diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9c2ae767f..e51ec46f9b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ nuget.exe
 *.sln.ide
 project.lock.json
 /.vs
+.vscode/
 .build/
-.testPublish/
\ No newline at end of file
+.testPublish/
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index e704edaec0..5a4c06ce33 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreVersion>1.2.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
     <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/HotAddSample/HotAddSample.csproj b/samples/HotAddSample/HotAddSample.csproj
index effb1b67e3..31de9ddc59 100644
--- a/samples/HotAddSample/HotAddSample.csproj
+++ b/samples/HotAddSample/HotAddSample.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
-    <!-- TODO remove when https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/396 is resolved -->
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp1.1' ">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.2.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/SelfHostServer/SelfHostServer.csproj b/samples/SelfHostServer/SelfHostServer.csproj
index effb1b67e3..31de9ddc59 100644
--- a/samples/SelfHostServer/SelfHostServer.csproj
+++ b/samples/SelfHostServer/SelfHostServer.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
-    <!-- TODO remove when https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/396 is resolved -->
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp1.1' ">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.2.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/SelfHostServer/runtimeconfig.template.json b/samples/SelfHostServer/runtimeconfig.template.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 12467a6df8..0000000000
--- a/samples/SelfHostServer/runtimeconfig.template.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "configProperties": {
-    "System.GC.Server": true
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj
index 33b9d8e595..e21a352f81 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>ASP.NET Core HTTP server that uses the Windows HTTP Server API.</Description>
     <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.3</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -8,14 +10,17 @@
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;weblistener;httpsys</PackageTags>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.RuntimeEnvironment.Sources" Version="1.2.0-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TaskCache.Sources" Version="1.2.0-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.RuntimeEnvironment.Sources" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TaskCache.Sources" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' ">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Overlapped" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 1ac989e98c..34d602e0a3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,26 +1,36 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net452</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.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-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.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 Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net452' ">
     <Reference Include="System.DirectoryServices" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.WebRequest" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.1' ">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.WebSockets.Client" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Service Include="{82a7f48d-3b50-4b1e-b82e-3ada8210c358}" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests.csproj
index cc0b1a1396..c681773b02 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net452</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Service Include="{82a7f48d-3b50-4b1e-b82e-3ada8210c358}" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>