diff --git a/src/MusicStore/wwwroot/web.config b/src/MusicStore/wwwroot/web.config
index 472eb885a9..71ebc78e72 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/wwwroot/web.config
+++ b/src/MusicStore/wwwroot/web.config
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <!-- This will turn on detailed errors when deployed to remote servers -->
     <!-- This setting is not recommended for production -->
     <add key="ASPNET_DETAILED_ERRORS" value="true" />
-    <add key="dnx-app-base" value="../" />
   </appSettings>
 
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/DeploymentHelpers/Deployers/IISExpressDeployer.cs b/test/DeploymentHelpers/Deployers/IISExpressDeployer.cs
index dcd03f366c..1378f9c17b 100644
--- a/test/DeploymentHelpers/Deployers/IISExpressDeployer.cs
+++ b/test/DeploymentHelpers/Deployers/IISExpressDeployer.cs
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ namespace DeploymentHelpers
             // IIS express figures out the DNX from %PATH%.
 #if DNX451
             startInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PATH"] = ChosenRuntimePath + ";" + startInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PATH"];
+            startInfo.EnvironmentVariables["DNX_APPBASE"] = DeploymentParameters.ApplicationPath;
 #elif DNXCORE50
             startInfo.Environment["PATH"] = ChosenRuntimePath + ";" + startInfo.Environment["PATH"];
+            startInfo.Environment["DNX_APPBASE"] = DeploymentParameters.ApplicationPath;
 #endif
 
             var hostProcess = Process.Start(startInfo);