diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index 6feec58008..010c8f79aa 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 <Project>
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
   <Import Project="..\.build\common.props" Condition="Exists('..\.build\common.props')" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)common.targets</CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/aspnet/DotNetTools</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="EnsureInitialized"
+          BeforeTargets="Build"
+          Condition="!Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\.build\common.props')">
+    <Error File="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
+           Text="Project has not been initialized. Run 'build initialize' in the solution directory '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)'" />
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/common.targets b/build/common.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d53664e13..0000000000
--- a/build/common.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <BuildDependsOn>EnsureInitialized;$(BuildDependsOn)</BuildDependsOn>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Target Name="EnsureInitialized"
-          Condition="!Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\.build\common.props')">
-    <!--TODO automagically execute build initialize. Will require changes to KoreBuild to avoid race conditions if invoked multiple times-->
-    <Error File="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
-           Text="Project has not been initialized. Run 'build initialize' in the solution directory '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)'" />
-  </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.csproj
index 5fcd93218a..7287ab240f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index db52f83415..e6d00aa36d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // 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.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
-[assembly: AssemblyMetadata("Serviceable", "True")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests, PublicKey = 0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100f33a29044fa9d740c9b3213a93e57c84b472c84e0b8a0e1ae48e67a9f8f6de9d5f7f3d52ac23e48ac51801f1dc950abe901da34d2a9e3baadb141a17c77ef3c565dd5ee5054b91cf63bb3c6ab83f72ab3aafe93d0fc3c2348b764fafb0b1c0733de51459aeab46580384bf9d74c4e28164b7cde247f891ba07891c9d872ad2bb")]
 // TODO remove when .Source packages work
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests, PublicKey = 0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100f33a29044fa9d740c9b3213a93e57c84b472c84e0b8a0e1ae48e67a9f8f6de9d5f7f3d52ac23e48ac51801f1dc950abe901da34d2a9e3baadb141a17c77ef3c565dd5ee5054b91cf63bb3c6ab83f72ab3aafe93d0fc3c2348b764fafb0b1c0733de51459aeab46580384bf9d74c4e28164b7cde247f891ba07891c9d872ad2bb")]
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools.csproj
index d5a6312358..62744be02a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c2dd26bbd..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools/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.Reflection;
-
-[assembly: AssemblyMetadata("Serviceable", "True")]
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.csproj
index af9f5b2dab..980cfe6174 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 98bf46385c..ae77d384c1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // 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.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100f33a29044fa9d740c9b3213a93e57c84b472c84e0b8a0e1ae48e67a9f8f6de9d5f7f3d52ac23e48ac51801f1dc950abe901da34d2a9e3baadb141a17c77ef3c565dd5ee5054b91cf63bb3c6ab83f72ab3aafe93d0fc3c2348b764fafb0b1c0733de51459aeab46580384bf9d74c4e28164b7cde247f891ba07891c9d872ad2bb")]
-[assembly: AssemblyMetadata("Serviceable", "True")]
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 4a62605ec6..f34fb44fc2 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.0;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
-    <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="1.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="CleanTestProjects" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile;CopyFilesToOutputDirectory">
+  <Target Name="CleanTestProjects" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile">
     <RemoveDir Directories="$(TargetDir)TestProjects" Condition="Exists('$(TargetDir)TestProjects')" />
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
index 40b6fd7ae2..72f0c81be3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/Dependency/Dependency.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/Dependency/Dependency.csproj
index f800ba3b09..88921254ff 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/Dependency/Dependency.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/Dependency/Dependency.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard1.5</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
index 7a6df0e8bc..b0eeb14f53 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
index 5cbd709f53..df52967c84 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests.csproj
index f47ff1cfe0..476ba8d420 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
-    <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests.csproj
index 29e29c39b3..376bfb6619 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
-    <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests.csproj
index af1f80ea25..9aaaf8f6d9 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Tools.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
-    <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>