diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index 2d0c832d86..4015e0da66 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project>
+  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.2-*</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)'!='' AND '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -21,4 +20,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="$(NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e704edaec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/samples/StaticFileSample/StaticFileSample.csproj b/samples/StaticFileSample/StaticFileSample.csproj
index 3d548fc6e8..bb024aca04 100644
--- a/samples/StaticFileSample/StaticFileSample.csproj
+++ b/samples/StaticFileSample/StaticFileSample.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp1.1'">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.csproj
index a23f404d4b..b76d38537d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests.csproj
index dd27a87e20..cdd7af0522 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests.csproj
index e1bd141202..ca7adbc70b 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index 51b1f4a6cd..17fd5ac36d 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- This file may be overwritten by automation. Only values allowed here are VersionPrefix and VersionSuffix.  -->
-<Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.2.0</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix>preview1</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>