diff --git a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
index 2be1a3f27..cdee4c764 100644
--- a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</PackageTargetFallback>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64;debian.8-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-beta-001509-00</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
index 7222996bc..99e55ef1a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</PackageTargetFallback>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="1.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks" Version="$(CLI_NuGet_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils" Version="$(SdkNugetVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
index ab8932531..06f1efeb0 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     </BuiltProjectOutputGroupOutput>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="1.0.4" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
index f3463840d..31f549c06 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-portable</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -13,9 +12,4 @@
       <FinalOutputPath>$(ProjectRuntimeConfigFilePath)</FinalOutputPath>
     </BuiltProjectOutputGroupOutput>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="1.0.4" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
index 1eec2760d..fc40b4063 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
                 .WithRestoreFiles();
 
             var assetsFile = new DirectoryInfo(new RepoDirectoriesProvider().NugetPackages)
-                .GetDirectory(".tools", "dotnet-portable", "1.0.0", "netcoreapp2.0")
+                .GetDirectory(".tools", "dotnet-portable", "1.0.0", "netcoreapp1.0")
                 .GetFile("project.assets.json");
 
             var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();