diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/IMvcRazorHost.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/IMvcRazorHost.cs
index 79a0b2d700..74b11d11ff 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/IMvcRazorHost.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/IMvcRazorHost.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
     /// </summary>
     public interface IMvcRazorHost
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Flag that indicates if page execution instrumentation code should be injected into the output.
-        /// </summary>
-        bool EnableInstrumentation { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Parses and generates the contents of a Razor file represented by <paramref name="inputStream"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs
index d4112923fa..c0063996fc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
             TagHelperDescriptorResolver = new TagHelperDescriptorResolver();
             DefaultBaseClass = BaseType + '<' + DefaultModel + '>';
             DefaultNamespace = "Asp";
+            // Enable instrumentation by default to allow precompiled views to work with BrowserLink.
+            EnableInstrumentation = true;
             GeneratedClassContext = new GeneratedClassContext(
                 executeMethodName: "ExecuteAsync",
                 writeMethodName: "Write",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCache.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCache.cs
index 4618542916..1445ae10b5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCache.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCache.cs
@@ -74,24 +74,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public CompilationResult GetOrAdd([NotNull] RelativeFileInfo fileInfo,
-                                          bool enableInstrumentation,
                                           [NotNull] Func<CompilationResult> compile)
         {
-
             CompilerCacheEntry cacheEntry;
             if (!_cache.TryGetValue(NormalizePath(fileInfo.RelativePath), out cacheEntry))
             {
-                return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo, enableInstrumentation, compile);
+                return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo, compile);
             }
             else
             {
-                if ((cacheEntry.Length != fileInfo.FileInfo.Length) ||
-                    (enableInstrumentation && !cacheEntry.IsInstrumented))
+                if (cacheEntry.Length != fileInfo.FileInfo.Length)
                 {
-                    // Recompile if
-                    // (a) If the file lengths differ
-                    // (b) If the compiled type is not instrumented but we require it to be instrumented.
-                    return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo, enableInstrumentation, compile);
+                    // Recompile if the file lengths differ
+                    return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo, compile);
                 }
 
                 if (cacheEntry.LastModified == fileInfo.FileInfo.LastModified)
@@ -108,22 +103,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
                 {
                     // Cache hit, but we need to update the entry
                     return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo,
-                                       enableInstrumentation,
                                        () => CompilationResult.Successful(cacheEntry.CompiledType));
                 }
 
                 // it's not a match, recompile
-                return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo, enableInstrumentation, compile);
+                return OnCacheMiss(fileInfo, compile);
             }
         }
 
         private CompilationResult OnCacheMiss(RelativeFileInfo file,
-                                              bool isInstrumented,
                                               Func<CompilationResult> compile)
         {
             var result = compile();
 
-            var cacheEntry = new CompilerCacheEntry(file, result.CompiledType, isInstrumented);
+            var cacheEntry = new CompilerCacheEntry(file, result.CompiledType);
             _cache[NormalizePath(file.RelativePath)] = cacheEntry;
 
             return result;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCacheEntry.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCacheEntry.cs
index 90e2881182..4025a5c6bc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCacheEntry.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/CompilerCacheEntry.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
             Length = info.Length;
             LastModified = info.LastModified;
             Hash = info.Hash;
-            // Precompiled views are always instrumented.
-            IsInstrumented = true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -31,15 +29,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="info">Metadata about the file that was compiled.</param>
         /// <param name="compiledType">The compiled <see cref="Type"/>.</param>
-        /// <param name="isInstrumented">Flag that indicates that the file was generated with instrumentation
-        /// enabled.</param>
-        public CompilerCacheEntry([NotNull] RelativeFileInfo info, [NotNull] Type compiledType, bool isInstrumented)
+        public CompilerCacheEntry([NotNull] RelativeFileInfo info, [NotNull] Type compiledType)
         {
             CompiledType = compiledType;
             RelativePath = info.RelativePath;
             Length = info.FileInfo.Length;
             LastModified = info.FileInfo.LastModified;
-            IsInstrumented = isInstrumented;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -71,10 +66,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// Gets a flag that indicates if the file is precompiled.
         /// </summary>
         public bool IsPreCompiled {  get { return Hash != null; } }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a flag that indiciates if the page execution in <see cref="CompiledType"/> is instrumeted.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool IsInstrumented { get; private set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/ICompilerCache.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/ICompilerCache.cs
index 3d06c9ab89..474dddb4fd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/ICompilerCache.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Compilation/ICompilerCache.cs
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// not available in the cache.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="fileInfo">A <see cref="RelativeFileInfo"/> representing the file.</param>
-        /// <param name="enableInstrumentation"><see langword="true"/> to generate instrumentation.</param>
         /// <param name="compile">An delegate that will generate a compilation result.</param>
         /// <returns>A cached <see cref="CompilationResult"/>.</returns>
         CompilationResult GetOrAdd([NotNull] RelativeFileInfo fileInfo,
-                                   bool enableInstrumentation,
                                    [NotNull] Func<CompilationResult> compile);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/IRazorCompilationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/IRazorCompilationService.cs
index a56e9eb146..2ebc4e4d90 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/IRazorCompilationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/IRazorCompilationService.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="fileInfo">A <see cref="RelativeFileInfo"/> instance that represents the file to compile.
         /// </param>
-        /// <param name="isInstrumented">Indicates that the page should be instrumented.</param>
         /// <returns>
         /// A <see cref="CompilationResult"/> that represents the results of parsing and compiling the file.
         /// </returns>
-        CompilationResult Compile(RelativeFileInfo fileInfo, bool isInstrumented);
+        CompilationResult Compile(RelativeFileInfo fileInfo);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/PreCompileViews/RazorPreCompiler.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/PreCompileViews/RazorPreCompiler.cs
index 2c72199bc4..4d793366ca 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/PreCompileViews/RazorPreCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/PreCompileViews/RazorPreCompiler.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         {
             _serviceProvider = designTimeServiceProvider;
             _host = host;
-            _host.EnableInstrumentation = true;
 
             var appEnv = _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IApplicationEnvironment>();
             _fileSystem = optionsAccessor.Options.FileSystem;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/RazorCompilationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/RazorCompilationService.cs
index baa5c820e1..51a317b0c5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/RazorCompilationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/Razor/RazorCompilationService.cs
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public CompilationResult Compile([NotNull] RelativeFileInfo file, bool isInstrumented)
+        public CompilationResult Compile([NotNull] RelativeFileInfo file)
         {
-            _razorHost.EnableInstrumentation = isInstrumented;
-
             GeneratorResults results;
             using (var inputStream = file.FileInfo.CreateReadStream())
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/VirtualPathRazorPageFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/VirtualPathRazorPageFactory.cs
index a407538ac7..95af0230de 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/VirtualPathRazorPageFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/VirtualPathRazorPageFactory.cs
@@ -18,20 +18,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
         private readonly IFileInfoCache _fileInfoCache;
         private readonly ICompilerCache _compilerCache;
-        private readonly bool _isInstrumentationEnabled;
         private IRazorCompilationService _razorcompilationService;
 
         public VirtualPathRazorPageFactory(ITypeActivator typeActivator,
                                            IServiceProvider serviceProvider,
                                            ICompilerCache compilerCache,
-                                           IFileInfoCache fileInfoCache,
-                                           IContextAccessor<HttpContext> contextAccessor)
+                                           IFileInfoCache fileInfoCache)
         {
             _activator = typeActivator;
             _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
             _compilerCache = compilerCache;
             _fileInfoCache = fileInfoCache;
-            _isInstrumentationEnabled = IsInstrumentationEnabled(contextAccessor.Value);
         }
 
         private IRazorCompilationService RazorCompilationService
@@ -71,8 +68,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 
                 var result = _compilerCache.GetOrAdd(
                     relativeFileInfo,
-                    _isInstrumentationEnabled,
-                    () => RazorCompilationService.Compile(relativeFileInfo, _isInstrumentationEnabled));
+                    () => RazorCompilationService.Compile(relativeFileInfo));
 
                 var page = (IRazorPage)_activator.CreateInstance(_serviceProvider, result.CompiledType);
                 page.Path = relativePath;
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs
index a51630bb22..cac8962cb9 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 {
     public class MvcRazorHostTest
     {
+        [Fact]
+        public void MvcRazorHost_EnablesInstrumentationByDefault()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var host = new MvcRazorHost(new TestFileSystem());
+
+            // Act
+            var instrumented = host.EnableInstrumentation;
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(instrumented);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void MvcRazorHost_GeneratesTagHelperModelExpressionCode_DesignTime()
         {
@@ -22,12 +35,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
             };
             var expectedLineMappings = new List<LineMapping>
             {
-                BuildLineMapping(documentAbsoluteIndex: 7, 
+                BuildLineMapping(documentAbsoluteIndex: 7,
                                  documentLineIndex: 0,
-                                 documentCharacterIndex: 7, 
+                                 documentCharacterIndex: 7,
                                  generatedAbsoluteIndex: 444,
                                  generatedLineIndex: 12,
-                                 generatedCharacterIndex: 7, 
+                                 generatedCharacterIndex: 7,
                                  contentLength: 8),
                 BuildLineMapping(documentAbsoluteIndex: 33,
                                  documentLineIndex: 2,
@@ -39,8 +52,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
             };
 
             // Act and Assert
-            RunDesignTimeTest(host, 
-                              testName: "ModelExpressionTagHelper", 
+            RunDesignTimeTest(host,
+                              testName: "ModelExpressionTagHelper",
                               expectedLineMappings: expectedLineMappings);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/Basic.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/Basic.cs
index f32f058b6f..99120136ef 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/Basic.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/Basic.cs
@@ -27,16 +27,24 @@ namespace Asp
         #pragma warning disable 1998
         public override async Task ExecuteAsync()
         {
+            BeginContext(0, 4, true);
             WriteLiteral("<div");
+            EndContext();
             WriteAttribute("class", Tuple.Create(" class=\"", 4), Tuple.Create("\"", 17), 
             Tuple.Create(Tuple.Create("", 12), Tuple.Create<System.Object, System.Int32>(logo, 12), false));
+            BeginContext(18, 24, true);
             WriteLiteral(">\r\n    Hello world\r\n    ");
+            EndContext();
+            BeginContext(43, 21, false);
 #line 3 "TestFiles/Input/Basic.cshtml"
 Write(Html.Input("SomeKey"));
 
 #line default
 #line hidden
+            EndContext();
+            BeginContext(64, 8, true);
             WriteLiteral("\r\n</div>");
+            EndContext();
         }
         #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/ModelExpressionTagHelper.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/ModelExpressionTagHelper.cs
index 2687d004cd..581614783e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/ModelExpressionTagHelper.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/TestFiles/Output/Runtime/ModelExpressionTagHelper.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ namespace Asp
         #pragma warning disable 1998
         public override async Task ExecuteAsync()
         {
+            BeginContext(120, 2, true);
             WriteLiteral("\r\n");
+            EndContext();
             __tagHelperExecutionContext = __tagHelperScopeManager.Begin("inputTest");
             __Microsoft_AspNet_Mvc_Razor_InputTestTagHelper = CreateTagHelper<Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.InputTestTagHelper>();
             __tagHelperExecutionContext.Add(__Microsoft_AspNet_Mvc_Razor_InputTestTagHelper);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/Compilation/CompilerCacheTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/Compilation/CompilerCacheTest.cs
index d11654d5df..9dad480b21 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/Compilation/CompilerCacheTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/Compilation/CompilerCacheTest.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test
             };
 
             // Act
-            var actual = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, false, () => expected);
+            var actual = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, () => expected);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Same(expected, actual);
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test
 
             // Act
             var actual = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo,
-                                        enableInstrumentation: false,
-                                        compile: () => CompilationResult.Successful(resultViewType));
+                compile: () => CompilationResult.Successful(resultViewType));
 
             // Assert
             if (swapsPreCompile)
@@ -175,9 +174,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test
             };
 
             // Act
-            cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, false, () => uncachedResult);
-            var actual1 = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, false, () => uncachedResult);
-            var actual2 = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, false, () => uncachedResult);
+            cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, () => uncachedResult);
+            var actual1 = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, () => uncachedResult);
+            var actual2 = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, () => uncachedResult);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.NotSame(uncachedResult, actual1);
@@ -190,40 +189,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test
             Assert.Null(actual2.CompiledContent);
             Assert.Same(type, actual2.CompiledType);
         }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetOrAdd_IgnoresCache_IfCachedItemIsNotInstrumentedAndEnableInstrumentationIsTrue()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var lastModified = DateTime.UtcNow;
-            var cache = new CompilerCache();
-            var fileInfo = new Mock<IFileInfo>();
-            fileInfo.SetupGet(f => f.PhysicalPath)
-                    .Returns("test");
-            fileInfo.SetupGet(f => f.LastModified)
-                    .Returns(lastModified);
-            var type = GetType();
-            var uncachedResult1 = UncachedCompilationResult.Successful(type, "hello world");
-            var uncachedResult2 = UncachedCompilationResult.Successful(typeof(object), "hello world");
-            var uncachedResult3 = UncachedCompilationResult.Successful(typeof(Guid), "hello world");
-
-            var runtimeFileInfo = new RelativeFileInfo()
-            {
-                FileInfo = fileInfo.Object,
-                RelativePath = "test",
-            };
-
-            // Act
-            cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, false, () => uncachedResult1);
-            var actual1 = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, true, () => uncachedResult2);
-            var actual2 = cache.GetOrAdd(runtimeFileInfo, false, () => uncachedResult3);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Same(uncachedResult2, actual1);
-            Assert.Same(typeof(object), actual1.CompiledType);
-
-            Assert.NotSame(actual2, uncachedResult3);
-            Assert.Same(typeof(object), actual2.CompiledType);
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorCompilationServiceTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorCompilationServiceTest.cs
index 87086c76bd..8338be5dd8 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorCompilationServiceTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorCompilationServiceTest.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
-using System;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.FileSystems;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Generator.Compiler;
@@ -44,42 +41,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test
             };
 
             // Act
-            razorService.Compile(relativeFileInfo, isInstrumented: false);
+            razorService.Compile(relativeFileInfo);
 
             // Assert
             host.Verify();
         }
 
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData(false)]
-        [InlineData(true)]
-        public void CompileSetsEnableInstrumentationOnHost(bool enableInstrumentation)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var host = new Mock<IMvcRazorHost>();
-            host.SetupAllProperties();
-            host.Setup(h => h.GenerateCode(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<Stream>()))
-                .Returns(GetGeneratorResult());
-
-            var compiler = new Mock<ICompilationService>();
-            compiler.Setup(c => c.Compile(It.IsAny<IFileInfo>(), It.IsAny<string>()))
-                    .Returns(CompilationResult.Successful(GetType()));
-
-            var razorService = new RazorCompilationService(compiler.Object, host.Object);
-
-            var relativeFileInfo = new RelativeFileInfo()
-            {
-                FileInfo = Mock.Of<IFileInfo>(),
-                RelativePath = @"views\index\home.cshtml",
-            };
-
-            // Act
-            razorService.Compile(relativeFileInfo, isInstrumented: enableInstrumentation);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(enableInstrumentation, host.Object.EnableInstrumentation);
-        }
-
         private static GeneratorResults GetGeneratorResult()
         {
             return new GeneratorResults(