diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index 9574eadb58..f6342cb9d3 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <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..9aa824128d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+    <LibUvVersion>1.9.1</LibUvVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/makefile.shade b/makefile.shade
deleted file mode 100644
index 58a82b5a00..0000000000
--- a/makefile.shade
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-var VERSION='0.1'
-var FULL_VERSION='0.1'
-var AUTHORS='Microsoft'
-
-use-standard-lifecycle
-k-standard-goals
-custom-goals
-
-#initialize
-  dotnet command='run -f netcoreapp1.1 -p tools/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode.csproj src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Http/FrameHeaders.Generated.cs src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Http/Frame.Generated.cs'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/LargeResponseApp/LargeResponseApp.csproj b/samples/LargeResponseApp/LargeResponseApp.csproj
index 0149ac0ba2..45de356f95 100644
--- a/samples/LargeResponseApp/LargeResponseApp.csproj
+++ b/samples/LargeResponseApp/LargeResponseApp.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/samples/SampleApp/SampleApp.csproj b/samples/SampleApp/SampleApp.csproj
index e3feb7221a..19792a43e2 100644
--- a/samples/SampleApp/SampleApp.csproj
+++ b/samples/SampleApp/SampleApp.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.csproj
index 95e5a0110d..7765f0e77a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Security" Version="4.4.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Security" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.csproj
index bca637d906..02214cbaf6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Libuv" Version="1.10.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Libuv" Version="$(LibUvVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Version="1.2.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="4.4.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.4.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TaskCache.Sources" Version="1.2.0-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="4.4.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Thread" Version="4.4.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.ThreadPool" Version="4.4.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Thread" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.ThreadPool" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests.csproj
index eb262112bc..fa3f75fdba 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.1' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.NetworkInformation" Version="4.4.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.NetworkInformation" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Unix'" Name="RunUname" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile">
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance.csproj
index 6f479fdb7a..f234b8fb10 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance.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.Server.KestrelTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests.csproj
index 4ee43ea35b..7af504a271 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/tools/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode.csproj b/tools/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode.csproj
index 13963dcd68..dafd54104a 100644
--- a/tools/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode.csproj
+++ b/tools/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.GeneratedCode.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />