diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df62d36cd8..a7760db659 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ nuget.exe
 project.lock.json
 /.vs/
 .testPublish/
-.build/
\ No newline at end of file
+.build/
+global.json
diff --git a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs
index 764b32ed0e..3e42bf4a7d 100644
--- a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs
+++ b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
                     EnvironmentName = "HelloWorld", // Will pick the Start class named 'StartupHelloWorld',
                     ServerConfigTemplateContent = Helpers.GetConfigContent(serverType, "Http.config", "nginx.conf"),
                     SiteName = "HttpTestSite", // This is configured in the Http.config
-                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net452" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp1.1",
                     ApplicationType = applicationType
                 };
 
diff --git a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs
index a3ca9abe81..d1837766a9 100644
--- a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs
+++ b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-#if NET452
+#if NET46
 
 using System;
 using System.Net;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
                     EnvironmentName = "NtlmAuthentication", // Will pick the Start class named 'StartupNtlmAuthentication'
                     ServerConfigTemplateContent = Helpers.GetConfigContent(serverType, "NtlmAuthentication.config", nginxConfig: null),
                     SiteName = "NtlmAuthenticationTestSite", // This is configured in the NtlmAuthentication.config
-                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net452" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp1.1",
                     ApplicationType = applicationType
                 };
 
@@ -140,5 +140,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
         }
     }
 }
-
+#elif NETCOREAPP1_1
+#else
+#error target frameworks need to be updated
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs
index f1fcd86a70..9510e7b9e6 100644
--- a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs
+++ b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
                         hostCompression ? "http.config" : "NoCompression.config",
                         hostCompression ? "nginx.conf" : "NoCompression.conf"),
                     SiteName = "HttpTestSite", // This is configured in the Http.config
-                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net452" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp1.1",
                     ApplicationType = applicationType
                 };
 
diff --git a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs
index 0ef668f1e9..d12d5d51ba 100644
--- a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs
+++ b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
                     EnvironmentName = "Responses",
                     ServerConfigTemplateContent = Helpers.GetConfigContent(serverType, "Http.config", "nginx.conf"),
                     SiteName = "HttpTestSite", // This is configured in the Http.config
-                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net452" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                    TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp1.1",
                     ApplicationType = applicationType
                 };
 
diff --git a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 286ba87724..09ccf8e8cb 100644
--- a/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests/ServerComparison.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net452</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net46</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+    <GenerateBindingRedirectsOutputType>true</GenerateBindingRedirectsOutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/ServerComparison.TestSites/ServerComparison.TestSites.csproj b/test/ServerComparison.TestSites/ServerComparison.TestSites.csproj
index 514bb30eab..d6bdc83dcb 100644
--- a/test/ServerComparison.TestSites/ServerComparison.TestSites.csproj
+++ b/test/ServerComparison.TestSites/ServerComparison.TestSites.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net452;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x86;win7-x64;win81-x86;win81-x64;win10-x86;win10-x64;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.15.04-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>