diff --git a/RazorViewCompilation.sln b/RazorViewCompilation.sln
index 3e35780944464d6d7cacaee5e3d21fc2316512f6..83963166a33ed4188b6918a67a3ec2196937e36f 100644
--- a/RazorViewCompilation.sln
+++ b/RazorViewCompilation.sln
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
 # Visual Studio 15
 VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.27130.2036
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 15.0.26730.03
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "StrongNamedApp", "testapps\
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "ApplicationWithParseErrors", "testapps\ApplicationWithParseErrors\ApplicationWithParseErrors.csproj", "{AF647059-B86B-46DD-9559-E1324A39B148}"
 EndProject
-Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "ApplicationUsingRelativePaths", "testapps\ApplicationUsingRelativePaths\ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.csproj", "{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}"
-EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "ApplicationWithConfigureMvc", "testapps\ApplicationWithConfigureMvc\ApplicationWithConfigureMvc.csproj", "{559FBB83-40BC-47AF-A224-312CF8E3629B}"
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "ApplicationWithCustomInputFiles", "testapps\ApplicationWithCustomInputFiles\ApplicationWithCustomInputFiles.csproj", "{8F73A290-BCE1-461A-9970-397FFBFCC902}"
@@ -177,18 +175,6 @@ Global
 		{AF647059-B86B-46DD-9559-E1324A39B148}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{AF647059-B86B-46DD-9559-E1324A39B148}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{AF647059-B86B-46DD-9559-E1324A39B148}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{559FBB83-40BC-47AF-A224-312CF8E3629B}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{559FBB83-40BC-47AF-A224-312CF8E3629B}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{559FBB83-40BC-47AF-A224-312CF8E3629B}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -310,7 +296,6 @@ Global
 		{7EFC460A-8BAA-4538-8EBE-0B3BB6101E94} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
 		{87C6A03D-1655-4D1C-82E5-8F553BF4096D} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
 		{AF647059-B86B-46DD-9559-E1324A39B148} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
-		{0B512D79-AA53-4C97-91B3-B0F8B2CA16B8} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
 		{559FBB83-40BC-47AF-A224-312CF8E3629B} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
 		{8F73A290-BCE1-461A-9970-397FFBFCC902} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
 		{196EF313-71CB-47A9-A77D-AACAF62881A1} = {0DC7C88C-E3DB-46DF-B47E-AC5ECB2A16B7}
diff --git a/test/FunctionalTests/CoreCLRTests/ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_CoreCLR.cs b/test/FunctionalTests/CoreCLRTests/ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_CoreCLR.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e115718137f22bcfc9f0fad278625c4525751a7e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/FunctionalTests/CoreCLRTests/ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_CoreCLR.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +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.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing;
-using Xunit;
-using Xunit.Abstractions;
-
-namespace FunctionalTests
-{
-    public class ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_CoreCLR :
-        LoggedTest, IClassFixture<CoreCLRApplicationTestFixture<ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Startup>>
-    {
-        public ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_CoreCLR(
-            CoreCLRApplicationTestFixture<ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Startup> fixture,
-            ITestOutputHelper output)
-            : base(output)
-        {
-            Fixture = fixture;
-        }
-
-        public ApplicationTestFixture Fixture { get; }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task Precompilation_WorksForViewsUsingRelativePath()
-        {
-            using (StartLog(out var loggerFactory))
-            {
-                // Arrange
-                var deployment = await Fixture.CreateDeploymentAsync(loggerFactory);
-
-                // Act
-                var response = await deployment.HttpClient.GetStringWithRetryAsync(
-                    deployment.ApplicationBaseUri,
-                    loggerFactory.CreateLogger(Fixture.ApplicationName));
-
-                // Assert
-                TestEmbeddedResource.AssertContent("ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Home.Index.txt", response);
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task Precompilation_WorksForViewsUsingDirectoryTraversal()
-        {
-            using (StartLog(out var loggerFactory))
-            {
-                // Arrange
-                var deployment = await Fixture.CreateDeploymentAsync(loggerFactory);
-
-                // Act
-                var response = await deployment.HttpClient.GetStringWithRetryAsync(
-                deployment.ApplicationBaseUri,
-                loggerFactory.CreateLogger(Fixture.ApplicationName));
-
-                // Assert
-                TestEmbeddedResource.AssertContent("ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Home.About.txt", response);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/FunctionalTests/DesktopTests/ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_Desktop.cs b/test/FunctionalTests/DesktopTests/ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_Desktop.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4122fb7b653e4502eba00d3b03356c47adc5f8f1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/FunctionalTests/DesktopTests/ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_Desktop.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +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.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing.xunit;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing;
-using Xunit;
-using Xunit.Abstractions;
-
-namespace FunctionalTests
-{
-    [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Linux)]
-    [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.MacOSX)]
-    public class ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_Desktop :
-        LoggedTest, IClassFixture<DesktopApplicationTestFixture<ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Startup>>
-    {
-        public ApplicationUsingRelativePathsTest_Desktop(
-            DesktopApplicationTestFixture<ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Startup> fixture,
-            ITestOutputHelper output)
-            : base(output)
-        {
-            Fixture = fixture;
-        }
-
-        public ApplicationTestFixture Fixture { get; }
-
-        [ConditionalFact]
-        public async Task Precompilation_WorksForViewsUsingRelativePath()
-        {
-            using (StartLog(out var loggerFactory))
-            {
-                // Arrange
-                var deployment = await Fixture.CreateDeploymentAsync(loggerFactory);
-
-                // Act
-                var response = await deployment.HttpClient.GetStringWithRetryAsync(
-                    deployment.ApplicationBaseUri,
-                    loggerFactory.CreateLogger(Fixture.ApplicationName));
-
-                // Assert
-                TestEmbeddedResource.AssertContent("ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Home.Index.txt", response);
-            }
-        }
-
-        [ConditionalFact]
-        public async Task Precompilation_WorksForViewsUsingDirectoryTraversal()
-        {
-            using (StartLog(out var loggerFactory))
-            {
-                // Arrange
-                var deployment = await Fixture.CreateDeploymentAsync(loggerFactory);
-
-                // Act
-                var response = await deployment.HttpClient.GetStringWithRetryAsync(
-                    deployment.ApplicationBaseUri,
-                    loggerFactory.CreateLogger(Fixture.ApplicationName));
-
-                // Assert
-                TestEmbeddedResource.AssertContent("ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Home.About.txt", response);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/FunctionalTests/FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/FunctionalTests/FunctionalTests.csproj
index 7a6a4d894b2a46817607304d4ce492066036fed8..5c8fa36506eaabe5efeaec76678d6695b82e6cc0 100644
--- a/test/FunctionalTests/FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/FunctionalTests/FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\testapps\ApplicationUsingRelativePaths\ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\testapps\ApplicationWithConfigureMvc\ApplicationWithConfigureMvc.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\testapps\ApplicationWithCustomInputFiles\ApplicationWithCustomInputFiles.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\testapps\ApplicationWithParseErrors\ApplicationWithParseErrors.csproj" />
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.csproj b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.csproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 91b64815229c17ffbe891c33a6304e2a8fefe2e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.csproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestAppTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
-
-    <MvcRazorCompileOnPublish>true</MvcRazorCompileOnPublish>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationCommandLinePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConsolePackageVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-</Project>
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Controllers/HomeController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 33ac0b16825c41eb613744e5bf01ea92c4d20650..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Controllers/HomeController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-
-namespace ApplicationUsingRelativePaths.Controllers
-{
-    public class HomeController : Controller
-    {
-        public IActionResult Index()
-        {
-            return View("Views/Home/Index.cshtml");
-        }
-
-        public IActionResult About()
-        {
-            ViewData["Message"] = "Your application description page.";
-
-            return View();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Program.cs b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Program.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d496db40e89a241c11e173fed5375854efa2174..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Program.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-using System.IO;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
-
-namespace ApplicationUsingRelativePaths
-{
-    public class Program
-    {
-        public static void Main(string[] args)
-        {
-            var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
-                .AddCommandLine(args)
-                .AddEnvironmentVariables(prefix: "ASPNETCORE_")
-                .Build();
-
-            var host = new WebHostBuilder()
-                .UseConfiguration(config)
-                .UseKestrel()
-                .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
-                .UseStartup<Startup>()
-                .Build();
-
-            host.Run();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Startup.cs b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Startup.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f7dbdf562ce4e3c2af0c19e47df09bbaac8b598..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Startup.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
-namespace ApplicationUsingRelativePaths
-{
-    public class Startup
-    {
-        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
-        {
-            // Add framework services.
-            services.AddMvc();
-        }
-
-        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
-        {
-            loggerFactory.AddConsole();
-            app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Home/About.cshtml b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Home/About.cshtml
deleted file mode 100644
index bbc06725754f1927cc3d917ae2a5ac4f95ec5acc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Home/About.cshtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-@{
-    Layout = "../Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
-    ViewData["Title"] = "About";
-}
-<h2>@ViewData["Title"].</h2>
-<h3>@ViewData["Message"]</h3>
-
-<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Home/Index.cshtml b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Home/Index.cshtml
deleted file mode 100644
index b2bf7cf3d1333fc4b433c5a806c38a2ffddd7ef9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Home/Index.cshtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-@{
-    ViewData["Title"] = "Home Page";
-}
-
-@GetType().Assembly.FullName
-Hello from Index!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c909415a4e8d74d2ccc48af654a9f9737230e43..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-<body>
-    @RenderBody()
-</body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/_ViewImports.cshtml b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/_ViewImports.cshtml
deleted file mode 100644
index 64245a9c348f7815e0de15085b036fe0791e7871..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/_ViewImports.cshtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@using ApplicationUsingRelativePaths
-@addTagHelper *, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
diff --git a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/_ViewStart.cshtml b/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/_ViewStart.cshtml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b4f3a07482a6a0fe89596a98994db6ea81880e8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testapps/ApplicationUsingRelativePaths/Views/_ViewStart.cshtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@{
-    Layout = "Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
-}