diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 9c3a0921d..5f6c9bd6f 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ tools\TestAssetsDependencies\TestAssetsDependencies.csproj
 
     <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>true</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
     <DisableImplicitPackageTargetFallback>true</DisableImplicitPackageTargetFallback>
-
-    <CliTargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</CliTargetFramework>
-    <!-- We only need this until we get a stage0 with a 3.0 SDK. -->
-    <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>3.0</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <Import Project="build/TargetFramework.props" />
   <Import Project="build/InitRepo.props" />
   <Import Condition=" '$(GeneratePropsFile)' != 'true' " Project="$(GitCommitInfoProps)" />
   <Import Condition=" '$(GeneratePropsFile)' != 'true' " Project="$(HostInfoProps)" />
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 9b3a4e233..758e81ed5 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
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.0.0-rc</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
index 1aef6a2d9..f707001e8 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj
index 8706fd623..c97da18f4 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj
index 576839f8e..8ef0c8c1b 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
index 89540778e..a095969a6 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64;linux-musl-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj
index 71c0021d7..d05c83d53 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj
index 0d5ffc364..a6a28607a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/build/TargetFramework.props b/build/TargetFramework.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca28c4c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/TargetFramework.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+      <CliTargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</CliTargetFramework>
+      <!-- We only need this until we get a stage0 with a 3.0 SDK. -->
+      <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>3.0</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/testAsset.props b/testAsset.props
index 8d003d8ab..1a10b582d 100644
--- a/testAsset.props
+++ b/testAsset.props
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepoRoot>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="build/TargetFramework.props" />
   <Import Project="build/InitRepo.props" />
   <Import Project="build/DependencyVersions.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj b/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj
index 0ca594efa..6cf680998 100644
--- a/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj
+++ b/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>$(SharedFrameworkRid)</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>