompilationDriver.cs
index b0724bd99..0a1e1d47b 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenACompilationDriver.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenACompilationDriver.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Tests
         public GivenACompilationDriverController()
         {
             _projectJson =
-                Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "TestAssets", "TestProjects", "TestApp", "project.json");
+                Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "TestAssets", "TestProjects", "TestAppWithLibrary", "TestApp", "project.json");
             _managedCompilerMock = new Mock<ICompiler>();
             _managedCompilerMock.Setup(c => c
                 .Compile(It.IsAny<ProjectContext>(), It.IsAny<CompilerCommandApp>()))
diff --git a/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenThatICareAboutScriptVariablesFromAManagedCompiler.cs b/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenThatICareAboutScriptVariablesFromAManagedCompiler.cs
index bfb98b0b7..484a482bf 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenThatICareAboutScriptVariablesFromAManagedCompiler.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/GivenThatICareAboutScriptVariablesFromAManagedCompiler.cs
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Tests
             AppContext.BaseDirectory,
             "TestAssets",
             "TestProjects",
+            "TestAppWithLibrary",
             "TestApp");
 
         public static string OutputPath = Path.Combine(
diff --git a/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/project.json b/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/project.json
index 666a1b55b..6f1cc07d6 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/project.json
+++ b/test/dotnet-compile.UnitTests/project.json
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
   },
 
   "content": [
-    "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/TestLibrary/*",
-    "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/TestApp/*",
-    "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/global.json"
+    "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithLibrary/**/*"
   ],
 
   "testRunner": "xunit"