diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.netcoreapp3.0.cs b/src/DefaultBuilder/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.netcoreapp3.0.cs
index e5a76886a4..1737054dc0 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.netcoreapp3.0.cs
+++ b/src/DefaultBuilder/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.netcoreapp3.0.cs
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
 {
-    public static partial class StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions
-    {
-        public static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostBuilder UseStaticWebAssets(this Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostBuilder builder) { throw null; }
-    }
     public static partial class WebHost
     {
         public static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostBuilder CreateDefaultBuilder() { throw null; }
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.csproj b/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.csproj
index 76a27b9a71..d49d64e17c 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 97ac339e54..0000000000
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// 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.
-
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100f33a29044fa9d740c9b3213a93e57c84b472c84e0b8a0e1ae48e67a9f8f6de9d5f7f3d52ac23e48ac51801f1dc950abe901da34d2a9e3baadb141a17c77ef3c565dd5ee5054b91cf63bb3c6ab83f72ab3aafe93d0fc3c2348b764fafb0b1c0733de51459aeab46580384bf9d74c4e28164b7cde247f891ba07891c9d872ad2bb")]
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/WebHost.cs b/src/DefaultBuilder/src/WebHost.cs
index 5e315dc5d1..a360c89e7f 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/WebHost.cs
+++ b/src/DefaultBuilder/src/WebHost.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HostFiltering;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj b/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
index 6a1ff8c07d..06f55e13d9 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.StaticWebAssets.xml" LogicalName="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticWebAssets.xml" />
     <Content Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.StaticWebAssets.xml" CopyToOutputDirectory="Always" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj b/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj
index cd908445ed..40455060c2 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Physical"  />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging"  />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options"  />
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.netcoreapp3.0.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.netcoreapp3.0.cs
index cbeec0f51c..afa9dffb52 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.netcoreapp3.0.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.netcoreapp3.0.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 // 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.
 
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
+{
+    public static partial class StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions
+    {
+        public static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostBuilder UseStaticWebAssets(this Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostBuilder builder) { throw null; }
+    }
+}
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
 {
     public partial class DelegateStartup : Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StartupBase<Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection>
@@ -208,6 +215,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Features
         public bool PreferHostingUrls { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
     }
 }
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
+{
+    public partial class StaticWebAssetsLoader
+    {
+        public StaticWebAssetsLoader() { }
+        public static void UseStaticWebAssets(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment environment) { }
+    }
+}
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
 {
     public static partial class GenericHostWebHostBuilderExtensions
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj
index c1aac9be61..a90dbfb943 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Physical" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsFileProvider.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProvider.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsFileProvider.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProvider.cs
index 99919f1a1c..9db5c7b611 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsFileProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProvider.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
 {
     // A file provider used for serving static web assets from referenced projects and packages during development.
     // The file provider maps folders from referenced projects and packages and prepends a prefix to their relative
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsLoader.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoader.cs
similarity index 77%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsLoader.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoader.cs
index 05ee714f0c..116c9b0cae 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoader.cs
@@ -9,13 +9,20 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
 {
-    internal class StaticWebAssetsLoader
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Loader for static web assets
+    /// </summary>
+    public class StaticWebAssetsLoader
     {
         internal const string StaticWebAssetsManifestName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticWebAssets.xml";
 
-        internal static void UseStaticWebAssets(IWebHostEnvironment environment)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configure the <see cref="IWebHostEnvironment"/> to use static web assets.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="environment"></param>
+        public static void UseStaticWebAssets(IWebHostEnvironment environment)
         {
             using (var manifest = ResolveManifest(environment))
             {
@@ -49,24 +56,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
 
         internal static Stream ResolveManifest(IWebHostEnvironment environment)
         {
-            // We plan to remove the embedded file resolution code path in
-            // a future preview.
-            Assembly assembly = null;
             try
             {
-                assembly = Assembly.Load(environment.ApplicationName);
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-            }
 
-            if (assembly != null && assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Any(a => a == StaticWebAssetsManifestName))
-            {
-                return assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(StaticWebAssetsManifestName);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // Fallback to physical file as we plan to use a file on disk instead of the embedded resource.
+                var assembly = Assembly.Load(environment.ApplicationName);
                 var filePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(GetAssemblyLocation(assembly)), $"{environment.ApplicationName}.StaticWebAssets.xml");
                 if (File.Exists(filePath))
                 {
@@ -80,6 +73,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
                     return null;
                 }
             }
+            catch
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
         }
 
         internal static string GetAssemblyLocation(Assembly assembly)
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsReader.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReader.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsReader.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReader.cs
index 82ec626945..7a804c93a9 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsReader.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReader.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
 {
     internal static class StaticWebAssetsReader
     {
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
similarity index 95%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
index 8a754df151..056ed8d32b 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/src/StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
 {
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets.xml b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f10b7c1a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<StaticWebAssets Version="1.0">
+  <ContentRoot Path="/Path" BasePath="/BasePath" />
+</StaticWebAssets>
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index 10635b2859..520134a335 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)test\SkipOnHelixAttribute.cs" />    
+    <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)test\SkipOnHelixAttribute.cs" />
     <Content Include="testroot\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+    <Content Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets.xml" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests.cs
similarity index 96%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests.cs
index f0066ea305..dd52fced46 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Xunit;
 
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
 {
     public class StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests
     {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
                 Path.GetDirectoryName(new Uri(typeof(StaticWebAssetsFileProviderTests).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath));
 
             // Act
-            var file = provider.GetFileInfo("/_CONTENT/Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.StaticWebAssets.xml");
+            var file = provider.GetFileInfo("/_CONTENT/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets.xml");
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal(expectedResult, file.Exists);
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests.cs
similarity index 77%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests.cs
index bed656a259..989ea4300e 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Xunit;
 
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
 {
     public class StaticWebAssetsLoaderTests
     {
@@ -58,27 +58,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
             Assert.Equal(originalRoot, environment.WebRootFileProvider);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void ResolveManifest_FindsEmbeddedManifestProvider()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var expectedManifest = @"<StaticWebAssets Version=""1.0"">
-  <ContentRoot Path=""/Path"" BasePath=""/BasePath"" />
-</StaticWebAssets>
-";
-            var originalRoot = new NullFileProvider();
-            var environment = new HostingEnvironment()
-            {
-                ApplicationName = typeof(StaticWebAssetsReaderTests).Assembly.GetName().Name
-            };
-
-            // Act
-            var manifest = StaticWebAssetsLoader.ResolveManifest(environment);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(expectedManifest, new StreamReader(manifest).ReadToEnd());
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void ResolveManifest_ManifestFromFile()
         {
@@ -90,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
 
             var environment = new HostingEnvironment()
             {
-                ApplicationName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost"
+                ApplicationName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting"
             };
 
             // Act
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReaderTests.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReaderTests.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReaderTests.cs
rename to src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReaderTests.cs
index 1adffad46c..81562a9618 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReaderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/StaticWebAssets/StaticWebAssetsReaderTests.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;
 using Xunit;
 
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.StaticWebAssets
 {
     public class StaticWebAssetsReaderTests
     {