diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.IIS/IISApplication.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.IIS/IISApplication.cs
index b83e7aa4df..bf0c338efc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.IIS/IISApplication.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting.IIS/IISApplication.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting
                         _logger.LogInformation($"Tried to start site, state: {state.ToString()}");
                     }
                 }
-                catch (COMException comException)
+                catch (Exception ex) when (ex is DllNotFoundException || (ex is COMException && (uint)ex.HResult == 0x800710D8) )
                 {
                     // Accessing the site.State property while the site
                     // is starting up returns the COMException
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting
                     // (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800710D8)
                     // This also means the site is not started yet, so catch and retry
                     // after waiting.
-                    _logger.LogWarning($"ComException: {comException.Message}");
                 }
 
                 await Task.Delay(_retryDelay);
diff --git a/test/Common.FunctionalTests/AppHostConfig/IIS.config b/test/Common.FunctionalTests/AppHostConfig/IIS.config
index c8c4848e25..624edf91ca 100644
--- a/test/Common.FunctionalTests/AppHostConfig/IIS.config
+++ b/test/Common.FunctionalTests/AppHostConfig/IIS.config
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
             <section name="httpTracing" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
             <section name="isapiFilters" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
             <section name="modules" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
-            <section name="applicationInitialization" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
             <section name="odbcLogging" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
             <sectionGroup name="security">
                 <section name="access" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
diff --git a/test/IIS.FunctionalTests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/test/IIS.FunctionalTests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index c6007ab5fe..9941a6b5a5 100644
--- a/test/IIS.FunctionalTests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/test/IIS.FunctionalTests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ using Xunit;
 
 [assembly: CollectionBehavior(DisableTestParallelization = true)]
 [assembly: RequiresIIS]
-[assembly: OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Windows, WindowsVersions.Win7, SkipReason = "https://github.com/aspnet/IISIntegration/issues/1069")]