diff --git a/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.sln b/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.sln
index 6f974fa00..0ba979afd 100644
--- a/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.sln
+++ b/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.sln
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "build", "build", "{89905EC4
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
 		build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props = build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
 		build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets = build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
+		build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props = build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
 		build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Monikers.props = build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Monikers.props
 		build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Package.targets = build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Package.targets
 		build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets = build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
diff --git a/build.proj b/build.proj
index 8e9fd472e..d630ae8db 100644
--- a/build.proj
+++ b/build.proj
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@
 
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
 
-    <CoreSetupChannel>preview</CoreSetupChannel>
+    <CoreSetupChannel>master</CoreSetupChannel>
     <SharedFrameworkName>Microsoft.NETCore.App</SharedFrameworkName>
-    <SharedFrameworkVersion>1.0.3</SharedFrameworkVersion>
-    <SharedHostVersion>1.0.1</SharedHostVersion>
-    <HostFxrVersion>1.0.1</HostFxrVersion>
-
-    <CoreCLRVersion>1.0.5</CoreCLRVersion>
-    <JitVersion>1.0.5</JitVersion>
+    <SharedFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</SharedFrameworkVersion>
+    <SharedHostVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</SharedHostVersion>
+    <HostFxrVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</HostFxrVersion>
 
     <ExeExtension>.exe</ExeExtension>
     <ExeExtension Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' "></ExeExtension>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
index 9718ecf7d..b25a054ac 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
@@ -81,10 +81,13 @@
         <SharedFramework Remove="*" />
         <SharedFramework Include="$(SharedFrameworkPublishDirectory)/**/*" />
 
-        <AssetsToRemoveFromDeps Remove="*" />
-        <AssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="csc" />
-        <AssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="vbc" />
-        <AssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="MSBuild" />
+        <RuntimeTargetsAssetsToRemoveFromDeps Remove="*" />
+        <RuntimeTargetsAssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="MSBuild" />
+        
+        <RuntimeAssetsToRemoveFromDeps Remove="*" />
+        <RuntimeAssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="redist" />
+        <RuntimeAssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="tool_msbuild" />
+        <RuntimeAssetsToRemoveFromDeps Include="tool_nuget" />
       </ItemGroup>
 
       <Delete Files="@(BinObj)" />
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@
 
     <!-- Workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/115 -->
     <ItemGroup>
-      <HackFilesToCopy Include="$(NuGetPackagesDir)\microsoft.build.runtime\$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)\contentFiles\any\netcoreapp1.0\**;$(NuGetPackagesDir)\microsoft.codeanalysis.build.tasks\2.0.0-beta6-60922-08\contentFiles\any\any\**;$(NuGetPackagesDir)\microsoft.testplatform.cli\$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)\contentFiles\any\any\**" />
+      <HackFilesToCopy Include="$(NuGetPackagesDir)\microsoft.build.runtime\$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)\contentFiles\any\netcoreapp1.0\**;$(NuGetPackagesDir)\microsoft.codeanalysis.build.tasks\2.0.0-beta6-60922-08\contentFiles\any\any\**;$(NuGetPackagesDir)\microsoft.testplatform.cli\$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)\contentFiles\any\any\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(HackFilesToCopy)"
           DestinationFiles="@(HackFilesToCopy->'$(SdkOutputDirectory)/%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
@@ -146,7 +149,11 @@
 
       <RemoveAssetFromDepsPackages DepsFile="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/redist.deps.json"
                                    SectionName="runtimeTargets"
-                                   AssetPath="$(BinaryToCorehostifyRelDir)/%(AssetsToRemoveFromDeps.Identity).exe" />
+                                   AssetPath="$(BinaryToCorehostifyRelDir)/%(RuntimeTargetsAssetsToRemoveFromDeps.Identity).exe" />
+
+      <RemoveAssetFromDepsPackages DepsFile="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/redist.deps.json"
+                                   SectionName="runtime"
+                                   AssetPath="%(RuntimeAssetsToRemoveFromDeps.Identity).dll" />
 
       <Copy SourceFiles="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/redist.deps.json"
             DestinationFiles="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/%(BundledTools.Identity).deps.json" />
@@ -161,6 +168,7 @@
       <!-- cleanup project output we don't need -->
       <Delete Files="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/redist%(PublishOutputExtensions.Identity)" />
       <Delete Files="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/tool_msbuild%(PublishOutputExtensions.Identity)" />
+      <Delete Files="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/tool_nuget%(PublishOutputExtensions.Identity)" />
 
       <!-- Copy Host to SDK Directory -->
       <Copy SourceFiles="$(SharedFrameworkNameVersionPath)/$(DotnetHostBaseName)"
@@ -176,12 +184,25 @@
       <Copy SourceFiles="@(MSBuildImportsContent)"
             DestinationFolder="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/%(RecursiveDir)" />
 
-      <!-- Crossgen the Shared Framework -->
+      <ItemGroup>
+        <NETCore10Assemblies Include="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll;
+                                      $(SdkOutputDirectory)/System.Collections.Specialized.dll;
+                                      $(SdkOutputDirectory)/System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll" />
+      </ItemGroup>
+    
+      <!-- Move these "1.0" assemblies that TestPlatform lays down out of the way so crossgen doesn't pick them up.
+           We need https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/5464 fixed, so test platform is in a separate directory -->
+      <Move SourceFiles="@(NETCore10Assemblies)"
+            DestinationFiles="@(NETCore10Assemblies->'$(SdkOutputDirectory)/%(Filename)%(Extension).bak')" />
+
+      <!-- Crossgen the CLI -->
       <ItemGroup>
         <SdkFiles Remove="*" />
 
         <!-- Removing Full CLR built TestHost assemblies from getting Crossgen as it is throwing error -->
         <SdkFilesExclude Include="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/TestHost*/**/*" />
+        <!-- Remove NuGet.LibraryModel due to https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/issues/9118 -->
+        <SdkFilesExclude Include="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/NuGet.LibraryModel.dll" />
         <SdkFiles Include="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/**/*" Exclude="@(SdkFilesExclude)" />
         <SdkFilesWithPEMarker Remove="*" />
       </ItemGroup>
@@ -211,6 +232,10 @@
                                        @(CompileStageSdkDirectories);
                                        $(SharedFrameworkNameVersionPath)" />
 
+      <!-- Move the "1.0" assemblies back -->
+      <Move SourceFiles="@(NETCore10Assemblies->'$(SdkOutputDirectory)/%(Filename)%(Extension).bak')"
+            DestinationFiles="@(NETCore10Assemblies)" />
+
       <!-- Generate .version file -->
       <WriteLinesToFile File="$(SdkOutputDirectory)/.version"
                         Lines="$(CommitHash);$(SdkVersion);$(Rid)"
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
index 4a5e330dd..02b103618 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-beta-001386-00</CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion>
+    <CLI_CoreCLRVersion>1.2.0-beta-24904-03</CLI_CoreCLRVersion>
     <CLI_MSBuild_Version>15.1.0-preview-000523-01</CLI_MSBuild_Version>
     <CLI_Roslyn_Version>2.0.0-rc3-61212-03</CLI_Roslyn_Version>
     <CLI_NETSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170117-4</CLI_NETSDK_Version>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
index 4c31151c4..aa6f9a4c8 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Prepare.targets
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@
 
     <!-- Additional Shared Framework to be installed -->
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <AdditionalCoreSetupChannel>release/1.1.0</AdditionalCoreSetupChannel>
-      <AdditionalSharedFrameworkVersion>1.1.0</AdditionalSharedFrameworkVersion>
-      <AdditionalSharedHostVersion>1.1.0</AdditionalSharedHostVersion>
-      <AdditionalHostFxrVersion>1.1.0</AdditionalHostFxrVersion>
+      <AdditionalCoreSetupChannel>preview</AdditionalCoreSetupChannel>
+      <AdditionalSharedFrameworkVersion>1.0.3</AdditionalSharedFrameworkVersion>
+      <AdditionalSharedHostVersion>1.0.1</AdditionalSharedHostVersion>
+      <AdditionalHostFxrVersion>1.0.1</AdditionalHostFxrVersion>
 
       <!-- Additional Downloaded Installers + Archives -->
       <AdditionalDownloadedSharedHostInstallerFileName Condition=" '$(InstallerExtension)' != '' ">dotnet-host-$(ProductMonikerRid).$(AdditionalSharedHostVersion)$(InstallerExtension)</AdditionalDownloadedSharedHostInstallerFileName>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets
index 15744a5c3..b968033cc 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.targets
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
           EnvironmentVariables=$(RunTestEnvironmentVariables);
           TestProject=%(TestProjects.Identity);
           TestResultXmlDir=$(TestResultXmlDir);
-          ToolPath=$(Stage0Directory);
+          ToolPath=$(Stage2Directory);
           WorkingDirectory=$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent(%(TestProjects.Identity))) 
         </Properties>
       </ProjectsToTest>
diff --git a/build/compile/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.LzmaArchive.targets b/build/compile/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.LzmaArchive.targets
index 06456c755..06cae3ffc 100644
--- a/build/compile/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.LzmaArchive.targets
+++ b/build/compile/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.LzmaArchive.targets
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@
 
       <Message Text="Publishing Archiver" />
 
-      <DotNetPublish ToolPath="$(Stage0Directory)"
+      <DotNetPublish ToolPath="$(Stage2Directory)"
                      WorkingDirectory="$(RepoRoot)/tools/Archiver"
                      Output="$(ToolsOutputDirectory)"
                      Configuration="$(Configuration)" />
 
-      <Exec Command="$(DotnetStage0) $(ArchiverDll) -a $(IntermediateArchive) $(NuGetPackagesArchiveFolder)" />
+      <Exec Command="$(DotnetStage2) $(ArchiverDll) -a $(IntermediateArchive) $(NuGetPackagesArchiveFolder)" />
     </Target>
 
     <Target Name="SetupNuGetPackagesArchiveInputsOutputs"
diff --git a/build/crossgen/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Crossgen.targets b/build/crossgen/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Crossgen.targets
index a38f3d2cc..14aded3ac 100644
--- a/build/crossgen/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Crossgen.targets
+++ b/build/crossgen/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Crossgen.targets
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
       <LibCLRJitPackageName>runtime.$(CoreCLRRid).microsoft.netcore.jit</LibCLRJitPackageName>
       <CoreCLRPackageName>runtime.$(CoreCLRRid).microsoft.netcore.runtime.coreclr</CoreCLRPackageName>
 
-      <CoreCLRLibsDir>$(NuGetPackagesDir)/$(CoreCLRPackageName)/$(CoreCLRVersion)/runtimes/$(CoreCLRRid)/lib/netstandard1.0</CoreCLRLibsDir>
-      <CrossgenPath>$(NuGetPackagesDir)/$(CrossGenPackageName)/$(CoreCLRVersion)/tools/crossgen$(ExeExtension)</CrossgenPath>
-      <LibCLRJitPath>$(NuGetPackagesDir)/$(LibCLRJitPackageName)/$(CoreCLRVersion)/runtimes/$(CoreCLRRid)/native/$(DynamicLibPrefix)clrjit$(DynamicLibExtension)</LibCLRJitPath>
+      <CoreCLRLibsDir>$(NuGetPackagesDir)/$(CoreCLRPackageName)/$(CLI_CoreCLRVersion)/runtimes/$(CoreCLRRid)/lib/netstandard1.0</CoreCLRLibsDir>
+      <CrossgenPath>$(NuGetPackagesDir)/$(CrossGenPackageName)/$(CLI_CoreCLRVersion)/tools/crossgen$(ExeExtension)</CrossgenPath>
+      <LibCLRJitPath>$(NuGetPackagesDir)/$(LibCLRJitPackageName)/$(CLI_CoreCLRVersion)/runtimes/$(CoreCLRRid)/native/$(DynamicLibPrefix)clrjit$(DynamicLibExtension)</LibCLRJitPath>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/dir.props b/dir.props
index c0392bbda..f0188b3a0 100644
--- a/dir.props
+++ b/dir.props
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@
     <BranchName>master</BranchName>
     <CliVersionPrefix>$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor).$(VersionPatch)-$(ReleaseSuffix)</CliVersionPrefix>
 
+    <CliTargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</CliTargetFramework>
+
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.csproj
index 06346c987..e9f009b92 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>$(CliVersionPrefix)</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <WarningsAsErrors>true</WarningsAsErrors>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="$(CLI_Roslyn_Version)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="1.3.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
diff --git a/src/dotnet/MulticoreJitProfilePathCalculator.cs b/src/dotnet/MulticoreJitProfilePathCalculator.cs
index 3ffcb17af..6faf51625 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/MulticoreJitProfilePathCalculator.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/MulticoreJitProfilePathCalculator.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
 
             var version = Product.Version;
 
-            var rid = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier();
+            var rid = PlatformAbstractions.RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier();
 
             _multicoreJitProfilePath = Path.Combine(profileRoot, "optimizationdata", version, rid);
         }
diff --git a/src/dotnet/dotnet.csproj b/src/dotnet/dotnet.csproj
index c2f1a9fad..133e490b4 100755
--- a/src/dotnet/dotnet.csproj
+++ b/src/dotnet/dotnet.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>$(CliVersionPrefix)</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -34,14 +34,11 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages">
       <Version>4.0.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo">
-      <Version>4.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights">
       <Version>2.0.0</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TraceSource">
       <Version>4.0.0</Version>
@@ -49,18 +46,12 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener">
       <Version>4.0.0</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Writer">
-      <Version>4.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
       <Version>4.1.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Private.DataContractSerialization">
       <Version>4.1.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions">
-      <Version>4.1.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry">
       <Version>4.0.0</Version>
       <IncludeAssets>Analyzers;Build;ContentFiles;Native;Runtime</IncludeAssets>
@@ -76,8 +67,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Orchestrator.RunnableProjects" Version="$(TemplateEngineVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Utils" Version="$(TemplateEngineVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/redist/redist.csproj b/src/redist/redist.csproj
index 02884fadb..613c107d5 100644
--- a/src/redist/redist.csproj
+++ b/src/redist/redist.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>$(CliVersionPrefix)</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Runtime">
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
       <Version>$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
+  <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\dotnet\dotnet.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.DotNet.Archive\Microsoft.DotNet.Archive.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.csproj" />
@@ -36,7 +37,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\tool_msbuild\tool_msbuild.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\tool_nuget\tool_nuget.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tool_roslyn/tool_roslyn.csproj b/src/tool_roslyn/tool_roslyn.csproj
index 3f52caad6..3171191fe 100644
--- a/src/tool_roslyn/tool_roslyn.csproj
+++ b/src/tool_roslyn/tool_roslyn.csproj
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>$(CliVersionPrefix)</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+	<RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NetCore.App" Version="1.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NetCore.App" Version="$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="$(CLI_Roslyn_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Build.Tasks" Version="$(CLI_Roslyn_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Compilers.netcore" Version="$(CLI_Roslyn_Version)" />
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@
                                  SectionName="runtimeTargets"
                                  AssetPath="runtimes/any/native/%(AssetsToRemoveFromDeps.Identity).exe" />
 
+    <RemoveAssetFromDepsPackages DepsFile="$(PublishDir)/$(TargetName).deps.json"
+                                 SectionName="runtime"
+                                 AssetPath="$(TargetName).dll" />
+
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(PublishDir)/runtimes/any/native/csc.exe;
                        $(PublishDir)/$(TargetName).runtimeconfig.json;
                        $(PublishDir)/$(TargetName).deps.json;"
diff --git a/test/ArgumentForwardingTests/ArgumentForwardingTests.csproj b/test/ArgumentForwardingTests/ArgumentForwardingTests.csproj
index 75377303e..ec0ca1c1d 100644
--- a/test/ArgumentForwardingTests/ArgumentForwardingTests.csproj
+++ b/test/ArgumentForwardingTests/ArgumentForwardingTests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <AssemblyName>ArgumentForwardingTests</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -32,12 +33,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -46,10 +41,6 @@
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Target Name="PrecompileScript" BeforeTargets="Build" Condition=" '$(IsCrossTargetingBuild)' != 'true' ">
     <Exec Command="dotnet publish ../ArgumentsReflector/ArgumentsReflector.csproj --output $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)/$(OutputPath)" />
   </Target>
diff --git a/test/ArgumentsReflector/ArgumentsReflector.csproj b/test/ArgumentsReflector/ArgumentsReflector.csproj
index 18b1c199a..4ad634f31 100644
--- a/test/ArgumentsReflector/ArgumentsReflector.csproj
+++ b/test/ArgumentsReflector/ArgumentsReflector.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <AssemblyName>ArgumentsReflector</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -14,13 +15,4 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/EndToEnd.csproj b/test/EndToEnd/EndToEnd.csproj
index 5949bf3bc..3cb933826 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/EndToEnd.csproj
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/EndToEnd.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <AssemblyName>EndToEnd</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -26,12 +27,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -39,12 +34,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -55,8 +44,4 @@
       <Version>1.0.1-beta-000933</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests.csproj
index 6b5dc5ebd..ae2dace02 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Sln.Internal.Tests</AssemblyName>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/test_key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -20,9 +21,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
index 26640ab59..ab22d015c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
 
             result.Should().NotBeNull();
 
-            result.Args.Should().Contain("--fx-version 1.0.3");
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("--fx-version 2.0.0");
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
index 479ce5be6..79d12a9d0 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -34,12 +35,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -47,15 +42,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TraceSource">
-      <Version>4.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Versioning">
       <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -81,8 +67,4 @@
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests.csproj
index f4d56da4e..d5dc9f695 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.DotNet.Configurer.UnitTests</AssemblyName>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -26,12 +27,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -39,12 +34,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TraceSource">
-      <Version>4.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions">
       <Version>4.0.0</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -55,8 +44,4 @@
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests.csproj
index 9732db55b..8ee2cad1a 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests</AssemblyName>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/test_key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -30,12 +31,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -43,9 +38,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -56,8 +48,4 @@
       <Version>4.4.0-beta8</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj
index 32a322248..cea1f845f 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities Class Library</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.5</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities</AssemblyName>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework\Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework.csproj" />
@@ -30,12 +29,4 @@
       <Version>1.0.1-beta-000933</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime" />
-    <Reference Include="System" />
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj b/test/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj
index 9982648ea..352408c0a 100644
--- a/test/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj
+++ b/test/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities/Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>Msbuild.Tests.Utilities</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities\Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities.csproj" />
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
       <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library">
       <Version>1.6.0</Version>
@@ -43,7 +38,4 @@
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/binding-redirects.Tests/binding-redirects.Tests.csproj b/test/binding-redirects.Tests/binding-redirects.Tests.csproj
index 9b619c83f..d955f5fa0 100644
--- a/test/binding-redirects.Tests/binding-redirects.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/binding-redirects.Tests/binding-redirects.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>binding-redirects.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NetCore.App" Version="1.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-beta4-build1194" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-beta4-build3444" />
diff --git a/test/crossgen.Tests/crossgen.Tests.csproj b/test/crossgen.Tests/crossgen.Tests.csproj
index 657fc9dbc..70b278143 100644
--- a/test/crossgen.Tests/crossgen.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/crossgen.Tests/crossgen.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>crossgen.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -19,12 +20,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -32,9 +27,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/test/dir.props b/test/dir.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d5c8cc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dir.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="..\dir.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>false</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/dotnet-add-package.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/dotnet-add-package.Tests.csproj
index 6a052db05..a8fd8d373 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/dotnet-add-package.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/dotnet-add-package.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-add-package.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NetCore.App" Version="1.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-beta4-build1194" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-beta4-build3444" />
diff --git a/test/dotnet-add-reference.Tests/dotnet-add-reference.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-add-reference.Tests/dotnet-add-reference.Tests.csproj
index 09141e8e2..36771d873 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-add-reference.Tests/dotnet-add-reference.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-add-reference.Tests/dotnet-add-reference.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-add-reference.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -23,11 +24,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Msbuild.Tests.Utilities\Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -35,9 +31,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
       <Version>4.1.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -48,7 +41,4 @@
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/dotnet-build.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/dotnet-build.Tests.csproj
index 3efad2804..45bd5be54 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/dotnet-build.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/dotnet-build.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-build.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -34,18 +29,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-help.Tests/dotnet-help.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-help.Tests/dotnet-help.Tests.csproj
index a9b94fe86..76086fab0 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-help.Tests/dotnet-help.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-help.Tests/dotnet-help.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-help.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -39,9 +40,6 @@
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
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-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build">
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
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diff --git a/test/dotnet-list-reference.Tests/dotnet-list-reference.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-list-reference.Tests/dotnet-list-reference.Tests.csproj
index e3c8454f4..eeb875aca 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-list-reference.Tests/dotnet-list-reference.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-list-reference.Tests/dotnet-list-reference.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-list-reference.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -23,11 +24,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration\Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Msbuild.Tests.Utilities\Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -35,12 +31,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
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@@ -48,7 +38,4 @@
       <Version>4.0.0</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-migrate.Tests/dotnet-migrate.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-migrate.Tests/dotnet-migrate.Tests.csproj
index 3dc1cb000..c90eddde5 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-migrate.Tests/dotnet-migrate.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-migrate.Tests/dotnet-migrate.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-migrate.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -34,12 +35,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -47,9 +42,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
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     </PackageReference>
@@ -60,8 +52,4 @@
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     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-msbuild.Tests/dotnet-msbuild.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-msbuild.Tests/dotnet-msbuild.Tests.csproj
index 7907fe5be..49b1c6d6e 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-msbuild.Tests/dotnet-msbuild.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-msbuild.Tests/dotnet-msbuild.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-msbuild.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -32,12 +33,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -45,18 +40,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
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     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/dotnet-new.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/dotnet-new.Tests.csproj
index 30e772e67..f48b81ded 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/dotnet-new.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/dotnet-new.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-new.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -32,12 +33,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -45,9 +40,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build">
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
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@@ -55,8 +47,4 @@
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     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests.csproj b/test/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests.csproj
index 70805d0f3..906e8fde9 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests/dotnet-nuget.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-nuget.UnitTests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -32,12 +33,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -45,12 +40,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
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-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
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     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
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@@ -58,8 +47,4 @@
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     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-pack.Tests/dotnet-pack.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-pack.Tests/dotnet-pack.Tests.csproj
index e0b97e719..053e79fc6 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-pack.Tests/dotnet-pack.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-pack.Tests/dotnet-pack.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-pack.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -26,12 +27,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -39,12 +34,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
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-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
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     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Compression.ZipFile">
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@@ -52,8 +41,4 @@
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-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests.csproj
index fc1d3fad8..86829a28d 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-publish.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -28,12 +29,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
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-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
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@@ -41,18 +36,8 @@
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-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests.csproj
index c03c7c6ae..ecace2003 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests/dotnet-remove-reference.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-remove-reference.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -23,11 +24,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration\Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Msbuild.Tests.Utilities\Msbuild.Tests.Utilities.csproj" />
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-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
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@@ -35,12 +31,6 @@
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     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
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@@ -51,7 +41,4 @@
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-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-restore.Tests/dotnet-restore.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-restore.Tests/dotnet-restore.Tests.csproj
index 0adf2a9de..5df9c44a1 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-restore.Tests/dotnet-restore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-restore.Tests/dotnet-restore.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-restore.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -32,12 +33,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
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-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
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-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
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@@ -61,8 +53,4 @@
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-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
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 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/dotnet-run.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/dotnet-run.Tests.csproj
index 6fa3f48be..4121c3076 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/dotnet-run.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/dotnet-run.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-run.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
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@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@
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-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
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-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-sln-add.Tests/dotnet-sln-add.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-sln-add.Tests/dotnet-sln-add.Tests.csproj
index 08a73c20e..4bd7c986a 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-sln-add.Tests/dotnet-sln-add.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-sln-add.Tests/dotnet-sln-add.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-sln-add.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-sln-list.Tests/dotnet-sln-list.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-sln-list.Tests/dotnet-sln-list.Tests.csproj
index 9c5727e68..eef3a4b75 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-sln-list.Tests/dotnet-sln-list.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-sln-list.Tests/dotnet-sln-list.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-sln-list.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests.csproj
index 50a6d2592..b0584c0e6 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests/dotnet-sln-remove.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-sln-remove.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/dotnet-test.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/dotnet-test.Tests.csproj
index 443a67a9d..53457c8f9 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/dotnet-test.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/dotnet-test.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-test.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -34,18 +29,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/dotnet-vstest.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/dotnet-vstest.Tests.csproj
index c0ce2eef3..8be6bfa89 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/dotnet-vstest.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/dotnet-vstest.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-vstest.Tests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -34,18 +29,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatIWantToManageMulticoreJIT.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatIWantToManageMulticoreJIT.cs
index 5d4f88493..64e7507be 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatIWantToManageMulticoreJIT.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatIWantToManageMulticoreJIT.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
 
         private static string GetOptimizationRootPath(string version)
         {
-            var rid = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier();
+            var rid = PlatformAbstractions.RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier();
             
             return RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
                 ? $@"Microsoft\dotnet\optimizationdata\{version}\{rid}" 
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/dotnet.Tests.csproj b/test/dotnet.Tests/dotnet.Tests.csproj
index c0861efb2..7a6844cf4 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/dotnet.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/dotnet.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet.Tests</AssemblyName>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);netstandardapp1.5;dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -46,12 +47,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -59,12 +54,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
-      <Version>4.1.1</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -75,8 +64,4 @@
       <Version>1.0.1-beta-000933</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/msbuild.IntegrationTests/msbuild.IntegrationTests.csproj b/test/msbuild.IntegrationTests/msbuild.IntegrationTests.csproj
index 30faccc85..1e7441484 100644
--- a/test/msbuild.IntegrationTests/msbuild.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/test/msbuild.IntegrationTests/msbuild.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <AssemblyName>msbuild.IntegrationTests</AssemblyName>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dotnet5.4;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime">
-      <FromP2P>true</FromP2P>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk">
       <Version>15.0.0-preview-20161024-02</Version>
@@ -34,15 +29,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build1194</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.0</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="xunit">
       <Version>2.2.0-beta4-build3444</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tools/Archiver/Archiver.csproj b/tools/Archiver/Archiver.csproj
index 3d673f7ac..a7b11575b 100644
--- a/tools/Archiver/Archiver.csproj
+++ b/tools/Archiver/Archiver.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.23-x64;opensuse.13.2-x64;osx.10.10-x64;rhel.7-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Archive\Microsoft.DotNet.Archive.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR" Version="$(CLI_CoreCLRVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/MigrationDefaultsConstructor/MigrationDefaultsConstructor.csproj b/tools/MigrationDefaultsConstructor/MigrationDefaultsConstructor.csproj
index c801a1d11..f34318cb4 100644
--- a/tools/MigrationDefaultsConstructor/MigrationDefaultsConstructor.csproj
+++ b/tools/MigrationDefaultsConstructor/MigrationDefaultsConstructor.csproj
@@ -2,24 +2,21 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
+    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net45+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
+  <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\dotnet\dotnet.csproj" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Runtime">
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file