diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 318a8bd11a..0000000000
--- a/build/common.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\version.props" />
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- TODO remove this. Currently only required to workaround issues in dotnet/sdk -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.Sdk" Version="1.0.1-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-</Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index e704edaec0..17ff55a0f2 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreVersion>1.2.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreLabsVersion>0.3.0-*</AspNetCoreLabsVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreModuleVersion>1.0.0-*</AspNetCoreModuleVersion>
+    <DotNetPlatformAbstractionsVersion>1.1.0</DotNetPlatformAbstractionsVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
+    <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj b/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
index c971125f49..33c1ab18fe 100644
--- a/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
+++ b/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
-  <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Music store application on ASP.NET Core</Description>
@@ -8,30 +8,28 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);DEMO</DefineConstants>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp1.1'">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;win81-x64;win81-x86;win10-x64;win10-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.15.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreModule" Version="1.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Google" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.MicrosoftAccount" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Twitter" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreModule" Version="$(AspNetCoreModuleVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Google" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.MicrosoftAccount" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Twitter" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/samples/MusicStore/web.config b/samples/MusicStore/web.config
deleted file mode 100644
index d889af8ba3..0000000000
--- a/samples/MusicStore/web.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<configuration>
-  <system.webServer>
-    <handlers>
-      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified" />
-    </handlers>
-    <aspNetCore processPath="%LAUNCHER_PATH%" arguments="%LAUNCHER_ARGS%" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" forwardWindowsAuthToken="true" />
-  </system.webServer>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj b/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj
index 4e9c77208c..b66d38a14c 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj
+++ b/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
-  <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
@@ -16,24 +16,24 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting" Version="0.3.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions" Version="1.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting" Version="$(AspNetCoreLabsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions" Version="$(DotNetPlatformAbstractionsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Xml.XmlDocument" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj b/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj
index d04718ff03..1370fb99cf 100644
--- a/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
-  <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net452</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp1.1'">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -13,11 +12,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.InternalAbstractions" Version="1.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 38c93687ab..0000000000
--- a/version.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<!-- This file may be overwritten by automation. Only values allowed here are VersionPrefix and VersionSuffix.  -->
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.2.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix>preview1</VersionSuffix>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file