diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Infrastructure/DefaultAssemblyProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Infrastructure/DefaultAssemblyProvider.cs
index 3681e8ef2a..ee79a57f30 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Infrastructure/DefaultAssemblyProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Infrastructure/DefaultAssemblyProvider.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="DefaultAssemblyProvider"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="environment">The <see cref="IApplicationEnvironment"/>.</param>
-        public DefaultAssemblyProvider(IApplicationEnvironment environment)
+        /// <param name="environment">The <see cref="IHostingEnvironment"/>.</param>
+        public DefaultAssemblyProvider(IHostingEnvironment environment)
             : this(
                   Assembly.Load(new AssemblyName(environment.ApplicationName)),
                   DependencyContext.Load(Assembly.Load(new AssemblyName(environment.ApplicationName))))
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/project.json
index 552e4431c2..cdd40bf0d6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/project.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.0-*"
     },
     "Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions": "1.0.0-*",
-    "Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.ClosedGenericMatcher.Sources": {
       "version": "1.0.0-*",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Dnx/DnxRoslynCompilationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Dnx/DnxRoslynCompilationService.cs
index 2f72a90809..c36219acad 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Dnx/DnxRoslynCompilationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Dnx/DnxRoslynCompilationService.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using System.Reflection.PortableExecutable;
 using System.Runtime.Loader;
 #endif
 using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Compilation;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
 using Microsoft.Dnx.Compilation.CSharp;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.CompilationAbstractions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
 {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
         private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, AssemblyMetadata> _metadataFileCache =
             new ConcurrentDictionary<string, AssemblyMetadata>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
-        private readonly IApplicationEnvironment _environment;
+        private readonly IHostingEnvironment _environment;
         private readonly ILibraryExporter _libraryExporter;
         private readonly RazorViewEngineOptions _options;
         private readonly Lazy<List<MetadataReference>> _applicationReferences;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
         /// <param name="optionsAccessor">Accessor to <see cref="RazorViewEngineOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="fileProviderAccessor">The <see cref="IRazorViewEngineFileProviderAccessor"/>.</param>
         public DnxRoslynCompilationService(
-            IApplicationEnvironment environment,
+            IHostingEnvironment environment,
             ILibraryExporter libraryExporter,
             IOptions<RazorViewEngineOptions> optionsAccessor,
             IRazorViewEngineFileProviderAccessor fileProviderAccessor)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs
index 3e2dbd0429..3ec50fe965 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
 {
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
         /// Creates a new <see cref="ViewLocalizer"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="localizerFactory">The <see cref="IHtmlLocalizerFactory"/>.</param>
-        /// <param name="applicationEnvironment">The <see cref="IApplicationEnvironment"/>.</param>
-        public ViewLocalizer(IHtmlLocalizerFactory localizerFactory, IApplicationEnvironment applicationEnvironment)
+        /// <param name="hostingEnvironment">The <see cref="IHostingEnvironment"/>.</param>
+        public ViewLocalizer(IHtmlLocalizerFactory localizerFactory, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
             if (localizerFactory == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(localizerFactory));
             }
 
-            if (applicationEnvironment == null)
+            if (hostingEnvironment == null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(applicationEnvironment));
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(hostingEnvironment));
             }
 
-            _applicationName = applicationEnvironment.ApplicationName;
+            _applicationName = hostingEnvironment.ApplicationName;
             _localizerFactory = localizerFactory;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json
index 46a2cf6266..13e2d3d565 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json
@@ -23,14 +23,9 @@
     }
   },
   "frameworks": {
-    "net451": {
-      "dependencies": {
-        "Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions": "1.0.0-*"
-      }
-    },
+    "net451": { },
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
-        "Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions": "1.0.0-*",
         "System.Collections.Concurrent": "4.0.12-*",
         "System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter": "4.0.1-*",
         "System.Reflection.Extensions": "4.0.1-*",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DefaultRoslynCompilationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DefaultRoslynCompilationService.cs
index a3e1879797..8b9a5da614 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DefaultRoslynCompilationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DefaultRoslynCompilationService.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using System.Runtime.Loader;
 #endif
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Compilation;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
 {
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
         /// <summary>
         /// Initalizes a new instance of the <see cref="DefaultRoslynCompilationService"/> class.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="environment">The environment for the executing application.</param>
+        /// <param name="environment">The <see cref="IHostingEnvironment"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="optionsAccessor">Accessor to <see cref="RazorViewEngineOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="fileProviderAccessor">The <see cref="IRazorViewEngineFileProviderAccessor"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="loggerFactory">The <see cref="ILoggerFactory"/>.</param>
         public DefaultRoslynCompilationService(
-            IApplicationEnvironment environment,
+            IHostingEnvironment environment,
             IOptions<RazorViewEngineOptions> optionsAccessor,
             IRazorViewEngineFileProviderAccessor fileProviderAccessor,
             ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
                 mappedLineSpan.EndLinePosition.Character + 1);
         }
 
-        private static DependencyContext GetDependencyContext(IApplicationEnvironment environment)
+        private static DependencyContext GetDependencyContext(IHostingEnvironment environment)
         {
             if (environment.ApplicationName != null)
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs
index d2eb5de88c..e7f4bc5960 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
 {
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(IApplicationEnvironment applicationEnvironment)
-            : base(options => ConfigureRazor(options, applicationEnvironment))
+        public DependencyContextRazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
+            : base(options => ConfigureRazor(options, hostingEnvironment))
         {
         }
 
-        private static void ConfigureRazor(RazorViewEngineOptions options, IApplicationEnvironment applicationEnvironment)
+        private static void ConfigureRazor(RazorViewEngineOptions options, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
-            var applicationAssembly = Assembly.Load(new AssemblyName(applicationEnvironment.ApplicationName));
+            var applicationAssembly = Assembly.Load(new AssemblyName(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationName));
             var dependencyContext = DependencyContext.Load(applicationAssembly);
             var compilationOptions = dependencyContext?.CompilationOptions ?? Extensions.DependencyModel.CompilationOptions.Default;
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs
index 4f8b6ee89a..97607bc9ec 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup.cs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
 {
@@ -20,21 +17,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="RazorViewEngineOptions"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="applicationEnvironment"><see cref="IApplicationEnvironment"/> for the application.</param>
         /// <param name="hostingEnvironment"><see cref="IHostingEnvironment"/> for the application.</param>
         public RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(
-            IApplicationEnvironment applicationEnvironment,
             IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
-            : base(options => ConfigureRazor(options, applicationEnvironment, hostingEnvironment))
+            : base(options => ConfigureRazor(options, hostingEnvironment))
         {
         }
 
         private static void ConfigureRazor(
             RazorViewEngineOptions razorOptions,
-            IApplicationEnvironment applicationEnvironment,
             IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
-            razorOptions.FileProviders.Add(new PhysicalFileProvider(applicationEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath));
+            if (hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider != null)
+            {
+                razorOptions.FileProviders.Add(hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider);
+            }
 
             var compilationOptions = razorOptions.CompilationOptions;
             string configurationSymbol;
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcEncodedTestFixtureOfT.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcEncodedTestFixtureOfT.cs
index 5d588ee2aa..16d6c494d6 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcEncodedTestFixtureOfT.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcEncodedTestFixtureOfT.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 {
     public class MvcEncodedTestFixture<TStartup> : MvcTestFixture<TStartup>
     {
-        protected override void InitializeServices(IServiceCollection services, string relativePath)
+        protected override void InitializeServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            base.InitializeServices(services, relativePath);
+            base.InitializeServices(services);
             services.AddTransient<HtmlEncoder, HtmlTestEncoder>();
             services.AddTransient<JavaScriptEncoder, JavaScriptTestEncoder>();
             services.AddTransient<UrlEncoder, UrlTestEncoder>();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcTestFixture.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcTestFixture.cs
index 5f2733f15b..54ce70b7ef 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcTestFixture.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcTestFixture.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             using (new CultureReplacer())
             {
                 var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
-                    .ConfigureServices(serviceCollection => InitializeServices(serviceCollection, relativePath))
+                    .UseContentRoot(GetApplicationPath(relativePath))
+                    .ConfigureServices(InitializeServices)
                     .UseStartup(typeof(TStartup));
 
                 _server = new TestServer(builder);
@@ -54,14 +55,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             _server.Dispose();
         }
 
-        protected virtual void InitializeServices(IServiceCollection services, string relativePath)
+        private static string GetApplicationPath(string relativePath)
+        {
+            var startupAssembly = typeof(TStartup).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
+            var applicationName = startupAssembly.GetName().Name;
+#if DNX451
+            var libraryManager = DnxPlatformServices.Default.LibraryManager;
+            var library = libraryManager.GetLibrary(applicationName);
+            return Path.GetDirectoryName(library.Path);
+#else
+            var applicationBasePath = PlatformServices.Default.Application.ApplicationBasePath;
+            return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(applicationBasePath, relativePath, applicationName));
+#endif
+        }
+
+        protected virtual void InitializeServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            // When an application executes in a regular context, the application base path points to the root
-            // directory where the application is located, for example .../samples/MvcSample.Web. However, when
-            // executing an application as part of a test, the ApplicationBasePath of the IApplicationEnvironment
-            // points to the root folder of the test project.
-            // To compensate, we need to calculate the correct project path and override the application
-            // environment value so that components like the view engine work properly in the context of the test.
             var startupAssembly = typeof(TStartup).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
             var applicationName = startupAssembly.GetName().Name;
 
@@ -69,21 +78,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 #if DNX451
             services.AddSingleton(CompilationServices.Default.LibraryExporter);
             services.AddSingleton<ICompilationService, DnxRoslynCompilationService>();
-
-            var libraryManager = DnxPlatformServices.Default.LibraryManager;
-            var library = libraryManager.GetLibrary(applicationName);
-            var applicationRoot = Path.GetDirectoryName(library.Path);
-#else
-            var applicationRoot = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(
-               applicationEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath,
-               relativePath,
-               applicationName
-            ));
 #endif
 
-            services.AddSingleton<IApplicationEnvironment>(
-                new TestApplicationEnvironment(applicationEnvironment, applicationName, applicationRoot));
-
             // Inject a custom assembly provider. Overrides AddMvc() because that uses TryAdd().
             var assemblyProvider = new StaticAssemblyProvider();
             assemblyProvider.CandidateAssemblies.Add(startupAssembly);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/TestApplicationEnvironment.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/TestApplicationEnvironment.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index ef551d491e..0000000000
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/TestApplicationEnvironment.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +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.Versioning;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
-{
-    // An application environment that overrides the base path of the original
-    // application environment in order to make it point to the folder of the original web
-    // aaplication so that components like ViewEngines can find views as if they were executing
-    // in a regular context.
-    public class TestApplicationEnvironment : IApplicationEnvironment
-    {
-        private readonly IApplicationEnvironment _original;
-
-        public TestApplicationEnvironment(IApplicationEnvironment original, string name, string basePath)
-        {
-            _original = original;
-            ApplicationName = name;
-            ApplicationBasePath = basePath;
-        }
-
-        public string ApplicationName { get; }
-
-        public string ApplicationVersion
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return _original.ApplicationVersion;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public string ApplicationBasePath { get; }
-
-        public FrameworkName RuntimeFramework
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return _original.RuntimeFramework;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/HtmlLocalizerOfTTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/HtmlLocalizerOfTTest.cs
index f00c6998b9..bef4d07124 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/HtmlLocalizerOfTTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/HtmlLocalizerOfTTest.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Globalization;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
@@ -39,9 +40,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
         public void HtmlLocalizerOfTTest_UseIndexerWithArguments_ReturnsLocalizedHtmlString()
         {
             // Arrange
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-
             var localizedString = new LocalizedHtmlString("Hello", "Bonjour test");
 
             var htmlLocalizer = new Mock<IHtmlLocalizer>();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/ViewLocalizerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/ViewLocalizerTest.cs
index 81844644cc..0e40de4a06 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/ViewLocalizerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/ViewLocalizerTest.cs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 using Moq;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
         public void ViewLocalizer_LooksForCorrectResourceBaseNameLocation(string appName, string viewPath, string executingPath, string expectedBaseName)
         {
             // Arrange
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns(appName);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns(appName);
             var htmlLocalizerFactory = new Mock<IHtmlLocalizerFactory>(MockBehavior.Loose);
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns(viewPath);
             var viewContext = new ViewContext();
             viewContext.ExecutingFilePath = executingPath;
             viewContext.View = view.Object;
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(htmlLocalizerFactory.Object, applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(htmlLocalizerFactory.Object, hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             // Act
             viewLocalizer.Contextualize(viewContext);
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
         public void ViewLocalizer_UseIndexer_ReturnsLocalizedHtmlString()
         {
             // Arrange
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
 
             var localizedString = new LocalizedHtmlString("Hello", "Bonjour");
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             htmlLocalizerFactory.Setup(h => h.Create("TestApplication.example", "TestApplication"))
                 .Returns(htmlLocalizer.Object);
 
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(htmlLocalizerFactory.Object, applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(htmlLocalizerFactory.Object, hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
         public void ViewLocalizer_UseIndexerWithArguments_ReturnsLocalizedHtmlString()
         {
             // Arrange
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
 
             var localizedString = new LocalizedHtmlString("Hello", "Bonjour test");
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             htmlLocalizerFactory.Setup(
                 h => h.Create("TestApplication.example", "TestApplication")).Returns(htmlLocalizer.Object);
 
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(htmlLocalizerFactory.Object, applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(htmlLocalizerFactory.Object, hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test
             // Arrange
             var stringLocalizer = new TestStringLocalizer();
             var htmlLocalizer = new HtmlLocalizer(stringLocalizer);
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
-            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns("TestApplication");
+            var viewLocalizer = new ViewLocalizer(new TestHtmlLocalizerFactory(), hostingEnvironment.Object);
 
             var view = new Mock<IView>();
             view.Setup(v => v.Path).Returns("example");
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/LinkTagHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/LinkTagHelperTest.cs
index acc6eaefb8..b93504a2b4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/LinkTagHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/LinkTagHelperTest.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders.Testing;
 using Moq;
@@ -1034,13 +1033,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
             return hostingEnvironment.Object;
         }
 
-        private static IApplicationEnvironment MakeApplicationEnvironment(string applicationName = "testApplication")
-        {
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns(applicationName);
-            return applicationEnvironment.Object;
-        }
-
         private static IMemoryCache MakeCache() => new MemoryCache(new MemoryCacheOptions());
 
         private static IUrlHelperFactory MakeUrlHelperFactory()
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ScriptTagHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ScriptTagHelperTest.cs
index 05c280f14a..76c6b8e2f3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ScriptTagHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ScriptTagHelperTest.cs
@@ -971,13 +971,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
             return hostingEnvironment.Object;
         }
 
-        private static IApplicationEnvironment MakeApplicationEnvironment(string applicationName = "testApplication")
-        {
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.Setup(a => a.ApplicationName).Returns(applicationName);
-            return applicationEnvironment.Object;
-        }
-
         private static IMemoryCache MakeCache() => new MemoryCache(new MemoryCacheOptions());
 
         private static IUrlHelperFactory MakeUrlHelperFactory()
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs
index 77d0e72e89..de6f7e0f64 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -18,9 +17,9 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Validation;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 using Moq;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Xunit;
@@ -247,17 +246,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
 
         private static void AddViewEngineOptionsServices(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
         {
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(Mock.Of<IHostingEnvironment>());
-            var applicationEnvironment = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            applicationEnvironment.SetupGet(e => e.ApplicationName)
+            var hostingEnvironment = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnvironment.SetupGet(e => e.ApplicationName)
                 .Returns(typeof(MvcOptionsSetupTest).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetName().Name);
 
-            // ApplicationBasePath is used to set up a PhysicalFileProvider which requires
-            // a real directory.
-            applicationEnvironment.SetupGet(e => e.ApplicationBasePath)
-                .Returns(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
+            hostingEnvironment.SetupGet(e => e.ContentRootFileProvider)
+                .Returns(Mock.Of<IFileProvider>());
 
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(applicationEnvironment.Object);
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(hostingEnvironment.Object);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetupTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetupTest.cs
index fece4a7244..f47ee5c334 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetupTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/RazorViewEngineOptionsSetupTest.cs
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
         {
             // Arrange
             var options = new RazorViewEngineOptions();
-            var appEnv = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            appEnv.SetupGet(e => e.ApplicationBasePath)
-                .Returns(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
+            var expected = Mock.Of<IFileProvider>();
             var hostingEnv = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            hostingEnv.SetupGet(e => e.ContentRootFileProvider)
+                .Returns(expected);
             hostingEnv.SetupGet(e => e.EnvironmentName)
                 .Returns("Development");
-            var optionsSetup = new RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(appEnv.Object, hostingEnv.Object);
+            var optionsSetup = new RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(hostingEnv.Object);
 
             // Act
             optionsSetup.Configure(options);
 
             // Assert
             var fileProvider = Assert.Single(options.FileProviders);
-            Assert.IsType<PhysicalFileProvider>(fileProvider);
+            Assert.Same(expected, fileProvider);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -43,13 +43,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
         {
             // Arrange
             var options = new RazorViewEngineOptions();
-            var appEnv = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            appEnv.SetupGet(e => e.ApplicationBasePath)
-                  .Returns(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
             var hostingEnv = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
             hostingEnv.SetupGet(e => e.EnvironmentName)
                   .Returns(environment);
-            var optionsSetup = new RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(appEnv.Object, hostingEnv.Object);
+            var optionsSetup = new RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(hostingEnv.Object);
 
             // Act
             optionsSetup.Configure(options);
@@ -68,13 +65,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
         {
             // Arrange
             var options = new RazorViewEngineOptions();
-            var appEnv = new Mock<IApplicationEnvironment>();
-            appEnv.SetupGet(e => e.ApplicationBasePath)
-                  .Returns(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
             var hostingEnv = new Mock<IHostingEnvironment>();
             hostingEnv.SetupGet(e => e.EnvironmentName)
                   .Returns(environment);
-            var optionsSetup = new RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(appEnv.Object, hostingEnv.Object);
+            var optionsSetup = new RazorViewEngineOptionsSetup(hostingEnv.Object);
 
             // Act
             optionsSetup.Configure(options);
diff --git a/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/Controllers/DownloadFilesController.cs b/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/Controllers/DownloadFilesController.cs
index 5db977a8d2..3ee3e47a05 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/Controllers/DownloadFilesController.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/Controllers/DownloadFilesController.cs
@@ -3,29 +3,29 @@
 
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 
 namespace FilesWebSite
 {
     public class DownloadFilesController : Controller
     {
-        private readonly IApplicationEnvironment _appEnvironment;
+        private readonly IHostingEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
 
-        public DownloadFilesController(IApplicationEnvironment appEnvironment)
+        public DownloadFilesController(IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
-            _appEnvironment = appEnvironment;
+            _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
         }
 
         public IActionResult DowloadFromDisk()
         {
-            var path = Path.Combine(_appEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath, "sample.txt");
+            var path = Path.Combine(_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, "sample.txt");
             return PhysicalFile(path, "text/plain");
         }
 
         public IActionResult DowloadFromDiskWithFileName()
         {
-            var path = Path.Combine(_appEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath, "sample.txt");
+            var path = Path.Combine(_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, "sample.txt");
             return PhysicalFile(path, "text/plain", "downloadName.txt");
         }