diff --git a/build-test.cmd b/build-test.cmd
index 38c97b59d035..b278996676f6 100644
--- a/build-test.cmd
+++ b/build-test.cmd
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ if [!processedArgs!]==[] (
 :ArgsDone
 
 @REM Special handling for -priority=N argument.
-if %__Priority% GTR 0 (set "__PriorityArg=-priority=%__Priority%")
+if %__Priority% GTR 0 (
+    set "__PriorityArg=-priority=%__Priority%"
+    set "__PriorityMsbuildArg=/p:priority=%__Priority%"
+)
 
 if defined __BuildAgainstPackagesArg (
     if not defined __RuntimeID (
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ if defined __BuildAgainstPackagesArg (
 
 set __RunArgs=-BuildOS=%__BuildOS% -BuildType=%__BuildType% -BuildArch=%__BuildArch%
 REM As we move from buildtools to arcade, __RunArgs should be replaced with __msbuildArgs
-set __msbuildArgs=/p:__BuildOS=%__BuildOS% /p:__BuildType=%__BuildType% /p:__BuildArch=%__BuildArch%
+set __msbuildArgs=/p:__BuildOS=%__BuildOS% /p:__BuildType=%__BuildType% /p:__BuildArch=%__BuildArch% /nologo /verbosity:minimal /clp:Summary
 
 echo %__MsgPrefix%Commencing CoreCLR repo test build
 
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ for /l %%G in (1, 1, %__BuildLoopCount%) do (
     set __msbuildErr=/flp2:ErrorsOnly;LogFile="%__BuildErr%";Append=!__AppendToLog!
 
     set TestBuildSlice=%%G
-    call "%__ProjectDir%\run.cmd" build -Project=%__ProjectDir%\tests\build.proj -MsBuildLog=!__msbuildLog! -MsBuildWrn=!__msbuildWrn! -MsBuildErr=!__msbuildErr! %__RunArgs% %__BuildAgainstPackagesArg% %__PriorityArg% %__PassThroughArg% %__unprocessedBuildArgs%
+    call %__DotnetHost% msbuild %__ProjectDir%\tests\build.proj !__msbuildLog! !__msbuildWrn! !__msbuildErr! %__msbuildArgs% %__BuildAgainstPackagesMsbuildArg% %__PriorityMsbuildArg% %__PassThroughArg% %__unprocessedBuildArgs%
 
     if errorlevel 1 (
         echo %__MsgPrefix%Error: build failed. Refer to the build log files for details:
diff --git a/tests/build.proj b/tests/build.proj
index a421b130b605..6bdc8690bfa0 100644
--- a/tests/build.proj
+++ b/tests/build.proj
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="RestorePackage">
-    <Exec Condition="'$(RunningOnCore)' == 'false'" Command="$(DotnetRestoreCommand) $(RestoreProj) $(PackageVersionArg)" StandardOutputImportance="Low" />
-    <Exec Condition="'$(RunningOnCore)' == 'true'"  Command="$(DotnetRestoreCommand) -r $(__DistroRid) $(RestoreProj) $(PackageVersionArg)" StandardOutputImportance="Low" />
+    <Exec Condition="'$(__DistroRid)' == ''" Command="$(DotnetRestoreCommand) $(RestoreProj) $(PackageVersionArg)" StandardOutputImportance="Low" />
+    <Exec Condition="'$(__DistroRid)' != ''" Command="$(DotnetRestoreCommand) -r $(__DistroRid) $(RestoreProj) $(PackageVersionArg)" StandardOutputImportance="Low" />
   </Target>
 
   <!-- Override RestorePackages from dir.traversal.targets and do a batch restore -->
diff --git a/tests/dir.sdkbuild.props b/tests/dir.sdkbuild.props
index c4cc31ec9f90..bc5bed9b3fbf 100644
--- a/tests/dir.sdkbuild.props
+++ b/tests/dir.sdkbuild.props
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
+    <Platform>AnyCPU</Platform>
    
     <!-- Force the CLI to allow us to target higher netcoreapp than it may know about -->
     <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>99.0</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
diff --git a/tests/src/dir.props b/tests/src/dir.props
index 27300734357f..c5cc702882df 100644
--- a/tests/src/dir.props
+++ b/tests/src/dir.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\dir.props" />
 
-  <Import Project="..\dir.common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\dir.common.props" Condition="'$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdk)' != 'true'"  />
 
   <!-- Setup Default symbol and optimization for Configuration -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <BaseOutputPath Condition="'$(__TestRootDir)' != ''">$(__TestRootDir)</BaseOutputPath>
     <BaseOutputPathWithConfig>$(BaseOutputPath)\$(OSPlatformConfig)\</BaseOutputPathWithConfig>
     <BinDir>$(BaseOutputPathWithConfig)</BinDir>
-    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(ProjectDir)\..\bin\tests\obj\$(OSPlatformConfig)\Managed\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
+    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(ProjectDir)..\bin\tests\obj\$(OSPlatformConfig)\Managed\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
     <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(__ManagedTestIntermediatesDir)' != ''">$(__ManagedTestIntermediatesDir)\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
     <__NativeTestIntermediatesDir Condition="'$(__NativeTestIntermediatesDir)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($(BaseOutputPathWithConfig)..\obj\$(BuildOS).$(Platform).$(Configuration)\Native\))</__NativeTestIntermediatesDir>
     <BuildProjectRelativeDir>$(MSBuildProjectName)\</BuildProjectRelativeDir>