diff --git a/build/buildorder.props b/build/buildorder.props
index 5a71a5701cb66e235da9e32d24083f7317fec05d..74e3caa8530f1843362005babbf169c92bcc8f44 100644
--- a/build/buildorder.props
+++ b/build/buildorder.props
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <RepositoryBuildOrder Include="EntityFrameworkCore" Order="8" />
-    <RepositoryBuildOrder Include="Mvc" Order="14" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\" />
     <RepositoryBuildOrder Include="AADIntegration" Order="15" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\AADIntegration\" />
     <RepositoryBuildOrder Include="Identity" Order="15" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Identity\"  />
     <RepositoryBuildOrder Include="JavaScriptServices" Order="15" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\JavaScriptServices\" />
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index c46766b7afc9ab53bc90d633261ec4c41cff278a..5a3b3c442cb88e2ea3be55c97ef3c9d2140d7053 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
     <MicrosoftExtensionsValueStopwatchSourcesPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsValueStopwatchSourcesPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsWebEncodersPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsWebEncodersPackageVersion>
 
+    <!-- These dependencies are required to build. The need to be used as explicit package references -->
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorDesignPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorDesignPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>
+
     <!-- These dependencies are temporary while we refactor package refs into project refs. -->
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAspNetCoreModulePackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAspNetCoreModulePackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAspNetCoreModuleV1PackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAspNetCoreModuleV1PackageVersion>
diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
index c093551d2b09303675a43a54041a35b274298c88..d7f3bc5693f7606206ea2306e7af344fe8dfda60 100644
--- a/build/repo.props
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
                       $(RepositoryRoot)src\Tools\**\*.*proj;
                       $(RepositoryRoot)src\Middleware\**\*.*proj;
                       $(RepositoryRoot)src\Razor\**\*.*proj;
+                      $(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\**\*.*proj;
                       "
                     Exclude="
                       @(ProjectToExclude);
diff --git a/build/submodules.props b/build/submodules.props
index 01c2e2ed0ddd18bc23b46d86db25b4d4a2e3dd6f..45210f9217c6b679e224478b65505e41e2dba677 100644
--- a/build/submodules.props
+++ b/build/submodules.props
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     <ShippedRepository Include="Identity" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Identity\" />
     <ShippedRepository Include="JavaScriptServices" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\JavaScriptServices\" />
     <ShippedRepository Include="JsonPatch" />
-    <ShippedRepository Include="Mvc" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\" />
     <ShippedRepository Include="MvcPrecompilation" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\MvcPrecompilation\"/>
     <ShippedRepository Include="SignalR" RootPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\SignalR\" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/eng/Baseline.Designer.props b/eng/Baseline.Designer.props
index 4ea2a77ec1911b85f12af32233ea8521c4b092f6..c418f92be1a957e3de86462b5adbb209928c096a 100644
--- a/eng/Baseline.Designer.props
+++ b/eng/Baseline.Designer.props
@@ -459,6 +459,162 @@
     <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
     <BaselinePackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="[4.5.0, )" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' " />
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Core" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="[2.1.0, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="[4.5.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="[4.5.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Localization" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" Version="[4.5.0, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Localization" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="[2.8.0, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="[2.8.0, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native" Version="[1.7.0, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Bson" Version="[1.0.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="[5.2.6, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions-->
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions' ">
     <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.2</BaselinePackageVersion>
@@ -471,6 +627,24 @@
     <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language" Version="[2.1.2, )" />
     <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor" Version="[2.1.2, )" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc-->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc' ">
+    <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.3</BaselinePackageVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc' AND '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" Version="[2.1.3, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+    <BaselinePackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="[2.1.1, )" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <!-- Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Owin-->
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Owin' ">
     <BaselinePackageVersion>2.1.1</BaselinePackageVersion>
diff --git a/eng/Baseline.xml b/eng/Baseline.xml
index 85f08dbe5eda35828da1d82b4c7d9a3195e550d1..ae2c6a254cea228f16eac6dbb4aa637f386c33c5 100644
--- a/eng/Baseline.xml
+++ b/eng/Baseline.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,23 @@ build of ASP.NET Core 2.1.x. Update this list when preparing for a new patch.
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.Routing" Version="2.1.1" />
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization" Version="2.1.1" />
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.MiddlewareAnalysis" Version="2.1.1" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" Version="2.1.3" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim" Version="2.1.3" />
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="2.1.2" />
+  <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="2.1.3" />
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Owin" Version="2.1.1" />
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor" Version="2.1.2" />
   <Package Id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design" Version="2.1.2" />
diff --git a/eng/Dependencies.props b/eng/Dependencies.props
index ac07dce98c2dc923d9f7950bceb0c6bcd6356f59..bf7171f3434b913f3dba2f10695a7551b8065275 100644
--- a/eng/Dependencies.props
+++ b/eng/Dependencies.props
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and are generated based on the last package release.
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildFrameworkPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCorePackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCommonPackageVersion)" />
+    <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpWorkspacesPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="$(MicrosoftCSharpPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="$(MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreInMemoryPackageVersion)" />
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ and are generated based on the last package release.
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticAdapterPackageVersion)" />
+    <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersEmbeddedPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHostingPackageVersion)" />
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ and are generated based on the last package release.
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsConfigurationExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPackageVersion)" />
+    <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ParameterDefaultValue.Sources" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsParameterDefaultValueSourcesPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TypeNameHelper.Sources" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsTypeNameHelperSourcesPackageVersion)" />
+    <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ValueStopWatch.Sources" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsValueStopwatchSourcesPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsWebEncodersPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory" Version="$(MicrosoftIdentityModelClientsActiveDirectoryPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies" Version="$(MicrosoftOwinSecurityCookiesPackageVersion)" />
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ and are generated based on the last package release.
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="External dependencies">
+    <LatestPackageReference Include="AngleSharp" Version="$(AngleSharpPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.10.13" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="4.2.1" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.9.0" />
diff --git a/eng/ProjectReferences.props b/eng/ProjectReferences.props
index c72b620aa16e2b0d37c35cda5f4be95e0799672c..e50fe72bcba9df71bff3e6f316e93252be12251c 100644
--- a/eng/ProjectReferences.props
+++ b/eng/ProjectReferences.props
@@ -95,5 +95,24 @@
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.ClassLib" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Razor\test\testassets\Razor.Test.MvcShim.ClassLib\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.ClassLib.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.Version1_X" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Razor\test\testassets\Razor.Test.MvcShim.Version1_X\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.Version1_X.csproj" />
     <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Razor\test\testassets\Razor.Test.MvcShim\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReferenceProvider Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener" ProjectPath="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Mvc\test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj" />
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diff --git a/eng/targets/Packaging.targets b/eng/targets/Packaging.targets
index 244f2c3ab7cd9cabba5cc0ea6b0c208b670f5bc3..ebb1ca541a5a032d585998f20c77e4634c8a4ab5 100644
--- a/eng/targets/Packaging.targets
+++ b/eng/targets/Packaging.targets
@@ -27,4 +27,16 @@
       </ArtifactInfo>
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
+
+  <!-- This target is used to get the package versions of projects -->
+  <Target Name="_GetPackageVersionInfo" DependsOnTargets="$(GetPackageVersionDependsOn)"
+          Returns="@(_ProjectPathWithVersion)">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <_ProjectPathWithVersion Include="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)">
+        <PackageId>$(MSBuildProjectName)</PackageId>
+        <PackageVersion Condition="'$(PackageVersion)' != ''">$(PackageVersion)</PackageVersion>
+      </_ProjectPathWithVersion>
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/eng/targets/ResolveReferences.targets b/eng/targets/ResolveReferences.targets
index 3c55bf6f8f6c587b428f483896987c466f1a7fc2..c3d8cebbcb5bb48415badfb7eff1d9d0f3e72ee5 100644
--- a/eng/targets/ResolveReferences.targets
+++ b/eng/targets/ResolveReferences.targets
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       <_ReferenceTemp Remove="@(_ReferenceTemp)" />
 
       <!-- Identify if any references were present in the last release of this package, but have been removed. -->
-      <UnusedBaselinePackageReference Include="@(BaselinePackageReference)" Exclude="@(Reference);@(_ProjectReferenceByAssemblyName)" />
+      <UnusedBaselinePackageReference Include="@(BaselinePackageReference)" Exclude="@(Reference);@(_ProjectReferenceByAssemblyName);@(PackageReference)" />
 
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deleted file mode 100644
index e38f0aa1019f19981223958c1bb6dad81ff08f10..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
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-.nuget/
-.build/
-.testPublish/
-*.sln.ide/
-_ReSharper.*/
-packages/
-artifacts/
-PublishProfiles/
-.vs/
-bower_components/
-node_modules/
-debugSettings.json
-project.lock.json
-*.user
-*.suo
-*.cache
-*.docstates
-_ReSharper.*
-nuget.exe
-*net45.csproj
-*net451.csproj
-*k10.csproj
-*.psess
-*.vsp
-*.pidb
-*.userprefs
-*DS_Store
-*.ncrunchsolution
-*.*sdf
-*.ipch
-.settings
-*.sln.ide
-node_modules
-*launchSettings.json
-*.orig
-.vscode/
-global.json
-BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/
-.idea/
-msbuild.binlog
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Directory.Build.props b/src/Mvc/Directory.Build.props
deleted file mode 100644
index db07d3358bd2e7335573aa582e6280663a9a04e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/Directory.Build.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <Import
-    Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), AspNetCoreSettings.props))\AspNetCoreSettings.props"
-    Condition=" '$(CI)' != 'true' AND '$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), AspNetCoreSettings.props))' != '' " />
-
-  <Import Project="version.props" />
-  <Import Project="build\dependencies.props" />
-  <Import Project="build\sources.props" />
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Product>Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC</Product>
-    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/aspnet/Mvc</RepositoryUrl>
-    <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
-    <RepositoryRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepositoryRoot>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)build\Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
-    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
-    <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
-    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <SharedSourceRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Shared\</SharedSourceRoot>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Mvc/Directory.Build.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index eb03b2565f3478c856ff54fb43405dc3de2dee78..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/Directory.Build.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">$(NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion)</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/NuGetPackageVerifier.json b/src/Mvc/NuGetPackageVerifier.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b153ab15150d5a8d3d962d47c52261d0373d1ab8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/NuGetPackageVerifier.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "Default": {
-        "rules": [
-            "DefaultCompositeRule"
-        ]
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Mvc/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance.csproj b/src/Mvc/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance.csproj
index da89cbef0a654597e377c57cc0195db3b6261e7d..6feb0c547c0293703b561bbfcf67c5ac6264545e 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Performance.csproj
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="$(BenchmarkDotNetPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreBenchmarkRunnerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/build/dependencies.props b/src/Mvc/build/dependencies.props
deleted file mode 100644
index ffd2ec5af6bbdfe229e71ef5d164d82146a18a58..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/build/dependencies.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <MSBuildAllProjects>$(MSBuildAllProjects);$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</MSBuildAllProjects>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- These package versions may be overridden or updated by automation. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Package Versions: Auto">
-    <AngleSharpPackageVersion>0.9.9</AngleSharpPackageVersion>
-    <BenchmarkDotNetPackageVersion>0.10.13</BenchmarkDotNetPackageVersion>
-    <InternalAspNetCoreSdkPackageVersion>2.1.3-rtm-15802</InternalAspNetCoreSdkPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftAspNetWebApiClientPackageVersion>5.2.6</MicrosoftAspNetWebApiClientPackageVersion>
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-    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpWorkspacesPackageVersion>2.8.0</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpWorkspacesPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDiaSymReaderNativePackageVersion>1.7.0</MicrosoftDiaSymReaderNativePackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>2.1.0</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>2.0.0</MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>2.1.2</MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>
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-    <XunitPackageVersion>2.3.1</XunitPackageVersion>
-    <XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>2.4.0-beta.1.build3945</XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- This may import a generated file which may override the variables above. -->
-  <Import Project="$(DotNetPackageVersionPropsPath)" Condition=" '$(DotNetPackageVersionPropsPath)' != '' " />
-
-  <!-- These are package versions that should not be overridden or updated by automation. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Package Versions: Pinned">
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-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion>
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-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreWebUtilitiesPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreWebUtilitiesPackageVersion>
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-    <MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticAdapterPackageVersion>2.1.0</MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticAdapterPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersCompositePackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersCompositePackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersEmbeddedPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersEmbeddedPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsFileSystemGlobbingPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsFileSystemGlobbingPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLocalizationPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsLocalizationPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConsolePackageVersion>2.1.1</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConsolePackageVersion>
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diff --git a/src/Mvc/build/repo.props b/src/Mvc/build/repo.props
deleted file mode 100644
index d672599d6adefbdd0c7cc6fc5e29ef647c5f747b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/build/repo.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
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-  </PropertyGroup>
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-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\*.csproj" />
-    <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener\*.csproj" />
-    <ExcludeSolutions Include="$(RepositoryRoot)Mvc.*Fun.sln" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <DotNetCoreRuntime Include="$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/build/sources.props b/src/Mvc/build/sources.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 9215df9751b4623d725e930464480ecb9a62065d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/build/sources.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <Import Project="$(DotNetRestoreSourcePropsPath)" Condition="'$(DotNetRestoreSourcePropsPath)' != ''"/>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Label="RestoreSources">
-    <RestoreSources>$(DotNetRestoreSources)</RestoreSources>
-    <RestoreSources Condition="'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true' AND '$(AspNetUniverseBuildOffline)' != 'true' ">
-      $(RestoreSources);
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-core/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-dev/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-tools/api/v3/index.json;
-    </RestoreSources>
-    <RestoreSources Condition="'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true'">
-      $(RestoreSources);
-      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;
-    </RestoreSources>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/samples/MvcSandbox/MvcSandbox.csproj b/src/Mvc/samples/MvcSandbox/MvcSandbox.csproj
index 116e4a2f66d6d1e905686daa9795a57fbecfaebb..21814517a32229b7d24c06500c66dceb343f3ede 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/samples/MvcSandbox/MvcSandbox.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/samples/MvcSandbox/MvcSandbox.csproj
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorDesignPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationJsonPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConsolePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingDebugPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Mvc/src/Directory.Build.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b89a431e7f239398aec95bc914cccb5c59e3d3e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.Sdk" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(InternalAspNetCoreSdkPackageVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.csproj
index 41cfcba32b6b2671fb49115b6bca9ff877ee968b..9fc6e08adaaae2ac6ea262c57eabdf0a7e18c03b 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IActionResult</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRoutingAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers" Version="$(MicrosoftNetHttpHeadersPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.csproj
index 085b0ca0e3d37cab3c5b7b912c4011d32760ab45..fdbb59ea35b194206ffc44a613755bd3fc7d8e47 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpWorkspacesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj
index 310c88685a9672aa959d38ca30d9cffe2a6455ef..69db971484b6eea072b6624c8883a92447bf953c 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpWorkspacesPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="PopulateNuspec" BeforeTargets="GenerateNuspec" DependsOnTargets="Build">
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj
index 0e6afbe93965a1a048c555e30c957030111ebeb1..61ded758170b3cc343cbf883a86962c0db7c0cc9 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj
index a54324689b1cbb7995d8881864c30fd1c15bfd50..86bf66eef41b104d1e88ade7a232d9b6ee8cb2e7 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RouteAttribute</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAuthenticationCorePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAuthorizationPolicyPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHostingAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreResponseCachingAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRoutingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ParameterDefaultValue.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsParameterDefaultValueSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TypeNameHelper.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsTypeNameHelperSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ValueStopwatch.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsValueStopwatchSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsDiagnosticSourcePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ParameterDefaultValue.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TypeNameHelper.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ValueStopwatch.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj
index f6056e62e5093a337bec65c950a8bb70e5d5562b..1ef6f1f061009881029e6555747ba163ae9df5f9 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreCorsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj
index 542474780eaee0485e511fe9e99c91d3e540ced4..b618acd5323acd5b1833e705745c6fd0e723660a 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Localization" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLocalizationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" Version="$(SystemComponentModelAnnotationsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Localization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj
index c57c948d9ea01812efa20da394a3080981b592eb..8a88bf31f3226115fd3d017da2f72fc3d8451899 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreJsonPatchPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj
index ebcf792899a43ecb4b448f2fffb9317d84c6e80e..482984089313f824faf530cf9bbaceb5df8e4425 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.csproj
index c8d53a4da179055ba0c4105ce2afbed9ec2a0c07..82b7691b9f8950c2b8de48c87a92157bd451b8fe 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.csproj
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.IViewLocalizer</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreLocalizationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Localization" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLocalizationPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Localization" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj
index 2679f72275f23c392f750dc6c7d67f3aea3893a3..438e9ef5ef506bd085743c07e6905779a791de90 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj
@@ -17,19 +17,38 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsCachingMemoryPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersCompositePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Composite" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="PopulateNuspec" BeforeTargets="GenerateNuspec" DependsOnTargets="BuiltProjectOutputGroup;DebugSymbolsProjectOutputGroup;DocumentationProjectOutputGroup">
 
+    <!-- We can uncomment the below block once https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore/issues/6070 is fixed. -->
+    <!--
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <SrcPath>$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\, Directory.Build.props))\src\</SrcPath>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(SrcPath)Razor\Mvc.Razor.Extensions\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.csproj;
+                       $(SrcPath)Razor\Razor.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime.csproj;
+                       $(SrcPath)Razor\CodeAnalysis.Razor\src\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.csproj;"
+              Targets="_GetPackageVersionInfo" Properties="DesignTimeBuild=true;NoBuild=true">
+      <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="_DependencyPackageInfo" />
+    </MSBuild>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>@(_DependencyPackageInfo->WithMetadataValue('PackageId', 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions')->Metadata('PackageVersion'))</MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>
+      <MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion>@(_DependencyPackageInfo->WithMetadataValue('PackageId', 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime')->Metadata('PackageVersion'))</MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion>
+      <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>@(_DependencyPackageInfo->WithMetadataValue('PackageId', 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor')->Metadata('PackageVersion'))</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    -->
+
     <PropertyGroup>
       <!-- Make sure we create a symbols.nupkg -->
       <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj
index fd59e58282af37895b43c4d1a1ace49a7adb537d..49a49868d88c8cf0bb594fdedce9cd5ba7902692 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ParameterDefaultValue.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsParameterDefaultValueSourcesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ParameterDefaultValue.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj
index c77fa2c2b4726b09f278eabdc77f023ad80a7fb7..1cd35a40b10c275bdea5ffed23dbd60113f164be 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRoutingAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsCachingMemoryPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileSystemGlobbingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsPrimitivesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing.csproj
index cf0a443e19c0a3c04f158d5efb8c10e6e1c1b7c5..8ad5b1a6e2dc112026bec0b80dab08d15fcb33c7 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing.csproj
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestHostPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj
index 1de4dbbd81a4e0e45f30ff27ccd426f4d6784920..a952584c0448c97140bdbb388856f8235a3bd752 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponent</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAntiforgeryPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHtmlAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ValueStopwatch.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsValueStopwatchSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsWebEncodersPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Bson" Version="$(NewtonsoftJsonBsonPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ValueStopwatch.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders" />
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Bson" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj
index a40f7a0d15664d997f39ba6e173709837d8d6f9b..686e3eaaa58b2edf15c0569014704ed71c3141d1 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ System.Web.Http.ApiController</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetWebApiClientPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreWebUtilitiesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj
index 76c448b86bf6cdf922cda8bb4bd4a6ffd9820c05..11964b7926dee3bd013ed89bcaac2b4588ac8355 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj" PrivateAssets="None" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj" />
+
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" />
 
     <!-- Including these here specifically so that apps referencing the MVC package get razor compiler targets -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorDesignPackageVersion)">
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion)">
       <PrivateAssets>None</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsCachingMemoryPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Directory.Build.props b/src/Mvc/test/Directory.Build.props
index ece617ffe19c020e1fa6b5d57c5e957431e6d70f..c3639305618c3bbd605d076009f4525d5c1c9c05 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\, Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DeveloperBuildTestTfms>netcoreapp2.1</DeveloperBuildTestTfms>
@@ -13,13 +13,4 @@
     <WarningsNotAsErrors>xUnit1026:$(WarningsNotAsErrors)</WarningsNotAsErrors>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)MvcTests.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.Sdk" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(InternalAspNetCoreSdkPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="$(MoqPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.analyzers" Version="$(XunitAnalyzersPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test.csproj
index 1ca6c1dee768542db24fe4faaf8039aed90e0c34..7b11807ffd673cd74f1e6116740e076152c8c770 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.Test.csproj
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test.csproj
index b5d9571c751f26700f6e6a8831c8596c35ed163f..8545746c7076c2aa7066a1a6fd3e8fe1c8c25775 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.Test.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental.csproj" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Experimental" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test.csproj
index 53db6da50668f8256ef4cb521fc39f82a1fb28dc..57a922a1347e66a4c300b1a10095861dadfb3818 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.Test.csproj
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers.csproj" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpWorkspacesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Analyzers" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test.csproj
index 7a812822b1ad12c9a5e826ace941364d99bde3e9..7582aec3100ffab3473dd189451f079ae13bf106 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test.csproj
index 25368d8cc03b23189c15bd2cc6a4e3ba46453044..ac40695c6bd628f720942610163db8cfe57c26e2 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreResponseCachingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test.csproj
index f73ee9967cc7a9f7995565959b5c15e7da354844..63f4c2fd110fa40c09c6141f9a40b0bb90be8738 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.Test.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test.csproj
index 84e189a38ec9b5045165821ab3db898681fab759..ce064070e750c82ee8302bb66ac52903b5744354 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.Test.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHashCodeCombinerSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.HashCodeCombiner.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test.csproj
index 4ace996ce7da40c90915c2ff2a1acf13b6e23956..6d91a68f77f5280328f25d0891903cb1277950a7 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Test.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test.csproj
index a02cf7ca470b40bcdf7c32b08f5cef11fdac0f3d..ed8c1d3b249298c2d54e488dd3bfc711f2ca2789 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Test.csproj
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 6fce319b2aca2202992d7b66c3aaec8d2a5f6901..d7d4b0fc0e9a33455a49d7b5c86176917329c52e 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WebSites\ApiExplorerWebSite\ApiExplorerWebSite.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WebSites\ApplicationModelWebSite\ApplicationModelWebSite.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WebSites\BasicWebSite\BasicWebSite.csproj" />
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WebSites\WebApiCompatShimWebSite\WebApiCompatShimWebSite.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WebSites\XmlFormattersWebSite\XmlFormattersWebSite.csproj" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="AngleSharp" Version="$(AngleSharpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestHostPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreWebUtilitiesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationJsonPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="AngleSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests.csproj
index 8e52e2a34f81807e5e88c52641e16429620fdd2f..ce1f9e74c56bd7398ed5c269d359015ef093ded3 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test.csproj
index 1ca6c1dee768542db24fe4faaf8039aed90e0c34..7b11807ffd673cd74f1e6116740e076152c8c770 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.Test.csproj
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
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-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test.csproj
index fbafa2be5f60caecd9d4147cb38d1f0c7a0f1906..5b9bcbbf4afad9fcf7ab4b431a046d57ab6dc182 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test.csproj
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
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-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test.csproj
index 26a80f2c7a0aafbb086ed99710967de472327a01..2636b0b65dacafe412b86885e5e11e7f1cf8e4a0 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.Test.csproj
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticAdapterPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test.csproj
index d9c1634c3c70e59de5d33dbb32e86b1ee739d262..03374ae290c79ac2666fc85440f9f3f13769f6dc 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test.csproj
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
+    <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)Razor\**\*.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers.Testing.Sources" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorTagHelpersTestingSourcesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test.csproj
index 90beaff56b3060d858ec4dee7a9852b75020ce0f..429926a3ed282cc1d9ba821303cb4be8908f5d82 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Test.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj
index 203c301faa1497b268ae96fa1e40d2598d2affbb..24c903d96b6c89930245a40dd1521a5cd44b9de4 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj
@@ -2,22 +2,25 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsProjectReferenceProvider>true</IsProjectReferenceProvider>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHtmlAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorRuntimePackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsWebEncodersPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders" />
+    <Reference Include="Moq" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj
index 23a77e17a189689bef9d33f9538fa35c249731a0..61b333671115035d32a18fe9647a1c79021660dc 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsProjectReferenceProvider>true</IsProjectReferenceProvider>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticAdapterPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test.csproj
index f3dea58d26e7b24cce644b003cfc10f9153b800a..1484b08a91c7d75909b3d5ae2642a71a8923216f 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestDiagnosticListener" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest.csproj
index b10e11d8e7b0d97f69d9446b2a86aeafbdb552c7..ff02b348525fd36e0458bc95402d917fc17a979f 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShimTest.csproj
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <GenerateBindingRedirectsOutputType>true</GenerateBindingRedirectsOutputType>
+    <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TestCommon" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreTestingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApiExplorerWebSite/ApiExplorerWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApiExplorerWebSite/ApiExplorerWebSite.csproj
index 239ce99f7857a6a0b07fb7b37e4e183b24acc171..d05aa847d8b6bac93fda26d1187a7be1a3e3bbb9 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApiExplorerWebSite/ApiExplorerWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApiExplorerWebSite/ApiExplorerWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApplicationModelWebSite/ApplicationModelWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApplicationModelWebSite/ApplicationModelWebSite.csproj
index cfda2f9c35b0bbd76cebf0aa5d9740a7ba59104f..17fa586476b8b12037fca12f4205d4532d374881 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApplicationModelWebSite/ApplicationModelWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ApplicationModelWebSite/ApplicationModelWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/BasicWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/BasicWebSite.csproj
index 55879651a0beb668b0f196212f025e580bb4662e..66fb0d1df50718c446d94a36e960a6740649b4a9 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/BasicWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/BasicWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAuthenticationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.Routing" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreLocalizationRoutingPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreSessionPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.CookiePolicy" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreCookiePolicyPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.Routing" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.CookiePolicy" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary.csproj
index 8d0ce3d81394ec035902acd6261c54f6663689f3..e631ded388b6a44e716e52e551ea61ba552f4284 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary/ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary.csproj
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesWebSite/ControllersFromServicesWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesWebSite/ControllersFromServicesWebSite.csproj
index 24bd4fa3f845c6c79453a3216168c574b2524401..2e5ef4519900dbb6d1416c0cbe6a6417b60825db 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesWebSite/ControllersFromServicesWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ControllersFromServicesWebSite/ControllersFromServicesWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary\ControllersFromServicesClassLibrary.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/CorsWebSite/CorsWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/CorsWebSite/CorsWebSite.csproj
index 7cb00b83512f8d9014621c2c4c9dd2366c2a08bb..3361268a6089494f82dd0c20dfb5fe5e149f76a8 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/CorsWebSite/CorsWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/CorsWebSite/CorsWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreCorsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/Directory.Build.props b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/Directory.Build.props
index ed8c546e2a96ba7d40bbd0133212297f0579a88b..6487d6a43e613cd7eb0138f28d950101ab25656e 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <!-- Skip the parent folder to prevent getting test package references. -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" />
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\, Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DeveloperBuildTestWebsiteTfms>netcoreapp2.1</DeveloperBuildTestWebsiteTfms>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite.csproj
index 52dc3bc28ef4f2a780c7a17976ecc3dfc257d062..c34f7d787c8fadbcfd8acc8d0dad0e5ba98b3e6b 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite/ErrorPageMiddlewareWebSite.csproj
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
     <DebugType Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'">full</DebugType>
     <!-- We want to validate runtime parser \ compilation exceptions -->
     <RazorCompileOnBuild>false</RazorCompileOnBuild>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FSharpWebSite/FSharpWebSite.fsproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FSharpWebSite/FSharpWebSite.fsproj
index 357a7fb8631ebff35be0b9453d2c6d99e15d7e61..7ef6adc56daa5bf5b79dd67f5433e81c812def5e 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FSharpWebSite/FSharpWebSite.fsproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FSharpWebSite/FSharpWebSite.fsproj
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <GenerateAssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>false</GenerateAssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -11,12 +13,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/FilesWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/FilesWebSite.csproj
index c8f6df1d20a5f9c5bbbd72187b7769ccfc3a6d59..e0584306898746186d3a209074f91e57f5cf9c59 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/FilesWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FilesWebSite/FilesWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersEmbeddedPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/FormatterWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/FormatterWebSite.csproj
index 239ce99f7857a6a0b07fb7b37e4e183b24acc171..d05aa847d8b6bac93fda26d1187a7be1a3e3bbb9 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/FormatterWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/FormatterWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/HtmlGenerationWebSite/HtmlGenerationWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/HtmlGenerationWebSite/HtmlGenerationWebSite.csproj
index cfda2f9c35b0bbd76cebf0aa5d9740a7ba59104f..17fa586476b8b12037fca12f4205d4532d374881 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/HtmlGenerationWebSite/HtmlGenerationWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/HtmlGenerationWebSite/HtmlGenerationWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews.csproj
index 73549c214228e7bb9cb237a3286b711e8b9cc6fe..5852d7d33c82f6297a10837fcd786df4206f8832 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews/RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.Views/RazorBuildWebSite.Views.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.Views/RazorBuildWebSite.Views.csproj
index 73549c214228e7bb9cb237a3286b711e8b9cc6fe..5852d7d33c82f6297a10837fcd786df4206f8832 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.Views/RazorBuildWebSite.Views.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite.Views/RazorBuildWebSite.Views.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite/RazorBuildWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite/RazorBuildWebSite.csproj
index ecf6d47b77331396ca7f06b044ab2090f38a464f..40e5f7fe2e656bd1f4236ead53d062461ba1adc8 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite/RazorBuildWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorBuildWebSite/RazorBuildWebSite.csproj
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
     <!-- We have tests that test runtime view compilation. -->
     <RazorCompileOnBuild>false</RazorCompileOnBuild>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
     <!-- Faking like we had Razor-on-Build (Rzc) and MvcPrecompilation -->
     <ProjectReference Include="..\RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews\RazorBuildWebSite.PrecompiledViews.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\RazorBuildWebSite.Views\RazorBuildWebSite.Views.csproj" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
 
     <!--
       Referencing here so you can easily regenerate the C# from Razor.
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite.csproj
index 8b6090fc0f4c1af68b665856200e71cd80615983..70d866adf814d5d7f355e9c01e09f103f4baa746 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite/RazorPageExecutionInstrumentationWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticAdapterPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DiagnosticAdapter" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesClassLibrary/RazorPagesClassLibrary.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesClassLibrary/RazorPagesClassLibrary.csproj
index 8fa786d637cca7498f4abc9ba6b748db609f3c7c..a96b00a38306af93601b1ed75697f5d188fdd5c1 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesClassLibrary/RazorPagesClassLibrary.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesClassLibrary/RazorPagesClassLibrary.csproj
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <!--  Workaround https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup/issues/3726 -->
     <GenerateDependencyFile>false</GenerateDependencyFile>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesWebSite/RazorPagesWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesWebSite/RazorPagesWebSite.csproj
index 3d83f2342f27f99d6885e1a8f27d5913167a364e..fe22bad3033e3b267e5cdff90012eede3d65a8ff 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesWebSite/RazorPagesWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorPagesWebSite/RazorPagesWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\RazorPagesClassLibrary\RazorPagesClassLibrary.csproj" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAuthenticationCookiesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorWebSite/RazorWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorWebSite/RazorWebSite.csproj
index 4c8140635e3a70e6254aa205cc9ecf7679646b20..ea8f3aa271905de074d23b022f54511b47aa7f30 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorWebSite/RazorWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RazorWebSite/RazorWebSite.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);NETCOREAPP2_0_CUSTOM_DEFINE</DefineConstants>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -10,12 +11,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersEmbeddedPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreDiagnosticsPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/RoutingWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/RoutingWebSite.csproj
index cfda2f9c35b0bbd76cebf0aa5d9740a7ba59104f..17fa586476b8b12037fca12f4205d4532d374881 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/RoutingWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/RoutingWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SecurityWebSite/SecurityWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SecurityWebSite/SecurityWebSite.csproj
index 5486e54caf14eca2cd852a81b72b7f9d79734e2b..46700645976a7af76c196223e4b093b98f6219c5 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SecurityWebSite/SecurityWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SecurityWebSite/SecurityWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAuthorizationPolicyPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAuthenticationCookiesPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreHostingPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SimpleWebSite/SimpleWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SimpleWebSite/SimpleWebSite.csproj
index 9989c770c64d7798e7ae24c74e2f0b6de61ff73a..701d552c4a9a9523524a2ad30565f85045062d4b 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SimpleWebSite/SimpleWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/SimpleWebSite/SimpleWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/TagHelpersWebSite/TagHelpersWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/TagHelpersWebSite/TagHelpersWebSite.csproj
index 991903c25b6fcae79f8b09f2e9fd6dada30c2e98..0bb43dbc7c4611747de6a63b4eb59496010233b1 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/TagHelpersWebSite/TagHelpersWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/TagHelpersWebSite/TagHelpersWebSite.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/VersioningWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/VersioningWebSite.csproj
index cfda2f9c35b0bbd76cebf0aa5d9740a7ba59104f..17fa586476b8b12037fca12f4205d4532d374881 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/VersioningWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/VersioningWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/WebApiCompatShimWebSite/WebApiCompatShimWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/WebApiCompatShimWebSite/WebApiCompatShimWebSite.csproj
index fd4dd53d70ee78ef23139af6c979ce085424514c..8165cb031c05ddb1d24c9ede709189e013e870bd 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/WebApiCompatShimWebSite/WebApiCompatShimWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/WebApiCompatShimWebSite/WebApiCompatShimWebSite.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/XmlFormattersWebSite/XmlFormattersWebSite.csproj b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/XmlFormattersWebSite/XmlFormattersWebSite.csproj
index e8cef0d10850046595f50ce25bbf5466f576c4a9..eb218807a1bb62f6e2d8160f55e97db886466c86 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/XmlFormattersWebSite/XmlFormattersWebSite.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/WebSites/XmlFormattersWebSite/XmlFormattersWebSite.csproj
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(StandardTestWebsiteTfms)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsTestAssetProject>true</IsTestAssetProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.csproj" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion)" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Mvc/version.props b/src/Mvc/version.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f1cf38faa88eb4bc3df49531f0447012b8d1870..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/version.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>2.1.3</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix>rtm</VersionSuffix>
-    <BuildNumber Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' == ''">t000</BuildNumber>
-    <FeatureBranchVersionPrefix Condition="'$(FeatureBranchVersionPrefix)' == ''">a-</FeatureBranchVersionPrefix>
-
-    <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
-    <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>
-    <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(FeatureBranchVersionSuffix)' != ''">$(FeatureBranchVersionPrefix)$(VersionSuffix)-$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace('$(FeatureBranchVersionSuffix)', '[^\w-]', '-'))</VersionSuffix>
-    <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
-
-    <ExperimentalVersionPrefix>0.1.3</ExperimentalVersionPrefix>
-    <ExperimentalVersionSuffix>rtm</ExperimentalVersionSuffix>
-
-    <ExperimentalPackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(ExperimentalVersionPrefix)</ExperimentalPackageVersion>
-    <ExperimentalPackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(ExperimentalVersionPrefix)-$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)-final</ExperimentalPackageVersion>
-    <ExperimentalVersionSuffix Condition="'$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(FeatureBranchVersionSuffix)' != ''">$(FeatureBranchVersionPrefix)$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)-$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace('$(FeatureBranchVersionSuffix)', '[^\w-]', '-'))</ExperimentalVersionSuffix>
-    <ExperimentalVersionSuffix Condition="'$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(ExperimentalVersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</ExperimentalVersionSuffix>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>