diff --git a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/Program.cs b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/Program.cs
index a2fc2622b1..45a599b845 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/Program.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
@@ -33,13 +32,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
                     return 2;
                 }
 
-                Reporter.Output.WriteLine($"Configuring project published to '{publishFolder}' for use with IIS");
-
-                var exitCode = new PublishIISCommand(publishFolder, projectPath.Value, webRootOption.Value()).Run();
-
-                Reporter.Output.WriteLine("Configuring project completed succesfully");
-
-                return exitCode;
+               return new PublishIISCommand(publishFolder, projectPath.Value, webRootOption.Value()).Run();
             });
 
             try
@@ -48,8 +41,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Reporter.Error.WriteLine(e.Message.Red());
-                Reporter.Verbose.WriteLine(e.ToString().Yellow());
+#if DEBUG
+                Console.Error.WriteLine(e);
+#else
+                Console.Error.WriteLine(e.Message);
+#endif
             }
 
             return 1;
diff --git a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/project.json b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/project.json
index f62f1bf0f1..eefde53ba1 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/project.json
+++ b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/project.json
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@
   },
 
   "dependencies": {
-    "Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms": "1.0.0-*",
     "System.Xml.XDocument": "4.0.11-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils": "1.0.0-*",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel": "1.0.0-*"
   },
 
   "frameworks": {
     "dnxcore50": {
+      "Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms": "1.0.0-*"
     }
   }
 }