diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
index b0d3f1900..9c79fb94e 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
 {
     public class GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild : TestBase
     {
-        [Fact(Skip = "https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476")]
+        [Fact]
         public void ItCanNewRestoreBuildRunCleanMSBuildProject()
         {
             using (DisposableDirectory directory = Temp.CreateDirectory())
diff --git a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs
index 351e73539..fd2209bb9 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Tests
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining("project.assets.json");
         }
 
-        [Fact(Skip = "https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476")]
+        [Fact]
         public void ItRunsWhenRestoringToSpecificPackageDir()
         {
             var rootPath = TestAssets.CreateTestDirectory().FullName;
diff --git a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
index f8cf5c3f8..1c1988502 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.New.Tests
                 .Should().Pass();
         }
 
-        [Theory(Skip = "https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476")]
+        [Theory]
         [InlineData("console", "RuntimeFrameworkVersion", "microsoft.netcore.app")]
-        [InlineData("classlib", "NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion", "netstandard.library")]
+        // issue with netstandard2.0 - formerly both test cases were skipped because of: https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476
+        //[InlineData("classlib", "NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion", "netstandard.library")]
         public void NewProjectRestoresCorrectPackageVersion(string type, string propertyName, string packageName)
         {
             var rootPath = TestAssets.CreateTestDirectory(identifier: $"_{type}").FullName;
diff --git a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewAppWithSpecifiedType.cs b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewAppWithSpecifiedType.cs
index 1a51710ef..b44f44555 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewAppWithSpecifiedType.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewAppWithSpecifiedType.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.New.Tests
         [InlineData("C#", "react", false, true)]
         [InlineData("C#", "reactredux", false, true)]
         [InlineData("F#", "console", false, false)]
-        //  https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476
+        // issue with netstandard2.0 --- formerly was issue with: https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476
         //[InlineData("F#", "classlib", false, false)]
         [InlineData("F#", "mstest", false, false)]
         [InlineData("F#", "xunit", false, false)]
diff --git a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
index e13769d0e..aa705a0c2 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
             }
         }
 
-        [Fact(Skip = "https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476")]
+        [Fact]
         public void ItPublishesAppWhenRestoringToSpecificPackageDirectory()
         {
             var rootPath = TestAssets.CreateTestDirectory().FullName;
diff --git a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs
index 3d58f41e5..c55c70800 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run.Tests
                          .And.HaveStdOutContaining("Hello World!");
         }
 
-        [Fact(Skip = "https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7476")]
+        [Fact]
         public void ItRunsAppWhenRestoringToSpecificPackageDirectory()
         {
             var rootPath = TestAssets.CreateTestDirectory().FullName;