diff --git a/build/common-testapps.props b/build/common-testapps.props
index 931589cb1f..66df59d175 100644
--- a/build/common-testapps.props
+++ b/build/common-testapps.props
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.2-*</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.Sdk" Version="1.0.1-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index d2deff95c6..342e8d9b8a 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../build/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.2-*</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)'!='' AND '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -17,4 +16,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.Sdk" Version="1.0.1-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e704edaec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj
index ef524d6a14..0412dedd36 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Build-time references required to enable Razor view compilation as part of building the application.</Description>
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils" Version="1.2.0-*" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(X86ProjectDirectory)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-x86.csproj" PrivateAssets="true" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net451'" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>