diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions/project.json
index 57cab6dd5d..31dd441619 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions/project.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "aspnetcore",
     "diagnostics"
   ],
-
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/aspnet/diagnostics"
@@ -22,10 +21,7 @@
     "netstandard1.0": {
       "dependencies": {
         "System.Resources.ResourceManager": "4.0.1-*"
-      },
-      "imports": [
-        "dotnet5.1"
-      ]
+      }
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Elm/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Elm/project.json
index 58048a5191..1bb2cfbc95 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Elm/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Elm/project.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "aspnetcore",
     "diagnostics"
   ],
-
   "compilationOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true,
     "keyFile": "../../tools/Key.snk",
@@ -36,10 +35,7 @@
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
         "System.Threading": "4.0.11-*"
-      },
-      "imports": [
-        "dotnet5.4"
-      ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "compileExclude": [
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore/project.json
index 2c8ff2a993..d033906a5d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore/project.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "diagnostics",
     "entityframeworkcore"
   ],
-
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/aspnet/diagnostics"
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
         "System.Threading": "4.0.11-*"
       },
       "imports": [
-        "dotnet5.4",
         "portable-net451+win8"
       ]
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/project.json
index cb45a178b2..3a30cf5007 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics/project.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "aspnetcore",
     "diagnostics"
   ],
-
   "compilationOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true,
     "keyFile": "../../tools/Key.snk",
@@ -33,14 +32,11 @@
     "System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource": "4.0.0-*"
   },
   "frameworks": {
-    "net451": { },
+    "net451": {},
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
         "System.Reflection.Extensions": "4.0.1-*"
-      },
-      "imports": [
-        "dotnet5.4"
-      ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "compileExclude": [
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.MiddlewareAnalysis/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.MiddlewareAnalysis/project.json
index cb8451d3e1..f174684c6a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.MiddlewareAnalysis/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.MiddlewareAnalysis/project.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "aspnetcore",
     "diagnostics"
   ],
-
   "compilationOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true,
     "keyFile": "../../tools/Key.snk",
@@ -24,11 +23,7 @@
     "System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource": "4.0.0-*"
   },
   "frameworks": {
-    "net451": { },
-    "netstandard1.3": {
-      "imports": [
-        "dotnet5.4"
-      ]
-    }
+    "net451": {},
+    "netstandard1.3": {}
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PageGenerator/project.json b/src/PageGenerator/project.json
index 8beda8f2ac..789d207720 100644
--- a/src/PageGenerator/project.json
+++ b/src/PageGenerator/project.json
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
     "netstandardapp1.5": {
       "dependencies": {
         "System.Console": "4.0.0-*"
-      },
-      "imports": [
-        "dnxcore50"
-      ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "commands": {