diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ python:

env:
  matrix:
-    - BUILD_OPTS=--xplat NUNIT_PATH="~/.nuget/packages/nunit.consolerunner/3.*/tools/nunit3-console.exe" RUN_TESTS=dotnet EMBED_TESTS_PATH=netcoreapp2.0_publish/ PERF_TESTS_PATH=net461/
    - BUILD_OPTS="" NUNIT_PATH="./packages/NUnit.*/tools/nunit3-console.exe" RUN_TESTS="mono $NUNIT_PATH" EMBED_TESTS_PATH="" PERF_TESTS_PATH=""
-    - PYTHONNET_SHUTDOWN_MODE="Soft" BUILD_OPTS=--xplat NUNIT_PATH="~/.nuget/packages/nunit.consolerunner/3.*/tools/nunit3-console.exe" RUN_TESTS=dotnet EMBED_TESTS_PATH=netcoreapp2.0_publish/ PERF_TESTS_PATH=net461/
    - PYTHONNET_SHUTDOWN_MODE="Soft" BUILD_OPTS="" NUNIT_PATH="./packages/NUnit.*/tools/nunit3-console.exe" RUN_TESTS="mono $NUNIT_PATH" EMBED_TESTS_PATH="" PERF_TESTS_PATH=""

  global:
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ addons:
    packages:
      - mono-devel
      - ca-certificates-mono
-      - dotnet-hostfxr-2.2
-      - dotnet-runtime-2.2
-      - dotnet-sdk-2.2

before_install:
  # Set-up dll path for embedded tests

diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '{branch}-{build}'
build: off

image:
-  - Visual Studio 2017

platform:
  - x86

diff --git a/ci/appveyor_run_tests.ps1 b/ci/appveyor_run_tests.ps1
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ if ($XPLAT){
         $DOTNET_CMD = "c:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\dotnet"
    }

-    # Run Embedded tests for netcoreapp2.0 (OpenCover currently does not supports dotnet core)
-    Write-Host ("Starting embedded tests for netcoreapp2.0") -ForegroundColor "Green"
-    &$DOTNET_CMD ".\src\embed_tests\bin\netcoreapp2.0_publish\Python.EmbeddingTest.dll"
    $CS_STATUS = $LastExitCode
    if ($CS_STATUS -ne 0) {
-        Write-Host "Embedded tests for netcoreapp2.0 failed" -ForegroundColor "Red"
        ReportTime ""
    } else {
        ReportTime ".NET Core 2.0 tests completed"

diff --git a/src/console/Console.15.csproj b/src/console/Console.15.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<Project>
  <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net40;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <Platforms>x64;x86</Platforms>
    <Configurations>DebugMono;DebugMonoPY3;ReleaseMono;ReleaseMonoPY3;DebugWin;DebugWinPY3;ReleaseWin;ReleaseWinPY3</Configurations>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>

diff --git a/src/embed_tests/Python.EmbeddingTest.15.csproj b/src/embed_tests/Python.EmbeddingTest.15.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />

  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net40;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <Platforms>x64;x86</Platforms>
    <Configurations>DebugMono;DebugMonoPY3;ReleaseMono;ReleaseMonoPY3;DebugWin;DebugWinPY3;ReleaseWin;ReleaseWinPY3</Configurations>
    <OutputType Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net40' OR '$(PYTHONNET_VS_ENV)' == 'true'">Exe</OutputType>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
    <CustomDefineConstants Condition="'$(CustomDefineConstants)' == ''">$(PYTHONNET_DEFINE_CONSTANTS)</CustomDefineConstants>
    <BaseDefineConstants>XPLAT</BaseDefineConstants>
    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);$(CustomDefineConstants);$(BaseDefineConstants);</DefineConstants>
-    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netcoreapp2.0'">$(DefineConstants);NETCOREAPP</DefineConstants>
    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netstandard2.0'">$(DefineConstants);NETSTANDARD</DefineConstants>
    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true' AND '$(CustomDefineConstants)' != '' AND $(Configuration.Contains('Debug'))">$(DefineConstants);TRACE;DEBUG</DefineConstants>
    <FrameworkPathOverride Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net40' AND $(Configuration.Contains('Mono'))">$(NuGetPackageRoot)\microsoft.targetingpack.netframework.v4.5\1.0.1\lib\net45\</FrameworkPathOverride>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
    </PackageReference>
    <PackageReference Include="NUnitLite" Version="3.12.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0'">
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.5.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '{branch}-{build}' @@
     build: off
     image:
-      - Visual Studio 2017
     platform:
       - x86
@@ Expand Down @@