diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 977db78948..e7c8a05fc7 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
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     <MicrosoftVisualStudioWebCodeGenerationDesignPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28163</MicrosoftVisualStudioWebCodeGenerationDesignPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftVisualStudioWebCodeGenerationToolsPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28163</MicrosoftVisualStudioWebCodeGenerationToolsPackageVersion>
-    <NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion>2.0.0</NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion>
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     <SeleniumSupportPackageVersion>3.7.0</SeleniumSupportPackageVersion>
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-CSharp.csproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
index 76ce08321e..2146fd4d24 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
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-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion}</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in
index 82453e4d8e..e6d8afc8d4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/EmptyWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
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-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.csproj
index b9133c5854..ead011a142 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.csproj
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
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-      MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion=$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion);
-      NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion=$(NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion);
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp.csproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
index 979955efc8..93cc67fc3c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
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     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' == ''">netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' != ''">TargetFrameworkOverride</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion}</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <UserSecretsId Condition="'$(IndividualAuth)' == 'True' OR '$(OrganizationalAuth)' == 'True'">aspnet-Company.WebApplication1-0ce56475-d1db-490f-8af1-a881ea4fcd2d</UserSecretsId>
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-CSharp.csproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
index 4f518056bf..5dbb7eeeb5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-CSharp.csproj.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
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     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' == ''">netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' != ''">TargetFrameworkOverride</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion}</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in
index 0b7d388318..825793ae3a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/StarterWeb-FSharp.fsproj.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
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-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion}</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <MvcRazorCompileOnPublish>true</MvcRazorCompileOnPublish>
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-CSharp.csproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-CSharp.csproj.in
index 7f396d567b..82705eed0c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-CSharp.csproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-CSharp.csproj.in
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
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     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' == ''">netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
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-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion}</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
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     <UserSecretsId Condition="'$(IndividualAuth)' == 'True' OR '$(OrganizationalAuth)' == 'True'">aspnet-Company.WebApplication1-53bc9b9d-9d6a-45d4-8429-2a2761773502</UserSecretsId>
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-FSharp.fsproj.in b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-FSharp.fsproj.in
index 5b328d9730..dc545b1de0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-FSharp.fsproj.in
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/WebApi-FSharp.fsproj.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
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     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' == ''">netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
     <TargetFramework Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkOverride)' != ''">TargetFrameworkOverride</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion}</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition="'$(Framework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">${NETStandardLibraryPackageVersion}</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index e1764c72e9..a940b60e9b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 855e21cfba..46c7ff779f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index c5d4c2f7a4..497dcf2578 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 2be09b46da..6c97a26ac3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index aeff794dfa..ac0e6c406f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 39e8cfbcea..8fc0011b1d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index 414c2aa60f..f028268165 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@
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index 299446e972..160ea0313c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index 382744612d..db799ba1a4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
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index 4e7c28308b..5bef8764fd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index 74aa3d3988..3120978438 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@
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index 5152217c94..fadd9c9aac 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
index 382744612d..db799ba1a4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
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index 7f4e679d08..1464b4165d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@
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