diff --git a/src/NLog.Web/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/NLog.Web/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index bbae35408..296b54b7c 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Web/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/NLog.Web/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 
 // The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
 [assembly: Guid("74d5915b-bea9-404c-b4d0-b663164def37")]
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("NLog.Web.Tests,PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100772391e63c104728adcf18e2390474262559fa7f34a4215848f43288cde875dcc92a06222e9be0592b211ff74adbb5d21a7aab5522b540b1735f2f03279221056fedbe7e534073dabee9db48f8ecebcf1dc98a95576e45cbeff5fe7c4842859451ab2dae7a8370f1b2f7a529d2ca210e3e844d973523d73d193df6c17f1314a6")]
diff --git a/src/Shared/LayoutRenderers/AspNetLayoutRendererBase.cs b/src/Shared/LayoutRenderers/AspNetLayoutRendererBase.cs
index b95dd34a9..dd6b98f7c 100644
--- a/src/Shared/LayoutRenderers/AspNetLayoutRendererBase.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/LayoutRenderers/AspNetLayoutRendererBase.cs
@@ -18,28 +18,12 @@ namespace NLog.Web.LayoutRenderers
     /// </summary>
     public abstract class AspNetLayoutRendererBase : LayoutRenderer
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes the <see cref="AspNetLayoutRendererBase" />.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected AspNetLayoutRendererBase()
-        {
-#if !ASP_NET_CORE
-            HttpContextAccessor = RetrieveHttpContextAccessor();
-#endif
-        }
-
-
-#if !ASP_NET_CORE
-        private static IHttpContextAccessor RetrieveHttpContextAccessor() => new DefaultHttpContextAccessor();
-#endif
-
-#if ASP_NET_CORE
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Context for DI
         /// </summary>
         private IHttpContextAccessor _httpContextAccessor;
 
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Provides access to the current request HttpContext.
         /// </summary>
@@ -51,6 +35,13 @@ public IHttpContextAccessor HttpContextAccessor
             set => _httpContextAccessor = value;
         }
 
+#if !ASP_NET_CORE
+
+        internal static IHttpContextAccessor DefaultHttpContextAccessor { get; set; } = new DefaultHttpContextAccessor();
+
+        private static IHttpContextAccessor RetrieveHttpContextAccessor() => DefaultHttpContextAccessor;
+#else
+
         private static IHttpContextAccessor RetrieveHttpContextAccessor()
         {
             var serviceProvider = ServiceLocator.ServiceProvider;
@@ -77,12 +68,7 @@ private static IHttpContextAccessor RetrieveHttpContextAccessor()
             }
         }
 
-#else
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Provides access to the current request HttpContext.
-        /// </summary>
-        [NLog.Config.NLogConfigurationIgnorePropertyAttribute]
-        public IHttpContextAccessor HttpContextAccessor { get; set; }
+
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs b/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs
index 7ff1b3949..e1e1a5161 100644
--- a/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs
+++ b/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ namespace NLog.Web.AspNetCore.Tests
 {
     public class RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer : TestBase
     {
+#if !ASP_NET_CORE
+        ~RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer()
+        {
+            AspNetLayoutRendererBase.DefaultHttpContextAccessor = new DefaultHttpContextAccessor();
+        }
+#endif
+
         [Fact]
         public void RegisterLayoutRendererTest()
         {
@@ -29,6 +36,7 @@ public void RegisterLayoutRendererTest()
             httpcontext.Connection.LocalPort.Returns(123);
 #else
             httpcontext.Request.RawUrl.Returns("123");
+         
 #endif
 
             // Act
@@ -56,14 +64,17 @@ private static
             SetupHttpAccessorWithHttpContext()
         {
             var httpContextAccessorMock = Substitute.For<IHttpContextAccessor>();
-            var serviceProviderMock = Substitute.For<IServiceProvider>();
-            serviceProviderMock.GetService(typeof(IHttpContextAccessor)).Returns(httpContextAccessorMock);
+
 
 #if ASP_NET_CORE
+            var serviceProviderMock = Substitute.For<IServiceProvider>();
+            serviceProviderMock.GetService(typeof(IHttpContextAccessor)).Returns(httpContextAccessorMock);
             var httpcontext = Substitute.For<HttpContext>();
             ServiceLocator.ServiceProvider = serviceProviderMock;
 #else
             var httpcontext = Substitute.For<HttpContextBase>();
+            httpContextAccessorMock.HttpContext.Returns(httpcontext);
+            AspNetLayoutRendererBase.DefaultHttpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessorMock;
 #endif