diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary.csproj b/testapps/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary.csproj
index b48f592655..fdf2f0ce59 100644
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary.csproj
+++ b/testapps/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary/ApplicationUsingPrecompiledViewClassLibrary.csproj
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.StartsWith('netcoreapp'))">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <ClassLibraryProjectPath>..\ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews\ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews.csproj</ClassLibraryProjectPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common-testapps.props" />
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews\ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(ClassLibraryProjectPath)" />
+
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
@@ -15,6 +17,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="CopyPrecompiledViewAssets" BeforeTargets="Publish">
+    <MSBuild
+      Projects="$(ClassLibraryProjectPath)"
+      Targets="MvcRazorPrecompile"
+      Properties="TargetFramework=$(TargetFramework);Configuration=$(Configuration)" />
+
     <ItemGroup>
       <PrecompiledArtifacts Include="..\ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews\obj\precompiled\$(TargetFramework)\*.dll" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/testapps/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews.csproj b/testapps/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews.csproj
index 5d65410110..9d1c257919 100644
--- a/testapps/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews.csproj
+++ b/testapps/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews/ClassLibraryWithPrecompiledViews.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="PrecompileRazorViews" AfterTargets="Build" DependsOnTargets="MvcRazorPrecompile" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'!=''" />
-
 </Project>