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+<Project>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- TODO re-enable tests on .NET Core when we upgrade to 2.0. This project started using 2.0 API but we had to drop temporarily to .NET Core 1.1 -->
+    <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Test\*.csproj" Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'"/>
+    <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution.Test\*.csproj" Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>