diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc.csproj b/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc.csproj
index 632b2e7e05..316518f5f9 100644
--- a/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc.csproj
+++ b/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.StartsWith('netcoreapp'))">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <MvcRazorCompileOnPublish>true</MvcRazorCompileOnPublish>
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);TEST123</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common-testapps.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/Startup.cs b/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/Startup.cs
index 124d81b51c..19de8caa76 100644
--- a/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/Startup.cs
+++ b/testapps/ApplicationWithConfigureMvc/Startup.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ namespace ApplicationWithConfigureStartup
         {
             builder.AddRazorOptions(options =>
             {
-                options.ParseOptions = options.ParseOptions.WithPreprocessorSymbols(new[] { "TEST123" });
                 var callback = options.CompilationCallback;
                 options.CompilationCallback = context =>
                 {