diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 78c982197295..2f2ce2f63bbd 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" TreatAsLocalProperty="ExcludeRestorePackageImports">
+<Project TreatAsLocalProperty="ExcludeRestorePackageImports">
   <!-- Base repo layout properties -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepoRoot>
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 22b046a32c2d..3cfb5381fb41 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--
diff --git a/Documentation/coding-guidelines/package-projects.md b/Documentation/coding-guidelines/package-projects.md
index d1e33f020e45..c6594d353cf0 100644
--- a/Documentation/coding-guidelines/package-projects.md
+++ b/Documentation/coding-guidelines/package-projects.md
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ This is the simplest case.  The package project need only reference the single p
 
 Sample `System.Text.Encodings.Web.pkgproj`
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ These packages need to include placeholders for inbox platforms.  They should al
 
 Sample `System.Collections.Concurrent.pkgproj`
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ Framework specific libraries are effectively the same as the previous example.
 
 Sample System.Net.Security.pkgproj
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -92,7 +89,6 @@ Sample System.Net.Security.pkgproj
 Sample \ref .builds file defining a constant used to filter API that were added on top of the netstandard1.7 ones and are available only in netcoreapp1.1:
 
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -122,8 +118,7 @@ Conditional compilation using the above-mentioned constant (from `ref\System.Net
 Sample \src .builds file (in this case the implementation is the same in both netcoreapp1.1 and netstandard1.7):
 
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <Project Include="System.Net.Security.csproj">
@@ -151,7 +146,6 @@ These packages need to provide a different platform specific implementation on e
 
 Sample `System.IO.FileSystem.pkgproj`
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -173,7 +167,6 @@ Sample `System.IO.FileSystem.pkgproj`
 
 `win/System.IO.FileSystem.pkgproj`
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
@@ -202,7 +195,6 @@ Sample `System.IO.FileSystem.pkgproj`
 ```
 `unix/System.IO.FileSystem.pkgproj`
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/NuGet.config b/NuGet.config
index 64d3096df406..19216154ac91 100644
--- a/NuGet.config
+++ b/NuGet.config
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configuration>
   <!-- Don't use any higher level config files.
        Our builds need to be isolated from user/machine state -->
diff --git a/build.proj b/build.proj
index 5d73223448e1..8cec9068fff5 100644
--- a/build.proj
+++ b/build.proj
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. -->
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
 
   <Import Project="Directory.Build.props" />
diff --git a/eng/Build.props b/eng/Build.props
index ca5f16c837ca..71feaecf8884 100644
--- a/eng/Build.props
+++ b/eng/Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RestoreUsingNuGetTargets>false</RestoreUsingNuGetTargets>
diff --git a/eng/CodeAnalysis.targets b/eng/CodeAnalysis.targets
index 36578ba35af3..8a585a4e926f 100644
--- a/eng/CodeAnalysis.targets
+++ b/eng/CodeAnalysis.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Need to keep in sync with Tools.props file. -->
diff --git a/eng/DisableSourceControlManagement.targets b/eng/DisableSourceControlManagement.targets
index 732b6766b929..85148cbd94d9 100644
--- a/eng/DisableSourceControlManagement.targets
+++ b/eng/DisableSourceControlManagement.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <EnableSourceControlManagerQueries>false</EnableSourceControlManagerQueries>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/eng/InternalTools.props b/eng/InternalTools.props
index 19f5746b2b04..db0a13dcae15 100644
--- a/eng/InternalTools.props
+++ b/eng/InternalTools.props
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. -->
 <Project>
   <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
 
diff --git a/eng/Packaging.props b/eng/Packaging.props
index bfd2e0ed92eb..9639db07c41d 100644
--- a/eng/Packaging.props
+++ b/eng/Packaging.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageDescriptionFile>$(RepoRoot)pkg/descriptions.json</PackageDescriptionFile>
     <PackageLicenseFile>$(RepoRoot)LICENSE.TXT</PackageLicenseFile>
diff --git a/eng/ReferenceAssemblies.props b/eng/ReferenceAssemblies.props
index a7c05d461c78..d1f1cfd6d658 100644
--- a/eng/ReferenceAssemblies.props
+++ b/eng/ReferenceAssemblies.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsReferenceAssembly Condition="'$(IsReferenceAssembly)'=='' AND ($(MSBuildProjectFullPath.Contains('\ref\')) OR $(MSBuildProjectFullPath.Contains('/ref/')))">true</IsReferenceAssembly>
 
diff --git a/eng/Resources.targets b/eng/Resources.targets
index 297d028e11db..5df76a12cd69 100644
--- a/eng/Resources.targets
+++ b/eng/Resources.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ResourcesSourceFileExtension Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">.cs</ResourcesSourceFileExtension>
     <ResourcesSourceFileExtension Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.vbproj'">.vb</ResourcesSourceFileExtension>
diff --git a/eng/Tools.props b/eng/Tools.props
index a3131ecb6ed2..82ca4e1cd393 100644
--- a/eng/Tools.props
+++ b/eng/Tools.props
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RestoreSources Condition="'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true'">
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 0f4a5f87a7e9..bf99152bdb29 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Dependencies>
   <ProductDependencies>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR" Version="3.0.0-preview4-27501-75">
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index eaebf14b1473..f55d4027b36c 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- The .NET Core product branding version -->
     <ProductVersion>3.0.0</ProductVersion>
diff --git a/eng/blockReflectionAttribute.targets b/eng/blockReflectionAttribute.targets
index b42b03020164..761f637cf528 100644
--- a/eng/blockReflectionAttribute.targets
+++ b/eng/blockReflectionAttribute.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <!--
       Defining __BlockReflectionAttribute indicates that the .NET Native toolchain should remove the metadata for all non-public APIs.
diff --git a/eng/codeOptimization.targets b/eng/codeOptimization.targets
index 39bb002af4fd..7c90deddadc9 100644
--- a/eng/codeOptimization.targets
+++ b/eng/codeOptimization.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(ApplyPartialNgenOptimization)' == ''">
      <ApplyPartialNgenOptimization Condition="'$(IsReferenceAssembly)' == 'true'">false</ApplyPartialNgenOptimization>
diff --git a/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj b/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
index 1a81ff906f6e..a5bcf66fd4ad 100644
--- a/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
+++ b/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!-- Copyright (c)  Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information. -->
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/eng/configurations/archgroups.props b/eng/configurations/archgroups.props
index ea31c0470795..0a1c73366ec8 100644
--- a/eng/configurations/archgroups.props
+++ b/eng/configurations/archgroups.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ArchGroups Include="x86" />
     <ArchGroups Include="x64" />
diff --git a/eng/configurations/configurationgroups.props b/eng/configurations/configurationgroups.props
index 882c3586860f..3cef5da59390 100644
--- a/eng/configurations/configurationgroups.props
+++ b/eng/configurations/configurationgroups.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ConfigurationGroups Include="Debug" />
     <ConfigurationGroups Include="Release" />
diff --git a/eng/configurations/osgroups.props b/eng/configurations/osgroups.props
index 55afc3c359dd..7f2a49cdd024 100644
--- a/eng/configurations/osgroups.props
+++ b/eng/configurations/osgroups.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <OSGroups Include="Windows_NT">
       <Imports>AnyOS</Imports>
diff --git a/eng/configurations/properties.props b/eng/configurations/properties.props
index 50cb3708e1a7..0f7876d4b166 100644
--- a/eng/configurations/properties.props
+++ b/eng/configurations/properties.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="osgroups.props"/>
   <Import Project="targetgroups.props"/>
   <Import Project="configurationgroups.props"/>
diff --git a/eng/configurations/targetgroups.props b/eng/configurations/targetgroups.props
index 946a7babd46a..bc9482979dea 100644
--- a/eng/configurations/targetgroups.props
+++ b/eng/configurations/targetgroups.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <TargetGroups Include="netcore50">
       <TargetFramework>netcore50</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/eng/depProj.targets b/eng/depProj.targets
index 65837dfc719a..11b70d940762 100644
--- a/eng/depProj.targets
+++ b/eng/depProj.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 ***********************************************************************************************
 depProj.targets
diff --git a/eng/dependencies.props b/eng/dependencies.props
index 25f9a57afa43..e4557e6fd044 100644
--- a/eng/dependencies.props
+++ b/eng/dependencies.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <!-- Source of truth for dependency tooling: the commit hash of the dotnet/versions master branch as of the last auto-upgrade. -->
 
   <!-- For detailed explanation of the reference versions see:
diff --git a/eng/dir.traversal.targets b/eng/dir.traversal.targets
index 0af9148603b8..c9bbb50c019e 100644
--- a/eng/dir.traversal.targets
+++ b/eng/dir.traversal.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.targets))" />
 
diff --git a/eng/disableUap.targets b/eng/disableUap.targets
index 1a2e0d8e44c9..5e41100ef838 100644
--- a/eng/disableUap.targets
+++ b/eng/disableUap.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Target Name="RemoveUapvNextContent"
           Condition="'$(KeepUAPContent)' != 'true'"
           DependsOnTargets="GetPackageReport"
diff --git a/eng/illink.targets b/eng/illink.targets
index cc9d02d63345..0953c64ce210 100644
--- a/eng/illink.targets
+++ b/eng/illink.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetsTriggeredByCompilation Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
       $(TargetsTriggeredByCompilation);
diff --git a/eng/referenceFromRuntime.targets b/eng/referenceFromRuntime.targets
index 2df3af10faef..e739943c31e8 100644
--- a/eng/referenceFromRuntime.targets
+++ b/eng/referenceFromRuntime.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Target Name="AddReferenceFromRuntimeForTests"
           AfterTargets="ResolveAssemblyReferences"
           Condition="'$(IsTestProject)'=='true' AND '@(ReferenceFromRuntime)' != ''">
diff --git a/eng/resolveContract.targets b/eng/resolveContract.targets
index eedc7f2f063b..d550bca19201 100644
--- a/eng/resolveContract.targets
+++ b/eng/resolveContract.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsSourceProject)' == 'true'">
     <ContractProject Condition="'$(ContractProject)' == ''">$(SourceDir)/$(MSBuildProjectName)/ref/$(MSBuildProjectName).csproj</ContractProject>
diff --git a/eng/versioning.targets b/eng/versioning.targets
index a95906c9e67c..ec0ceab21c07 100644
--- a/eng/versioning.targets
+++ b/eng/versioning.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo Condition="'$(GenerateAssemblyInfo)'==''">true</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/external/Directory.Build.props b/external/Directory.Build.props
index 9564ed9195f1..34efcad7581b 100644
--- a/external/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/external/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ContainsPackageReferences>true</ContainsPackageReferences>
diff --git a/external/Directory.Build.targets b/external/Directory.Build.targets
index 7c9bff7f39c3..a4460fd36b6b 100644
--- a/external/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/external/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.targets" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/external/ILLink/Configurations.props b/external/ILLink/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/external/ILLink/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/ILLink/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/external/ILLink/ILLink.depproj b/external/ILLink/ILLink.depproj
index f74937b214a2..5049897cd56f 100644
--- a/external/ILLink/ILLink.depproj
+++ b/external/ILLink/ILLink.depproj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/external/SharedFrameworkValidation/harvestPackages.SharedFramework.depproj b/external/SharedFrameworkValidation/harvestPackages.SharedFramework.depproj
index b76393f5253e..61b0c442af7f 100644
--- a/external/SharedFrameworkValidation/harvestPackages.SharedFramework.depproj
+++ b/external/SharedFrameworkValidation/harvestPackages.SharedFramework.depproj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_LatestStable>1.1.2</_LatestStable>
diff --git a/external/binplacePackages/Configurations.props b/external/binplacePackages/Configurations.props
index d6c6c395fd67..d72738d5e62e 100644
--- a/external/binplacePackages/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/binplacePackages/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       net461;
diff --git a/external/binplacePackages/binplacePackages.depproj b/external/binplacePackages/binplacePackages.depproj
index 674b86d443c7..0f6da524ca17 100644
--- a/external/binplacePackages/binplacePackages.depproj
+++ b/external/binplacePackages/binplacePackages.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BinPlaceRef>true</BinPlaceRef>
     <BinPlaceRuntime>true</BinPlaceRuntime>
diff --git a/external/dir.proj b/external/dir.proj
index a1b57acf120d..fccddc9f626d 100644
--- a/external/dir.proj
+++ b/external/dir.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
+  <Import Project="../Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AdditionalBuildConfigurations>$(AdditionalBuildConfigurations);netstandard-$(OSGroup)-$(ConfigurationGroup)-$(ArchGroup)</AdditionalBuildConfigurations>
diff --git a/external/docs/Configurations.props b/external/docs/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/external/docs/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/docs/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/external/docs/docs.depproj b/external/docs/docs.depproj
index 5e7256fca49d..ea14300c2c0a 100644
--- a/external/docs/docs.depproj
+++ b/external/docs/docs.depproj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputPath>$(XmlDocDir)</OutputPath>
diff --git a/external/harvestPackages/Configurations.props b/external/harvestPackages/Configurations.props
index 1a5940dc0b12..a5bb838e9e01 100644
--- a/external/harvestPackages/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/harvestPackages/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       package;
diff --git a/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.depproj b/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.depproj
index 0195f57d98e8..03837d22892d 100644
--- a/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.depproj
+++ b/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.props b/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.props
index a0d11ae15e1e..4b088b2258d0 100644
--- a/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.props
+++ b/external/harvestPackages/harvestPackages.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
 <!-- The versions can be updated by running UpdateToLatestStablePackages target in harvestPackages.depproj -->
 <ItemGroup>
 <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp">
diff --git a/external/netcoreapp/Configurations.props b/external/netcoreapp/Configurations.props
index e08fdd895561..c43aa43772f1 100644
--- a/external/netcoreapp/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/netcoreapp/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp2.0;
diff --git a/external/netcoreapp/netcoreapp.depproj b/external/netcoreapp/netcoreapp.depproj
index 6405fd179d9a..6a991e590be5 100644
--- a/external/netcoreapp/netcoreapp.depproj
+++ b/external/netcoreapp/netcoreapp.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- This project restores and publishes the targeting pack for specific versions of .NET Core.
        With this, we are able to compile assemblies against shipped, stable versions of .NET Core. -->
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/external/netfx/Configurations.props b/external/netfx/Configurations.props
index 93e6478e90f3..a9f2b3349f5e 100644
--- a/external/netfx/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/netfx/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Include netcoreapp since we need to generate facades between desktop and netcoreapp -->
     <BuildConfigurations>
diff --git a/external/netfx/netfx.depproj b/external/netfx/netfx.depproj
index 3ed3d972b04f..ccf87f90409c 100644
--- a/external/netfx/netfx.depproj
+++ b/external/netfx/netfx.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="$(SourceDir)\shims\netfxreference.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BinPlaceRef>true</BinPlaceRef>
diff --git a/external/netstandard/Configurations.props b/external/netstandard/Configurations.props
index 2e14c5a1f6fb..2a793c3fe674 100644
--- a/external/netstandard/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/netstandard/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard1.0;
diff --git a/external/netstandard/netstandard.depproj b/external/netstandard/netstandard.depproj
index efc29e580c35..7e474bb52ef7 100644
--- a/external/netstandard/netstandard.depproj
+++ b/external/netstandard/netstandard.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <NETStandardVersion Condition="$(TargetFramework.StartsWith('netstandard'))">$(TargetFramework.SubString(11))</NETStandardVersion>
     <IsNETStandard1x Condition="$(NETStandardVersion.StartsWith('1.'))">true</IsNETStandard1x>
diff --git a/external/optimizationData/Configurations.props b/external/optimizationData/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/external/optimizationData/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/optimizationData/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/external/optimizationData/optimizationData.depproj b/external/optimizationData/optimizationData.depproj
index d591aea933e8..40a479570377 100644
--- a/external/optimizationData/optimizationData.depproj
+++ b/external/optimizationData/optimizationData.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Copy to IBC directory -->
     <OutputPath>$(IbcOptimizationDataDir)</OutputPath>
diff --git a/external/runtime/Configurations.props b/external/runtime/Configurations.props
index 63b40fdf83be..a63f4d4d76df 100644
--- a/external/runtime/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/runtime/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/external/runtime/Directory.Build.props b/external/runtime/Directory.Build.props
index 8e5eba7c8f9f..a86068c18c0f 100644
--- a/external/runtime/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/external/runtime/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutDirName>external.$(MSBuildProjectName)</OutDirName>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/external/runtime/runtime.depproj b/external/runtime/runtime.depproj
index 8fcbdbafe7ef..83dad8708613 100644
--- a/external/runtime/runtime.depproj
+++ b/external/runtime/runtime.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>$(PackageRID)</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1603;NU1605</NoWarn>
diff --git a/external/test-runtime/Configurations.props b/external/test-runtime/Configurations.props
index 3b11f75e394c..d9c88a0605aa 100644
--- a/external/test-runtime/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/test-runtime/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap;
diff --git a/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj b/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj
index c0051e0d6792..02256e1073be 100644
--- a/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj
+++ b/external/test-runtime/XUnit.Runtime.depproj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetGroup)' == 'uap' OR '$(TargetGroup)' == 'uapaot'">
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/external/tools/Configurations.props b/external/tools/Configurations.props
index 733538b06451..93d8aff55d97 100644
--- a/external/tools/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/tools/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/external/tools/tools.depproj b/external/tools/tools.depproj
index 07ef3af895fa..833a612af5ed 100644
--- a/external/tools/tools.depproj
+++ b/external/tools/tools.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputPath>$(ILAsmToolPath)</OutputPath>
     <EnableBinPlacing>false</EnableBinPlacing>
diff --git a/external/uap/Configurations.props b/external/uap/Configurations.props
index 128839ca24ea..a4dd681c869d 100644
--- a/external/uap/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/uap/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap10.0.16299;
diff --git a/external/uap/uap.depproj b/external/uap/uap.depproj
index 9864893ced85..1d9d5eff2df7 100644
--- a/external/uap/uap.depproj
+++ b/external/uap/uap.depproj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- This project restores and publishes the targeting pack for specific versions of UAP.
        With this, we are able to compile assemblies against shipped, stable versions of UAP. -->
diff --git a/external/winrt/Configurations.props b/external/winrt/Configurations.props
index 04ff7ea9b291..1f9fd8f32f2a 100644
--- a/external/winrt/Configurations.props
+++ b/external/winrt/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/external/winrt/winrt.depproj b/external/winrt/winrt.depproj
index af8379459529..ee9e2f3fa7c0 100644
--- a/external/winrt/winrt.depproj
+++ b/external/winrt/winrt.depproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>Windows</AssemblyName>
     <TargetExt>.winmd</TargetExt>
diff --git a/pkg/Directory.Build.props b/pkg/Directory.Build.props
index 19e61cb1b230..972590c539c4 100644
--- a/pkg/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/pkg/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/Directory.Build.targets b/pkg/Directory.Build.targets
index 6d1a6448f6c4..0c723a98dc9d 100644
--- a/pkg/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/pkg/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
 
   <Import Condition="'$(IsFrameworkPackage)' == 'true'" Project="frameworkPackage.targets" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Configurations.props b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Configurations.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.builds
index ae7e66402da4..24c9f63af136 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.pkgproj
index 322a73f48897..ad5fd4137d7b 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageVersion>3.0.0</PackageVersion>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/runtimeGroups.props b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/runtimeGroups.props
index b8004431907d..ff4c96a23b82 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/runtimeGroups.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.Future/runtimeGroups.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <RuntimeGroup Include="unix">
       <Architectures>wasm</Architectures>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Configurations.props b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Configurations.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.builds
index c9e1b4e6f19e..327d80c26e9a 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.pkgproj
index 3c6f865e98b0..14f850102628 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageVersion>$(PlatformPackageVersion)</PackageVersion>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/runtimeGroups.props b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/runtimeGroups.props
index 737c04e8f6c1..a819d57ddc61 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/runtimeGroups.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/runtimeGroups.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <RuntimeGroup Include="unix">
       <Parent>any</Parent>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Configurations.props b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Configurations.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.builds
index 376697aee953..42decc25ce25 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.pkgproj
index 160edff0a2de..d57412478ead 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageVersion>3.0.0</PackageVersion>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Configurations.props b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Configurations.props
index 20b9b955999d..eb733ee25372 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Configurations.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.builds
index a1f17ddca8f2..6b4709c62425 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.pkgproj
index af2e21750780..ca5a4bb4515c 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/netcoreapp.rids.props b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/netcoreapp.rids.props
index 63aedae5b984..74cae03f39f9 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/netcoreapp.rids.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.NETCoreApp/netcoreapp.rids.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <OfficialBuildRID Include="freebsd-x64" />
     <OfficialBuildRID Include="linux-arm">
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Configurations.props b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Configurations.props
index 173e6387810e..ff7f8f8ec197 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Configurations.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap;
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.builds
index 1ca8ac3fe6b0..56133fddfba9 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.pkgproj
index 7bb0aba11cbd..0d0db1127939 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageVersion>4.7.0</PackageVersion>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/uap.rids.props b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/uap.rids.props
index 1bccba4a0bf6..7db9c2168612 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/uap.rids.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.CoreFx.UAP/uap.rids.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <OfficialBuildRID Include="win10-x86">
       <Platform>x86</Platform>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.builds
index bd65eb0f44bb..69f418e38403 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.pkgproj
index 07e5707e6901..b9bd433bee7a 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <HarvestStablePackage>false</HarvestStablePackage>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.props b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.props
index 8f293788749c..02801dc54334 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.props
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline/Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageIndex Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packageIndex.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.builds
index a55a916998b8..17a7f1689029 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.pkgproj
index 5180f375d109..3a414d24e68f 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.builds b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.builds
index a55a916998b8..17a7f1689029 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.builds
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.pkgproj b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.pkgproj
index 8b0e4e24e2bb..81c0377d3164 100644
--- a/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
       <!-- We use the PackageVersion property defined in Packaging.props for the Prerelease packages which are using it to be built -->
diff --git a/pkg/baseline/baseline.props b/pkg/baseline/baseline.props
index d5e93dbfd5ae..a496dfa4dc84 100644
--- a/pkg/baseline/baseline.props
+++ b/pkg/baseline/baseline.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline\Microsoft.Private.PackageBaseline.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/dir.traversal.targets b/pkg/dir.traversal.targets
index 0eb5a4fcb6ca..c3864734a02e 100644
--- a/pkg/dir.traversal.targets
+++ b/pkg/dir.traversal.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)dir.traversal.targets" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/frameworkPackage.targets b/pkg/frameworkPackage.targets
index 97771e270ec2..1c0abf101f06 100644
--- a/pkg/frameworkPackage.targets
+++ b/pkg/frameworkPackage.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" InitialTargets="_CheckForFiles;IncludeFiles;SetValidateFramework" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project InitialTargets="_CheckForFiles;IncludeFiles;SetValidateFramework">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsLineupPackage Condition="'$(PackageTargetRuntime)' == '' AND '$(IncludeLibFiles)' != 'true'">true</IsLineupPackage>
diff --git a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/Configurations.props b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/Configurations.props
index d3ac8a63c74a..19236e72c58f 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/Configurations.props
+++ b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp.rids.props b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp.rids.props
index db3a2c187a52..5aae9f146203 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp.rids.props
+++ b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp.rids.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <BuildRID Include="linux-arm">
       <Platform>arm</Platform>
diff --git a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.builds b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.builds
index a1f17ddca8f2..6b4709c62425 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.builds
+++ b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.pkgproj b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.pkgproj
index c3880689f215..58327c22b6f6 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports/runtime.native.System.IO.Ports.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SkipPackageFileCheck>true</SkipPackageFileCheck>
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/net/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/net/settings.targets
index a92c2e225cef..25b7f5936bc7 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/net/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/net/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Desktop has cycles and dangling refs -->
     <!-- ShouldVerifyClosure>true</ShouldVerifyClosure -->
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp/settings.targets
index 409d2364709e..ce47469c3e06 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="$(ToolsDir)netfxreference.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets
index a13a2c419f5f..ac52538bb26a 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">
     <IgnoredTypes Include="System.Collections.StructuralComparisons" />
     <IgnoredTypes Include="System.Threading.WaitHandleExtensions" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets
index 6a72b9252663..f1a20b8a5143 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">
     <IgnoredTypes Include="System.Collections.StructuralComparisons" />
     <IgnoredTypes Include="System.Threading.WaitHandleExtensions" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp2.0/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp2.0/settings.targets
index e36a61bdac9e..4cfa63c93a5f 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp2.0/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp2.0/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">
     <!-- NETCoreApp2.0 had experimental versions of Span and ReadOnlySpan 
          which we don't match the final API nor were they ship-quality -->
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets
index c201b38104d6..9a0c2d3fbd72 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Enable targeting netcoreapp3.0 even in an older CLI -->
     <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>3.0</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
diff --git a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netstandard/settings.targets b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netstandard/settings.targets
index 82663d56141e..af593ca8234c 100644
--- a/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netstandard/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/frameworkSettings/netstandard/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="$(ToolsDir)netfxreference.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets
index 03d8b5871707..46711d099365 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This package will generate validation issues since we usually try to consume same-day packages from corefx that will have a higher
          version than locally built packages. Validation will assume incorrectly that you are downgrading the reference which is why this error is flagged.
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets
index 03d8b5871707..46711d099365 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/netcoreapp3.0/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This package will generate validation issues since we usually try to consume same-day packages from corefx that will have a higher
          version than locally built packages. Validation will assume incorrectly that you are downgrading the reference which is why this error is flagged.
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets
index 3056cd46cdf7..ff1cfb8ab255 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.0/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This package intentionally drops all runtime-package mappings from runtime.json -->
     <ShouldVerifyClosure>false</ShouldVerifyClosure>
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets
index 3056cd46cdf7..ff1cfb8ab255 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp1.1/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This package intentionally drops all runtime-package mappings from runtime.json -->
     <ShouldVerifyClosure>false</ShouldVerifyClosure>
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets
index 03d8b5871707..46711d099365 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/Microsoft.NETCore.Targets/netcoreapp2.2/settings.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This package will generate validation issues since we usually try to consume same-day packages from corefx that will have a higher
          version than locally built packages. Validation will assume incorrectly that you are downgrading the reference which is why this error is flagged.
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Buffers/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Buffers/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Buffers/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Buffers/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/workaroundMissingSystemMemory.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/workaroundMissingSystemMemory.targets
index 4a9c853567cd..fdb725fd625f 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/workaroundMissingSystemMemory.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/workaroundMissingSystemMemory.targets
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
 <!-- This file is a work-around and should be removed by 6/2019 (by then a fixed version of System.Memory
      should be available so that System.Memory does not reference NetStandard1.X)
      See Eric St John for details. -->
 
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.StartsWith('netstandard1.')) OR $(TargetFramework.StartsWith('netcoreapp1.'))">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Packaging/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Packaging/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Packaging/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Packaging/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index b678d357ccf5..2a4b06900c28 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.IO.Ports/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="runtime.native.System.IO.Ports" Version="0.0.0" NoWarn="NU1605" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.Emit/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.TypeExtensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.TypeExtensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.TypeExtensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Reflection.TypeExtensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Cng/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Cng/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Cng/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Cng/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Principal.Windows/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Principal.Windows/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Principal.Windows/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Security.Principal.Windows/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
index 1ec61540e47a..183497464be9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageSettings/System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions/netcoreapp1.0/workaroundDowngrade.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/28551 -->
     <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
diff --git a/pkg/test/packageTest.targets b/pkg/test/packageTest.targets
index df40c5b022dc..d0f78b37cc08 100644
--- a/pkg/test/packageTest.targets
+++ b/pkg/test/packageTest.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_targetFrameworkVersionIndex>$(TargetFramework.IndexOfAny(".-0123456789"))</_targetFrameworkVersionIndex>
diff --git a/pkg/test/props/Directory.Build.props b/pkg/test/props/Directory.Build.props
index d77113e4a87f..436249c6a1c5 100644
--- a/pkg/test/props/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/pkg/test/props/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImportDirectoryBuildTargets>false</ImportDirectoryBuildTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/test/test.msbuild b/pkg/test/test.msbuild
index aa3cb05f3784..0c7921f69e63 100644
--- a/pkg/test/test.msbuild
+++ b/pkg/test/test.msbuild
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Restore;Test" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Restore;Test">
   <ItemGroup>
     <TestPackages Condition="'$(TestPackages)' != ''" Include="$(TestPackages)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/pkg/test/testPackages.proj b/pkg/test/testPackages.proj
index 067ddea48ce1..466c9005e835 100644
--- a/pkg/test/testPackages.proj
+++ b/pkg/test/testPackages.proj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/CodeAnalysis.ruleset b/src/CodeAnalysis.ruleset
index 8920fd2575a1..8384ea42d722 100644
--- a/src/CodeAnalysis.ruleset
+++ b/src/CodeAnalysis.ruleset
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<RuleSet Name="Rules for Security Issues" Description="Code analysis rules for Security Issues." ToolsVersion="14.0">
+<RuleSet Name="Rules for Security Issues" Description="Code analysis rules for Security Issues." ToolsVersion="14.0">
   <Rules AnalyzerId="Desktop.Analyzers" RuleNamespace="Desktop.Analyzers">
     <Rule Id="CA5350" Action="Error" /> <!-- Do not use Weak/Broken cryptographic algorithms -->
     <Rule Id="CA5351" Action="Error" />
diff --git a/src/Common/src/CoreLib/System.Private.CoreLib.Shared.projitems b/src/Common/src/CoreLib/System.Private.CoreLib.Shared.projitems
index e0bf112a7280..c33faf5d74c8 100644
--- a/src/Common/src/CoreLib/System.Private.CoreLib.Shared.projitems
+++ b/src/Common/src/CoreLib/System.Private.CoreLib.Shared.projitems
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MSBuildAllProjects>$(MSBuildAllProjects);$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</MSBuildAllProjects>
     <HasSharedItems>true</HasSharedItems>
diff --git a/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/AsnXml.targets b/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/AsnXml.targets
index d6774f2da363..83240d82aa85 100644
--- a/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/AsnXml.targets
+++ b/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/AsnXml.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AsnXml />
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xsd b/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xsd
index 17fd6e57e53d..df069ac188c7 100644
--- a/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xsd
+++ b/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xsd
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<xs:schema id="asn"
+<xs:schema id="asn"
     targetNamespace="http://schemas.dot.net/asnxml/201808/"
     elementFormDefault="qualified"
     xmlns="http://schemas.dot.net/asnxml/201808/"
diff --git a/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xslt b/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xslt
index 64ebf7ab99ed..0ad62b9dbd2f 100644
--- a/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xslt
+++ b/src/Common/src/System/Security/Cryptography/Asn1/asn.xslt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
   xmlns:asn="http://schemas.dot.net/asnxml/201808/"
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/Configurations.props
index 17d3231f8e68..1c0ceb0002ac 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp-Unix;
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/Performance/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/Performance/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/Performance/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/Performance/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/Performance/PerfRunner/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/Performance/PerfRunner/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/Performance/PerfRunner/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/Performance/PerfRunner/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/Common/tests/Resources/Strings.resx
index 12dadae384c4..398f58f4077e 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/Common/tests/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <!-- 
     Microsoft ResX Schema 
     
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Diagnostics/RemoteExecutorConsoleApp/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/System/Diagnostics/RemoteExecutorConsoleApp/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Diagnostics/RemoteExecutorConsoleApp/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Diagnostics/RemoteExecutorConsoleApp/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService.ccproj b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService.ccproj
index 43eab917c66a..240c4d9789ce 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService.ccproj
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService.ccproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg
index b86cecddd283..410b90b4dcc4 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <ServiceConfiguration serviceName="CoreFxNetCloudService" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration" osFamily="4" osVersion="*" schemaVersion="2015-04.2.6">
   <Role name="WebServer">
     <Certificates>
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Local.cscfg b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Local.cscfg
index 7b9e8a7aeb42..473d8b0ce2c9 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Local.cscfg
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceConfiguration.Local.cscfg
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <ServiceConfiguration serviceName="CoreFxNetCloudService" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration" osFamily="4" osVersion="*" schemaVersion="2015-04.2.6">
   <Role name="WebServer">
     <Certificates>
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceDefinition.csdef b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceDefinition.csdef
index ca934aa34d14..66e00f2fd780 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceDefinition.csdef
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ServiceDefinition.csdef
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<ServiceDefinition name="CoreFxNetCloudService" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition" schemaVersion="2015-04.2.6">
+<ServiceDefinition name="CoreFxNetCloudService" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition" schemaVersion="2015-04.2.6">
   <WebRole name="WebServer" vmsize="Medium">
     <Certificates>
       <Certificate name="CoreFxNetCertificate" storeLocation="LocalMachine" storeName="My" />
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx
index 4ff2f0a5be94..8ca93efc6ebd 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<DiagnosticsConfiguration  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2010/10/DiagnosticsConfiguration">
+<DiagnosticsConfiguration  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2010/10/DiagnosticsConfiguration">
   <PublicConfig>
     <WadCfg>
       <DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration overallQuotaInMB="4096">
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ecf/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ecf/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx
index b85e92a5fbae..df40d84e9c3b 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ecf/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/CoreFxNetCloudService/ecf/WebServerContent/diagnostics.wadcfgx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<DiagnosticsConfiguration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2010/10/DiagnosticsConfiguration">
+<DiagnosticsConfiguration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2010/10/DiagnosticsConfiguration">
   <PublicConfig xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2010/10/DiagnosticsConfiguration">
     <WadCfg>
       <DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration overallQuotaInMB="4096">
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Configurations.props
index 7a6622ea8691..3ae4f4ddb4b6 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       <!-- Setting BuildConfiguration to empty in order to skip the build of this project -->
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Debug.config b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Debug.config
index 2e302f9f9548..392bd6ae1652 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Debug.config
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Debug.config
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
 <!-- For more information on using web.config transformation visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125889 -->
 
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Release.config b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Release.config
index c35844462ba8..eac2ffb30d72 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Release.config
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/Web.Release.config
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
 <!-- For more information on using web.config transformation visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125889 -->
 
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/WebServer.csproj b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/WebServer.csproj
index 8d4654d7d862..78aa99045a6f 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/WebServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/WebServer.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.0\build\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.0\build\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.0.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.0.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/packages.config b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/packages.config
index 8bc1d558d2b4..d0a39047efb5 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/packages.config
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Net/Prerequisites/Servers/CoreFxNetCloudService/WebServer/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
+<packages>
   <package id="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform" version="1.0.0" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Data.Edm" version="5.8.4" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Data.OData" version="5.8.4" targetFramework="net452" />
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/BaseLibManaged/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/BaseLibManaged/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/BaseLibManaged/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/BaseLibManaged/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/ModuleCore/Configurations.props b/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/ModuleCore/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/ModuleCore/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/ModuleCore/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/XPath/TestData/Single_byte_problem_chars_b.xml b/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/XPath/TestData/Single_byte_problem_chars_b.xml
index 2ac831e004a4..15132370c3a8 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/XPath/TestData/Single_byte_problem_chars_b.xml
+++ b/src/Common/tests/System/Xml/XPath/TestData/Single_byte_problem_chars_b.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
 8-bit Problem Characters
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+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 99fcf24d207f..96464aac30db 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <!-- 
     Microsoft ResX Schema 
     
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/tests/Configurations.props b/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/tests/Configurations.props
index 03909885449b..d2b1d4d5d861 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/Directory.Build.props b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/Directory.Build.props
index 22fe3759f521..041f284a79f8 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageVersion>2.1.0</PackageVersion>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/GenerateNupkgProps.targets b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/GenerateNupkgProps.targets
index ce4649910de2..f05f8de21128 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/GenerateNupkgProps.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/GenerateNupkgProps.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
       <BuildDependsOn>
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@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
   <Target Name="GenerateNupkgProps" DependsOnTargets="CalculatePackageVersion">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <PropsFileContents>
-&lt;Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"&gt;
+&lt;Project&gt;
   &lt;ItemGroup&gt;
     &lt;DotNetCliToolReference Include="$(Id)" Version="$(PackageVersion)" /&gt;
   &lt;/ItemGroup&gt;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator.pkgproj b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator.pkgproj
index b10b6e00b7a7..4ea022d5a0f1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator.pkgproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/pkg/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\src\Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/Configurations.props b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/GenerateThisAssemblyCs.targets b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/GenerateThisAssemblyCs.targets
index d994d6c71c12..6bf1617711b2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/GenerateThisAssemblyCs.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/src/GenerateThisAssemblyCs.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)\ThisAssembly.cs"/>
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/tests/Configurations.props b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/tests/Configurations.props
index 79f33d01ba89..24c315971e49 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.XmlSerializer.Generator/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netfx;
diff --git a/src/Native/build-native.proj b/src/Native/build-native.proj
index 0fff3494ab1d..0edf486adf52 100644
--- a/src/Native/build-native.proj
+++ b/src/Native/build-native.proj
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props))" />
 
diff --git a/src/Native/native-binplace.proj b/src/Native/native-binplace.proj
index b0b5e52aba19..93b1c676b5e5 100644
--- a/src/Native/native-binplace.proj
+++ b/src/Native/native-binplace.proj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.props b/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.props
index 3e623ece91d3..5e626177d1b2 100644
--- a/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.targets
index 2c22401f3810..61c4a1f65bf8 100644
--- a/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/Native/pkg/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
 
   <!-- Add path globs specific to native binaries to exclude unnecessary files from packages. -->
   <Choose>
diff --git a/src/Native/pkg/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni.pkgproj b/src/Native/pkg/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni.pkgproj
index a1ef7a072b40..19cda6742339 100644
--- a/src/Native/pkg/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni.pkgproj
+++ b/src/Native/pkg/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SkipPackageFileCheck>true</SkipPackageFileCheck>
diff --git a/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/RestoreSDKProject/NuGet.config b/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/RestoreSDKProject/NuGet.config
index 320ef145256b..9de882614dff 100644
--- a/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/RestoreSDKProject/NuGet.config
+++ b/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/RestoreSDKProject/NuGet.config
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configuration>
   <config>
     <add key="globalPackagesFolder" value="../../../packages" />
diff --git a/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/SharedFrameworkValidation.proj b/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/SharedFrameworkValidation.proj
index 7a506426a23f..d06ff26f656c 100644
--- a/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/SharedFrameworkValidation.proj
+++ b/src/SharedFrameworkValidation/SharedFrameworkValidation.proj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/System.AppContext/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.AppContext/Directory.Build.props
index 047458dfc570..988124d2d8e2 100644
--- a/src/System.AppContext/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.AppContext/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.2.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.AppContext/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.AppContext/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..acf56fa2750e 100644
--- a/src/System.AppContext/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.AppContext/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
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     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.AppContext/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.AppContext/src/Configurations.props
index afd7b401c08b..5d1182962c9e 100644
--- a/src/System.AppContext/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.AppContext/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.AppContext/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.AppContext/tests/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/src/System.AppContext/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.AppContext/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Buffers/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Buffers/Directory.Build.props
index c5a1d5d47bbc..009e8c675eef 100644
--- a/src/System.Buffers/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Buffers/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
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     <AssemblyVersion>4.0.4.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Buffers/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Buffers/ref/Configurations.props
index 30b6227d79b0..fabb861dc645 100644
--- a/src/System.Buffers/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Buffers/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
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diff --git a/src/System.Buffers/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Buffers/src/Configurations.props
index afd7b401c08b..5d1182962c9e 100644
--- a/src/System.Buffers/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Buffers/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
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diff --git a/src/System.Buffers/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.Buffers/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 83a1b5f6801d..452da4c65896 100644
--- a/src/System.Buffers/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Buffers/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<root>
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diff --git a/src/System.Buffers/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Buffers/tests/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/src/System.Buffers/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Buffers/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
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       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.CodeDom/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.CodeDom/Directory.Build.props
index 6a43eb658bfc..c63e87ea233c 100644
--- a/src/System.CodeDom/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.CodeDom/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
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diff --git a/src/System.CodeDom/pkg/System.CodeDom.pkgproj b/src/System.CodeDom/pkg/System.CodeDom.pkgproj
index 2f99fd4fcb15..69615ec0f3e9 100644
--- a/src/System.CodeDom/pkg/System.CodeDom.pkgproj
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.CodeDom.csproj">
diff --git a/src/System.CodeDom/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.CodeDom/ref/Configurations.props
index 48c33849d7c4..35d1514b2b73 100644
--- a/src/System.CodeDom/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.CodeDom/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.CodeDom/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.CodeDom/src/Configurations.props
index 48c33849d7c4..35d1514b2b73 100644
--- a/src/System.CodeDom/src/Configurations.props
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.CodeDom/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.CodeDom/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 4458b9cd7bd1..fdf82e7bcd44 100644
--- a/src/System.CodeDom/src/Resources/Strings.resx
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/src/System.CodeDom/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.CodeDom/tests/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..ff0d415e4593 100644
--- a/src/System.CodeDom/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.CodeDom/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/Directory.Build.props
index de4517a5a8fb..d50127f8cc55 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/Directory.Build.props
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..acf56fa2750e 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/ref/Configurations.props
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Configurations.props
index a5054eeed391..4002bb571203 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Configurations.props
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index e32a9a254ce7..3656beacd5d8 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<root>
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Configurations.props
index 77a4b65bc94a..2bc19ff4170e 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Performance/Configurations.props b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Performance/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Performance/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Collections.Concurrent/tests/Performance/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
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       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Collections.Immutable/Directory.Build.props
index 3cd18cc250ce..7e38210d72ee 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/Directory.Build.props
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-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/pkg/System.Collections.Immutable.pkgproj b/src/System.Collections.Immutable/pkg/System.Collections.Immutable.pkgproj
index 54a2b54778f3..6a57dbc57883 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/pkg/System.Collections.Immutable.pkgproj
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Collections.Immutable/ref/Configurations.props
index 048bc45cf40d..3e0bc47bafe1 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/ref/Configurations.props
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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diff --git a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Collections.Immutable/src/Configurations.props
index 048bc45cf40d..3e0bc47bafe1 100644
--- a/src/System.Collections.Immutable/src/Configurations.props
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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 <out xmlns:id="id" xmlns:cap="capitalizer">
 	<id>first</id>
 	<ID>FIRST</ID>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/Bug78587b.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/Bug78587b.txt
index fd9a55e2d8c5..06147a415a97 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/Bug78587b.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/Bug78587b.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out xmlns:id="id" xmlns:cap="capitalizer">
 	<id>second</id>
 	<ID>SECOND</ID>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Arguments.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Arguments.txt
index fd0b40d00190..beedc19aaf31 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Arguments.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Arguments.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <result xmlns:myObj="urn:my-object">
 	<string>Received a string with value: Hello</string>
 	<double>Received a double with value 3.14</double>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_KeepingState.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_KeepingState.txt
index 972abf919f63..a8443ff050c6 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_KeepingState.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_KeepingState.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <result xmlns:myObj="urn:my-object">
 	<A>27</A>
 	<B>23</B>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Recursion.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Recursion.txt
index 84bfe6b96ba0..41a12f6883f7 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Recursion.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/MyObject_Recursion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <result xmlns:myObj="urn:my-object">Recursive Function Returning the factorial of five:120</result>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/apply-templates.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/apply-templates.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/apply-templates.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/apply-templates.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/copy-of.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/copy-of.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/copy-of.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/copy-of.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/for-each.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/for-each.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/for-each.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/for-each.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectDef.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectDef.txt
index 1d34297e32f2..dbbfbf819b30 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectDef.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectDef.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <result xmlns:myObj="urn:my-object">
 <func1>1.Test1</func1>
 
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectLongNS.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectLongNS.txt
index 6337c77fb48b..dbd01f3bcf82 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectLongNS.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/myObjectLongNS.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <result xmlns:myObj="http://www.microsoft.com/this/is/a/very/long/namespace/uri/to/do/the/api/testing/for/xslt/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/0123456789/">
 <func1>1.Test1</func1>
 
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param2.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param2.txt
index 9bc79f99f619..d61e7bae1565 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param2.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param2.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>1</out>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param3.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param3.txt
index cbd799b2f166..476c5844995a 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param3.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param3.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>2</out>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param4.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param4.txt
index cbd799b2f166..476c5844995a 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param4.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/param4.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>2</out>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/sort.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/sort.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/sort.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/sort.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/value-of.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/value-of.txt
index ee683d1b59a8..4310849a8f22 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/value-of.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/value-of.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <title>XML Primer</title>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable2.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable2.txt
index 9bc79f99f619..d61e7bae1565 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable2.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable2.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>1</out>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable3.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable3.txt
index cbd799b2f166..476c5844995a 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable3.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable3.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>2</out>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable4.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable4.txt
index cbd799b2f166..476c5844995a 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable4.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/variable4.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>2</out>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/with-param.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/with-param.txt
index 1f0131e79c61..d20a30281dff 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/with-param.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/baseline/with-param.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <out>
   <title>XML Primer</title>
   <title>XSLT Basics</title>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/bug482971.xsl b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/bug482971.xsl
index a75a597ca4b5..c92030e728ba 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/bug482971.xsl
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltApiV2/bug482971.xsl
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="Shift_JIS" indent="yes" />
 
   <xsl:template match="/">
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source.xml
index c64873f9d2a5..22c8e551d213 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <date>2001-07-04T12:08:56+02:00</date>
   <date2>2001-09-12T07:59:02+02:00</date2>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source1.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source1.xml
index ba509bafa930..7f458786630f 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source1.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/datetime-source1.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <timespan>P1M</timespan>
   <timespan>P3M</timespan>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/math-source1.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/math-source1.xml
index c1e4e83adc83..1df608dcd189 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/math-source1.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/math-source1.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <values>
     <value>7</value>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source.xml
index b4a37fa19a11..1fc24c56256b 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <email>
     <valid>johndoe@microsoft.com</valid>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source1.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source1.xml
index 54d6f7121241..f83fcfb04643 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source1.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/regex-source1.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <input>The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.</input>
 </data>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source.xml
index 96eeaece5721..c3c7061f1f97 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <set>
     <foo bar="baz">1</foo>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source1.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source1.xml
index 69aba23177e9..1c2b18049bcb 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source1.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/sets-source1.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <data>
   <doc>
     <city name="Paris" country="France"/>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source.xml
index e7a51ee59c8b..28fcc8d71044 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<data>
+<data>
     <email>john@doe.com</email>
     <name>Danny</name>
     <uri>http://www.example.com/my résumé.html</uri>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source1.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source1.xml
index 0f845512fab5..2ef16b94be73 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source1.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/EXslt/string-source1.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<data>
+<data>
   <input>The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over a Lazy Dog.</input>
   <input-ru>Если ты можешь это прочитать, ты наверное немного знаешь русский язык.</input-ru>
 </data>
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/Schematron/TestSchema.xml b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/Schematron/TestSchema.xml
index 925e436199c4..3b15549767d7 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/Schematron/TestSchema.xml
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/XsltScenarios/Schematron/TestSchema.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <sch:schema xmlns:sch="http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron">
     <sch:ns uri="http://www.topologi.com/example" prefix="ex"/>
     <sch:pattern name="Check structure">
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/xsltc/baseline/cnt10.txt b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/xsltc/baseline/cnt10.txt
index cdd5f01c1f97..57d923614b13 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/xsltc/baseline/cnt10.txt
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/TestFiles/TestData/xsltc/baseline/cnt10.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 	DIFFERENT	    
         Hello, world!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslCompiledTransformApi/Configurations.props b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslCompiledTransformApi/Configurations.props
index b40e1de4220a..d8630445849f 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslCompiledTransformApi/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslCompiledTransformApi/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netfx;
diff --git a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslTransformApi/Configurations.props b/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslTransformApi/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.Xml/tests/Xslt/XslTransformApi/Configurations.props
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index c70175586371..f97cd5ea7a97 100644
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index 4783ed048c68..078b0d67e059 100644
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+++ b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index b0b1ef962dd0..f575153ca4f6 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <!-- 
     Microsoft ResX Schema 
     
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/tests/Configurations.props
index ea9ea79f787f..37db7ab791da 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.Xml/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Permissions/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Security.Permissions/Directory.Build.props
index 6a43eb658bfc..c63e87ea233c 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Permissions/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Permissions/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.0.2.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Permissions/pkg/System.Security.Permissions.pkgproj b/src/System.Security.Permissions/pkg/System.Security.Permissions.pkgproj
index bb1ff256acb4..6b60cfcb80cb 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Permissions/pkg/System.Security.Permissions.pkgproj
+++ b/src/System.Security.Permissions/pkg/System.Security.Permissions.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.Security.Permissions.csproj">
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Permissions/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Permissions/ref/Configurations.props
index f7ef64451430..19357e41e84e 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Permissions/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Permissions/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Configurations.props
index 5983dcac0cd5..a16dd35e40fd 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 28da01bfd358..5ce98baf59b4 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Security.Permissions/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
     <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
     <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Permissions/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Permissions/tests/Configurations.props
index d9777d8275bc..9521391d6cbc 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Permissions/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Permissions/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/Directory.Build.props
index 20a3fce93ad8..b4a77348bc81 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.2.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/pkg/System.Security.Principal.Windows.pkgproj b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/pkg/System.Security.Principal.Windows.pkgproj
index 8ab1ae1cd2ca..f64a56989454 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/pkg/System.Security.Principal.Windows.pkgproj
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/pkg/System.Security.Principal.Windows.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.Security.Principal.Windows.csproj">
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/ref/Configurations.props
index 4ff7d98c80aa..b9d0b2a59eca 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Configurations.props
index d022d94deb57..92a271073786 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 110a230dbd78..adbd9d11a0a5 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
     <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
     <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/tests/Configurations.props
index 249c8c18b46b..611acec17f5f 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal.Windows/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Security.Principal/Directory.Build.props
index 166d0a25e062..0025ce6cf713 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Principal/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..f97cd5ea7a97 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Principal/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.Principal/src/Configurations.props
index 4c3df1a7d7d6..5a5ec98e4341 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Principal/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.Principal/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uapaot-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.SecureString/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Security.SecureString/Directory.Build.props
index 166d0a25e062..0025ce6cf713 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.SecureString/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.SecureString/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Security.SecureString/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.SecureString/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..f97cd5ea7a97 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.SecureString/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.SecureString/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.SecureString/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.SecureString/src/Configurations.props
index a8910ef718c7..cdeb74f110c2 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.SecureString/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.SecureString/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.Security.SecureString/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Security.SecureString/tests/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.SecureString/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Security.SecureString/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/Directory.Build.props
index 6c5c34bc9f44..75494287ea74 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.0.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/pkg/System.ServiceModel.Syndication.pkgproj b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/pkg/System.ServiceModel.Syndication.pkgproj
index 9ae5280b4e06..0c2963b3a40f 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/pkg/System.ServiceModel.Syndication.pkgproj
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/pkg/System.ServiceModel.Syndication.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.ServiceModel.Syndication.csproj">
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/ref/Configurations.props
index 787148ea6f89..2ddc576dadc6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       net461;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Configurations.props
index cbab41e88e7b..9c43f42313bc 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 1c4152ee2cbd..883b7337de89 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <root>
   <!-- 
     Microsoft ResX Schema 
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/Configurations.props
index 8b803e0772f2..f5d3d45ffbf4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomDisjointItems.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomDisjointItems.xml
index 00c432b7306b..3d853325e6f1 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomDisjointItems.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomDisjointItems.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <title type="text">dive into mark</title>
   <subtitle type="html">
     A &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of effort
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomEntryTest.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomEntryTest.xml
index 281c039ad8a0..9d38be48fdf7 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomEntryTest.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomEntryTest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <id>uuid:43481a10-d881-40d1-adf2-99b438c57e21;id=1</id>
   <title type="text">SyndicationFeed released for .net Core</title>
   <updated>2017-10-11T11:25:55Z</updated>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/absolute_rel.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/absolute_rel.xml
index 6e4fb5c2d211..3f2fc2aed2f9 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/absolute_rel.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/absolute_rel.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a "rel" which is an absolute IRI produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/alternate-no-content.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/alternate-no-content.xml
index ebe57bcb98da..709d6ccf5de7 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/alternate-no-content.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/alternate-no-content.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with an atom:link element with a rel attribute value of alternate but no atom:content element
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-entry-only.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-entry-only.xml
index 11a7493a6848..eaeb3faa5fc2 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-entry-only.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-entry-only.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with one entry, which contains an atom:author element only at the entry level
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-and-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-and-entry.xml
index cfc67ea2bf63..bec47f2696aa 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-and-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-and-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with one entry, both of which contains an atom:author element
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-only.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-only.xml
index 3382644539c9..605932dbaae8 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-only.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/author-at-feed-only.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with one entry, which contains an atom:author element only at the feed level
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-no-entries.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-no-entries.xml
index cb9a0b1a5f24..518dc9ad1a40 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-no-entries.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-no-entries.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:entry elements with the same atom:id and same atom:updated values produces a warning.
 Expect:       !MissingElement{parent:feed,element:author}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-one-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-one-entry.xml
index 507b09f237e8..983b293e4344 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-one-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/authorless-with-one-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with one entry, neither of which contains an atom:author element
 Expect:       MissingElement{element:author,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-entry-ext.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-entry-ext.xml
index de4adb8bcd65..6c9ba21e1d4b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-entry-ext.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-entry-ext.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{parent:entry,element:scheme}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed-ext.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed-ext.xml
index ef6dc7066028..cfe964d7107a 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed-ext.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed-ext.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{parent:entry,element:scheme}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed.xml
index 3a254fde2445..4e12beb8f3b7 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-feed.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{parent:entry,element:scheme}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-label-escaped-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-label-escaped-html.xml
index 630af3a29ec0..da8e0b1b0800 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-label-escaped-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-label-escaped-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  category with a label that appears to contain escaped HTML produces a warning
 Expect:       ContainsHTML{element:category}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-label.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-label.xml
index a7095101601a..297c7ae028f2 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-label.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-label.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  category without a label produces no error
 Expect:       !MissingAttribute{attr:label,element:category}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-scheme.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-scheme.xml
index fa83f8591930..ae9a7ee0003f 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-scheme.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-no-scheme.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  category without a scheme produces no error
 Expect:       !MissingAttribute{attr:scheme,element:category}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-invalid-iri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-invalid-iri.xml
index 7984809eee62..151207f948c2 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-invalid-iri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-invalid-iri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  category with a scheme attribute that is not a valid IRI produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{element:scheme,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-rel-iri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-rel-iri.xml
index bd4c8af1f82f..6a88582973d6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-rel-iri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/category-scheme-rel-iri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  category with a scheme attribute that is not a valid IRI produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidFullLink{element:scheme,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/contains-email.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/contains-email.xml
index e8baf55b0a2d..c53723952338 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/contains-email.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/contains-email.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  name containing an email address produces a warning
 Expect:       ContainsEmail{element:name,parent:author}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-application-xthml.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-application-xthml.xml
index 6c05e5383c5f..39e9a4c3e9cf 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-application-xthml.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-application-xthml.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  usage of application/xhtml+xml to describe an xhtml fragment
 Expect:       HtmlFragment{element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-base64-no-summary.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-base64-no-summary.xml
index d1668e34cd4d..3e05e2947ab5 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-base64-no-summary.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-base64-no-summary.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry contains content that is encoded in Base64 but without a summary
 Expect:       MissingSummary{element:entry,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-invalid-base64.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-invalid-base64.xml
index 1c8251455ba0..bce99f372140 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-invalid-base64.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-invalid-base64.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a type of jpeg and a value that is not valid base64 produces an error
 Expect:       NotBase64{element:content,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-valid-base64.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-valid-base64.xml
index b2be061515b2..ac5e5710b5fe 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-valid-base64.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-jpeg-valid-base64.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a type of jpeg and a value that is valid base64 produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-alternate.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-alternate.xml
index 22b306dd3112..fa78cbcaf87f 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-alternate.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-alternate.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with an atom:content element but no atom:link element with a rel attribute value of alternate
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-type-escaped-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-type-escaped-html.xml
index 6aaa6c148877..29a0e5be4948 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-type-escaped-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-no-type-escaped-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with no type attribute and a value containing escaped html produces a warning
 Expect:       ContainsUndeclaredHTML{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-plain-with-children.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-plain-with-children.xml
index aad16e308188..ef241792f233 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-plain-with-children.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-plain-with-children.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a type of plain and children elements produces an error
 Expect:       UndefinedElement{parent:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-summary.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-summary.xml
index d2779b16a08a..74febce71fcf 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-summary.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-summary.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with an atom:content that has a src attribute but with no summary
 Expect:       MissingSummary{element:entry,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type-no-error.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type-no-error.xml
index fdf8dda37e80..004d2cb01da3 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type-no-error.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type-no-error.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute and no type attribute produces a warning
 Expect:       !InvalidMIMEType
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type.xml
index c4613d7a22a3..01198304b714 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-no-type.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute and no type attribute produces a warning
 Expect:       MissingTypeAttr{element:content,attr:type,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-relative-ref.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-relative-ref.xml
index e083833efe16..bbccd6bf609b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-relative-ref.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-relative-ref.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute that is a relative IRI reference produce no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-html.xml
index 5f8e9fa39d4f..b39dc56161e4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute and a type attribute of html produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidValue{element:content,attr:type,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text-html.xml
index 8f7db7ae6be7..5c599b1177c1 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute and a type attribute of text/html produces no error
 Expect:       !HtmlFragment{element:content,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text.xml
index 6cf3bedaac4f..91743d0314a9 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-text.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute and a type attribute of text produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidValue{element:content,attr:type,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-xhtml.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-xhtml.xml
index 525e3c9959f2..2a12b45a1c32 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-xhtml.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src-type-xhtml.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a src attribute and a type attribute of xhtml produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidValue{element:content,attr:type,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src.xml
index d828eedc62e7..2b14c70a8499 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-src.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Remote content should produce no NotBlank warning
 Expect:       !NotBlank
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-text-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-text-html.xml
index 8a61043bf695..4c8158e22eda 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-text-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-text-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  usage of text/html to describe an html fragment
 Expect:       HtmlFragment{element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-escaped.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-escaped.xml
index a4c659b377c7..3d67c6b4f733 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-escaped.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-escaped.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  xhtml content value containing only escaped html produces a warning
 Expect:       NotInline{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-mixed.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-mixed.xml
index edfa7083273e..5807d0d75586 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-mixed.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-mixed.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  xhtml content with elements and escaped text
 Expect:       !NotInline{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-no-xhtml-div.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-no-xhtml-div.xml
index 34839e8361f7..5f1b562d06cb 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-no-xhtml-div.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-no-xhtml-div.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a type of xhtml and an immediate child elements other than xhtml:div produces an error
 Expect:       MissingXhtmlDiv{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-notmarkup.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-notmarkup.xml
index 3d2d399756c8..9946527dedad 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-notmarkup.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-notmarkup.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  xhtml content value containing only escaped non-html produces no warning
 Expect:       !NotInline{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-text-children.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-text-children.xml
index de1f4f4bfe25..e02611a76057 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-text-children.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/content-xhtml-text-children.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:   content with a "type" of "xhtml" and child text nodes produces an error
 Expect:       MissingXhtmlDiv{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/duplicate-entries.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/duplicate-entries.xml
index 46bb9dbe96bc..afa7541eade4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/duplicate-entries.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/duplicate-entries.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:entry elements with the same atom:id value produces a warning.
 Expect:       DuplicateEntries
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-rss20-style.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-rss20-style.xml
index 5dfaacf1d475..02f4e0bdb6b5 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-rss20-style.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-rss20-style.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  RSS 2.0 style email addresses
 Expect:       InvalidAddrSpec{element:email,parent:contributor}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-name.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-name.xml
index 9ae68293e3d8..9d337f62beff 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-name.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-name.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  RFC 2822 "name-addr" style email address
 Expect:       InvalidAddrSpec{element:email,parent:contributor}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-plus.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-plus.xml
index 2e2fa2be7f86..95c408a29efc 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-plus.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/email-with-plus.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  email with a plus sign
 Expect:       ValidContact{element:email,parent:contributor}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-content.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-content.xml
index c5dcf3187d9a..6bf963567a90 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-content.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-content.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  an entry with an empty atom:content element produces a warning
 Expect:       NotBlank{parent:entry,element:content}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-title.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-title.xml
index a4a4b42f0741..cde20117877a 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-title.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/empty-title.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  an entry with an empty atom:title produces a warning
 Expect:       NotBlank{parent:entry,element:title}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/escaped_text.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/escaped_text.xml
index 6eba437d28cf..b64c1989004b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/escaped_text.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/escaped_text.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  escaped html marked at text
 Expect:       ContainsUndeclaredHTML{element:summary}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_html_title.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_html_title.xml
index 07e3ce3a1957..9b7c62a47194 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_html_title.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_html_title.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Example atom:title with html content
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_text_title.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_text_title.xml
index e36ee87a77af..64cefba51ce9 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_text_title.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_text_title.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Example atom:title with text content
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary1.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary1.xml
index 96843a9a386f..dfe31a8ffeaf 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary1.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary1.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Example atom:summary with xhtml content
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary2.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary2.xml
index aed3b201f382..a49300ecfa4b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary2.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary2.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Example atom:summary with xhtml content
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary3.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary3.xml
index 7a818f90f014..642f32345406 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary3.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/example_xhtml_summary3.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Example atom:summary with xhtml content
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extension-unknown-noerror.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extension-unknown-noerror.xml
index 2a594bd0730a..b43d0f331db8 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extension-unknown-noerror.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extension-unknown-noerror.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Unknown extension elements in feed and entry should not affect validity
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-noerror.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-noerror.xml
index f9f90d983c70..98950d3eb9da 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-noerror.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-noerror.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
   Description:  No errors should be produced by the extensive feed
   Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-nowarn.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-nowarn.xml
index 012703232f3b..3f245642211d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-nowarn.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/extensive-nowarn.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
   Description:  No errors should be produced by the extensive feed
   Expect:       !Warning
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-escaped-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-escaped-html.xml
index 1aff7e9d1219..deaf94ec08db 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-escaped-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-escaped-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  generator with text that appears to contain escaped HTML produces a warning
 Expect:       ContainsHTML{element:generator,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-no-text.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-no-text.xml
index 3c7a8186db35..ece3f7f04b13 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-no-text.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator-no-text.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  generator without text produces a warning
 Expect:       NotBlank{element:generator,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator_relative_ref.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator_relative_ref.xml
index 7fb3bdaa50e0..6c7d033b256e 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator_relative_ref.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/generator_relative_ref.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  icon that is a relative IRI reference produce no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_invalid_uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_invalid_uri.xml
index 5d2b50fdd4e2..7be647210d15 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_invalid_uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_invalid_uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  icon with content that is not a valid IRI reference produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidLink{element:icon,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_relative_ref.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_relative_ref.xml
index 505e886b6488..b643654e4887 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_relative_ref.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/icon_relative_ref.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  icon that is a relative IRI reference produce no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-dot-segments.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-dot-segments.xml
index 9110900c264c..c03ced626ffa 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-dot-segments.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-dot-segments.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with dot-segments in path produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-fragment-id.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-fragment-id.xml
index d50b6ce020bb..eb799266fa5d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-fragment-id.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-fragment-id.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with an empty fragment identifier produces no warning
 Expect:       !NonCanonicalURI
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-path.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-path.xml
index 495591fb4abb..59add411c0a7 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-path.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-path.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with an empty path for schemes like http produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-query.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-query.xml
index 0aaaa042ba76..718906668350 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-query.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-empty-query.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with an empty query produces no warning
 Expect:       !NonCanonicalURI
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-authority.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-authority.xml
index 71832dbbc222..1425220ae864 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-authority.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-authority.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with an explicit authority equivalent to the default produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-default-port.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-default-port.xml
index 9ecf986f2fc1..91a1f2933eae 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-default-port.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-explicit-default-port.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id whith an explicitly specified default port produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-host-uppercase.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-host-uppercase.xml
index 883326cd3ca4..d7d4edd6915c 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-host-uppercase.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-host-uppercase.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with a host in uppercase characters produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-noniana.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-noniana.xml
index 041c9038276e..3a510bd0e091 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-noniana.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-noniana.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id which uses a non-IANA registered scheme produces a warning
 Expect:       SchemeNotIANARegistered{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-not-uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-not-uri.xml
index 590dcec456d6..761f0d620f5a 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-not-uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-not-uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id which is not an IRI produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidLink{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded-lower.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded-lower.xml
index 4069fc301ece..aa9bffef0ae6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded-lower.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded-lower.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with percent-encoding using lowercase characters produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded.xml
index fcbcd8094a27..26137c9c72ec 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-percent-encoded.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with percent-encoding unnecessarily produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-relative-uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-relative-uri.xml
index 1f293dcb6fca..9236ac6c974d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-relative-uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-relative-uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id which is a relative IRI produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidFullLink{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-uppercase-scheme.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-uppercase-scheme.xml
index 5e80c8d50004..03e5ff0aae76 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-uppercase-scheme.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-uppercase-scheme.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  id with a scheme in uppercase characters produces a warning
 Expect:       NonCanonicalURI{element:id,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-valid-tag-uris.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-valid-tag-uris.xml
index 994708349dc6..6fe8144ddce1 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-valid-tag-uris.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/id-valid-tag-uris.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Valid Tag URIs, according to RFC 4151, should not produce errors
 Expect:       !InvalidTAG
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-attr-order.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-attr-order.xml
index 48b7120a1538..04c3e8a3220a 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-attr-order.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-attr-order.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  The order of attributes within a start-tag is not significant.
 Expect:       DuplicateAtomLink{parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-char-ref.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-char-ref.xml
index 78ad80cf00b9..5f1e8ff333a9 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-char-ref.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-char-ref.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whether characters are represented by character references or not is not significant.
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-element-whitespace.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-element-whitespace.xml
index 9a05e46ccffe..2721c372cbca 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-element-whitespace.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-element-whitespace.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  White space within start-tags (other than significant white space in attribute values) and end-tags is not significant.
 Expect:       DuplicateAtomLink{parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty1.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty1.xml
index f552c6a1c5ee..7754ea534bb6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty1.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty1.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Empty title element
 Expect:       NotBlank{element:title,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty2.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty2.xml
index a5687bf32620..1e7f3028b9f6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty2.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-empty2.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Empty title element
 Expect:       NotBlank{element:title,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-quote-single.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-quote-single.xml
index 8b9044ace5e0..301915056ad5 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-quote-single.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/infoset-quote-single.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  The kind of quotation marks (single or double) used to quote attribute values is not significant.
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-email.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-email.xml
index 3c658560dd3a..6b9b0fa6a884 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-email.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-email.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  contributor with an atom:email that is not valid
 Expect:       InvalidAddrSpec{element:email,parent:contributor}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-uri.xml
index 4d0fcc699bf9..fe1b6d1d81b4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  contributor with an atom:uri that is not a valid IRI reference
 Expect:       InvalidLink{element:uri,parent:contributor}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-base.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-base.xml
index e89d653c3223..7431f756a644 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-base.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-base.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  xml base with an invalid iri
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{element:xml:base}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-lang.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-lang.xml
index 70c065b5d1c4..82e8338410bc 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-lang.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/invalid-xml-lang.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  invalid xml:lang an error
 Expect:       InvalidLanguage{element:xml:lang}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/license-noerror.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/license-noerror.xml
index 9a0a1968dc2b..30ea5eb0231b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/license-noerror.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/license-noerror.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  creativeCommons:license element
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-extensions.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-extensions.xml
index 2e87e38ad710..a025258f8cf6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-extensions.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-extensions.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Foreign markup as a child of an atom:link element
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-full-uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-full-uri.xml
index 16c4b6db4eff..ba43009b33d6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-full-uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-full-uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with an atom:link with a rel attribute value specifying an unrecognized fully qualified IRI
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-href-relative.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-href-relative.xml
index 1405bbbe3ed6..c2e7c6eeb229 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-href-relative.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-href-relative.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a href link-href-invalid.xml link-no-href.xml
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-hreflang-invalid-language.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-hreflang-invalid-language.xml
index a84b6cb5373a..7656fb1b5080 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-hreflang-invalid-language.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-hreflang-invalid-language.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a hreflang attribute that is not a language tag produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidLanguage{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-full.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-full.xml
index c3bfc5a4fc9f..8340ca8f2575 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-full.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-full.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with an atom:link with a rel attribute value specifying an unrecognized fully qualified IRI
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-iana.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-iana.xml
index f7f9ea1f2331..bfbda5f26371 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-iana.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-iana.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a rel with iana org
 Expect:       !MissingSelf
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-isegment-nz-nc.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-isegment-nz-nc.xml
index 7ef2c9f41ba3..0b931e69b1ec 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-isegment-nz-nc.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-isegment-nz-nc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a rel which matches isegment-nz-nc produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-relative.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-relative.xml
index 1b9614c028e7..39a166afa6c5 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-relative.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-rel-relative.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a rel which is a relative IRI but not a isegment-nz-nc produces an error
 Expect:       UnregisteredAtomLinkRel{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-different-types.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-different-types.xml
index 10029ca8bd58..7d1e9a3d618e 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-different-types.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-different-types.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of alternate that has the differing types
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-different-hreflang.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-different-hreflang.xml
index 9743a8e3b079..003f2e567732 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-different-hreflang.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-different-hreflang.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of alternate that has the same type but differing hreflang attribute values
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml
index f3885ec9b20d..6ebf57b410bc 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of alternate that has the same type and hreflang attribute values
 Expect:       DuplicateAtomLink{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-no-hreflang.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-no-hreflang.xml
index c7a30d863983..3a7dd807fb71 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-no-hreflang.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-same-rel-type-no-hreflang.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of alternate that has the same type and no hreflang attribute values
 Expect:       DuplicateAtomLink{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-badchars.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-badchars.xml
index d029a61e5d68..69204d2b8f89 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-badchars.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-badchars.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a title attribute which appears to contain HTML produces a warning  
 Expect:       BadCharacters{element:title,parent:link}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-html.xml
index 53e9f2342a88..81efe16c8836 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-title-with-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a title attribute which appears to contain HTML produces a warning  
 Expect:       ContainsHTML{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-invalid-mime.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-invalid-mime.xml
index dfdbab0be1f2..923b10b5d9c3 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-invalid-mime.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-invalid-mime.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a type attribute which does not match the syntax of a MIME media type produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidMIMEType{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-parameters.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-parameters.xml
index a0a0e606dd59..813028bfe9b6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-parameters.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/link-type-parameters.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link type with parameters produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/logo_relative_ref.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/logo_relative_ref.xml
index 47549cbab993..d4707d9edee3 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/logo_relative_ref.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/logo_relative_ref.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  logo that is a relative IRI reference produce no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-id-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-id-source.xml
index 2f8a4fe17713..7a6bca5a7b05 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-id-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-id-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with zero atom:id elements produces a warning
 Expect:       MissingSourceElement{element:id,parent:source} 
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-self.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-self.xml
index afe7d4abe6c1..ef1cd09cb011 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-self.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-self.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed without an atom:link element with a rel attribute value of self produces a warning
 Expect:       MissingSelf{element:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-title-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-title-source.xml
index b9f25b13be77..0dfc9f5e3929 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-title-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-title-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with zero atom:title elements produces a warning
 Expect:       MissingSourceElement{element:title,parent:source}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-updated-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-updated-source.xml
index d51740811197..f0c05838ce06 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-updated-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing-updated-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  source with zero atom:updated elements produces a warning
 Expect:       MissingSourceElement{element:updated,parent:source}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing_xhtml_ns.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing_xhtml_ns.xml
index 244e898ecca0..10e0804386f0 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing_xhtml_ns.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/missing_xhtml_ns.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Example atom:summary with xhtml content
 Expect:       MissingNamespace{element:b}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing-source.xml
index 0c2a37f8cd23..fb4cc67aa81d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with two one atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of "alternate", but with different type and hreflang attribute values produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing.xml
index a23a76797b18..05b038873e73 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-differing.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two one atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of alternate, but with different type and hreflang attribute value
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching-source.xml
index 0f4c0a88df4b..59fdcdb2d0b9 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of "alternate" with the same type and hreflang attribute value produces an error
 Expect:       DuplicateAtomLink{parent:source}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching.xml
index a8628cdead7a..5031e9b2c314 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-alternates-matching.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of alternate and with the same type and hreflang attribute value
 Expect:       DuplicateAtomLink{parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors-source.xml
index dc2acc849701..6da6ca2ee290 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with two atom:author elements produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors.xml
index 74a49abfbc53..9ef09acb39a7 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-authors.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:author elements
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-entry.xml
index 4765c92eeb2a..262acd5b0b31 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with multiple atom:category elements
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-source.xml
index e4a289db4b69..9605d214d9fc 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with two atom:category elements produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories.xml
index 3c65c44886c5..2a9a5ba78e83 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-categories.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:category elements
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-entry.xml
index 449e9cf746b8..4c67ce8a28ce 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with multiple atom:contributor elements
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-source.xml
index 28cf9c4bade9..396e8be15b25 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with two atom:contributor elements produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors.xml
index 4c3fed8e6e40..63acaf2d0822 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-contributors.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:contributor elements
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons-source.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons-source.xml
index dc3f9f636810..15774bb8796d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons-source.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons-source.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a source with two atom:icon elements produces an error
 Expect:       DuplicateElement{element:icon,parent:source}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons.xml
index 9af1cb572884..bb17c5110bd1 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-icons.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:icon elements
 Expect:       DuplicateElement{element:icon,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-related-matching.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-related-matching.xml
index fb35f2027584..dd2ece1df955 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-related-matching.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/multiple-related-matching.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of related and with the same type and hreflang attribute value
 Expect:       !DuplicateAtomLink{parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-alternate.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-alternate.xml
index ef6432182261..93d98c497f76 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-alternate.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-alternate.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with neither an atom:link element with a rel attribute value of alternate nor an atom:content element
 Expect:       MissingContentOrAlternate{element:entry,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-summary.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-summary.xml
index d5023ec5d30c..af1b2542652c 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-summary.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-content-or-summary.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  an entry with no atom:content or atom:summary produces a warning
 Expect:       MissingTextualContent{element:entry,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-name.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-name.xml
index 3b640d152e76..547a3b4baff0 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-name.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/no-name.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  contributor without an atom:name produces an error
 Expect:       MissingElement{element:name,parent:contributor}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/prefixed-namespace.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/prefixed-namespace.xml
index 242e385c4445..861d9bf6b97d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/prefixed-namespace.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/prefixed-namespace.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Mising Namespace on feed element
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rdf-extensions.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rdf-extensions.xml
index 796ac6373db8..d25b52c5ebbc 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rdf-extensions.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rdf-extensions.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  RDF extensions to Atom
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rel-colon.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rel-colon.xml
index 86c213bdc93d..2de2d1eb7c18 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rel-colon.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rel-colon.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  ValidXMLBase
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/related-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/related-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml
index 865c77e63898..da05253b3f04 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/related-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/related-same-rel-type-hreflang.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with two atom:link elements with a rel attribute value of related that has the same type and hreflang attribute values
 Expect:       !DuplicateAtomLink{element:link,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/relative-ref.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/relative-ref.xml
index 7e2a97320142..8aefb60f0bc4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/relative-ref.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/relative-ref.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  contributor with an atom:uri that is a relative IRI reference
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-text-with-escaped-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-text-with-escaped-html.xml
index 07a81cb019d5..328e3a79417b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-text-with-escaped-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-text-with-escaped-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:   rights with a type of text but appears to include escaped html produces a warning
 Expect:       ContainsUndeclaredHTML{element:rights,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-xhtml-no-xmldiv.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-xhtml-no-xmldiv.xml
index 3ec7421c777a..e5ebf544a8db 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-xhtml-no-xmldiv.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/rights-xhtml-no-xmldiv.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Rights with a type of xhtml needs to include an xhtml:div
 Expect:       MissingXhtmlDiv{element:rights,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/self-vs-alternate.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/self-vs-alternate.xml
index fd729f61652e..f6264d187b05 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/self-vs-alternate.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/self-vs-alternate.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Self-rel referencing a non-Atom representation
 Expect:       SelfNotAtom
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/subtitle-blank.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/subtitle-blank.xml
index 68c36835152d..e803229901bb 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/subtitle-blank.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/subtitle-blank.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a subtitle that is blank produces a warning
 Expect:       NotBlank{element:subtitle,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-base64.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-base64.xml
index f673ea35c064..7193411eb4ee 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-base64.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-base64.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry contains content that is encoded in Base64 with a summary
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-src.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-src.xml
index dfee56a8526f..1789b4d8e053 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-src.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/summary-content-src.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  entry with an atom:summary and an atom:content that has a src attribute
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/title-blank.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/title-blank.xml
index d2860515aa7e..fed11c083a6f 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/title-blank.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/title-blank.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a subtitle that is blank produces a warning
 Expect:       NotBlank{element:title,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-about-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-about-entry.xml
index 0feb736f7121..47489658cdff 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-about-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-about-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Valid trackback:about elements should be permitted on entries
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-entry.xml
index 989a0247c5c2..01da7acbd9b4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Valid trackback:ping elements should be permitted on entries
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-outside-entry.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-outside-entry.xml
index e1b5b8ba2b7d..f25f8a4967ed 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-outside-entry.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/trackback-ping-outside-entry.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  trackback:ping is only defined for feed entries
 Expect:       UndefinedElement{parent:feed,element:trackback:ping}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-html.xml
index 380c78907d1f..d96bc47c53a0 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with type of html produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-multipart-alternative.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-multipart-alternative.xml
index 69fd026e350e..68ba594e7339 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-multipart-alternative.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-multipart-alternative.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a valid composite mime type produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidMIMEType{element:content,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text-html.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text-html.xml
index d9af21d7589d..b5dc9bb25105 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text-html.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text-html.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with a valid non-composite mime type produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text.xml
index ef1fc799967f..8fbc5623be14 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-text.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with type of text produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xhtml.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xhtml.xml
index 559cfffa6697..4ef880da35d0 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xhtml.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xhtml.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with type of xhtml produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xml.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xml.xml
index ac685c42e055..f055da0ade04 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xml.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/type-xml.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  content with type of xml produces an error
 Expect:       InvalidMIMEType{element:content,parent:entry}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary.xml
index 8cddf8303d7b..0d90e961a310 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Unknown extension elements without a namespace get a warning
 Expect:       UndeterminableVocabulary{element:simple-value}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary2.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary2.xml
index b73e7107d055..3334543f3b2b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary2.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary2.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Unknown extension elements without a namespace get a warning
 Expect:       UndeterminableVocabulary{element:simple-value}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary3.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary3.xml
index f3c2921937c3..cad6584834ff 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary3.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/undeterminable-vocabulary3.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Extension elements without a namespace in unknown namespace produce no warning
 Expect:       !UndeterminableVocabulary
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/unregistered-rel.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/unregistered-rel.xml
index 26d7a3d04928..11ff58394108 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/unregistered-rel.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/unregistered-rel.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  link with a "rel" which matches isegment-nz-nc but is not in the IANA registry produces an error
 Expect:       UnregisteredAtomLinkRel{value:service.post,element:link,parent:feed}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/updated-example3.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/updated-example3.xml
index 8a9b3da2d6ae..6c1207389c14 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/updated-example3.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/updated-example3.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Updated example from the spec
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/valid-xml-base-iri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/valid-xml-base-iri.xml
index 942a4f97b1b3..4536b8817d8b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/valid-xml-base-iri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/valid-xml-base-iri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  xml base with an valid iri
 Expect:       !InvalidIRI{element:xml:base}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-author-uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-author-uri.xml
index 6b48c6f44be5..a4eaf2a70a79 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-author-uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-author-uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:author,element:uri}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-category-scheme.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-category-scheme.xml
index 3112e3174654..3f94caf2a2b0 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-category-scheme.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-category-scheme.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{parent:entry,element:scheme}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-content-src.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-content-src.xml
index bd03af8848a0..8238cc5e0d1a 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-content-src.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-content-src.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{parent:entry,element:content,attr:src}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-id.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-id.xml
index cbcda6160e50..ee4789f14841 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-id.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-id.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:entry,element:id}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-published.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-published.xml
index efb613d72402..f690457ddda4 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-published.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-published.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in dates
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:entry,element:published}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-updated.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-updated.xml
index f11a8565e032..6d696048a9c5 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-updated.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-entry-updated.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in dates
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:entry,element:updated}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-icon.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-icon.xml
index 607153f9301d..a2d7cce7d810 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-icon.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-icon.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:feed,element:icon}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-id.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-id.xml
index c6b8189d5c24..d55a853cdddb 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-id.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-id.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:feed,element:id}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-logo.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-logo.xml
index 755ce9992d25..6f6438e0194c 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-logo.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-logo.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:feed,element:logo}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-updated.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-updated.xml
index 6f2f122c1959..eea7c0abb7aa 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-updated.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-feed-updated.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in dates
 Expect:       UnexpectedWhitespace{parent:feed,element:updated}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-generator-uri.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-generator-uri.xml
index 8bf0d4b4a18a..b71e41bc8842 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-generator-uri.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-generator-uri.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidUriChar{parent:feed,element:generator,attr:uri}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-href.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-href.xml
index 7e040ba37e83..5a674d192d90 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-href.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-href.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       InvalidLink{parent:feed,element:link}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-rel.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-rel.xml
index 832b93de9c60..a0e3b6ae2c2f 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-rel.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/ws-link-rel.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Whitespace is not permitted in uris
 Expect:       UnregisteredAtomLinkRel{parent:feed,element:link}
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xhtml-extensions.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xhtml-extensions.xml
index aa3e66949837..0a0fba93e60a 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xhtml-extensions.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xhtml-extensions.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  XHTML extensions to Atom
 Expect:       MisplacedXHTMLContent
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-ambiguous.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-ambiguous.xml
index a876db673cb4..f6ea0bea11d5 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-ambiguous.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-ambiguous.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Document XML base != Element XML base == href
 Expect:       SameDocumentReference
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-elem-ne-doc.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-elem-ne-doc.xml
index 7b8e9683968e..d7aedd91f2b6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-elem-ne-doc.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base-elem-ne-doc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  Document XML base != Element XML base != href
 Expect:       !SameDocumentReference
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base.xml
index 186b2ec0982b..7f7f2b8b2564 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-base.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  ValidXMLBase
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang-blank.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang-blank.xml
index 5b65cf2153f3..f7aa7765551d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang-blank.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang-blank.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  blank xml:lang produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang.xml
index 91433d981aac..2c7ad0cffa79 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/xml-lang.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  xml:lang produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/zero-entries.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/zero-entries.xml
index 40bd3c6fc9a2..7556a95ac951 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/zero-entries.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/AtomFeeds/zero-entries.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  a feed with zero entries produces no error
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssDisjointItems.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssDisjointItems.xml
index ae78e43fa40e..cda53f8db805 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssDisjointItems.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssDisjointItems.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
   <channel xml:base="http://mypage.com/">
     <title>Contoso News</title>
     <link>http://www.Contoso.com/news</link>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssFeedWithCustomImageName.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssFeedWithCustomImageName.xml
index 4b5b96f529ed..7608b89e454d 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssFeedWithCustomImageName.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/RssFeedWithCustomImageName.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
   <channel xml:base="http://mypage.com/">
     <title>Contoso News</title>
     <link>http://www.Contoso.com/news</link>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeed.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeed.xml
index 824f2ba47bee..89b00b6c99e8 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeed.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeed.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<feed xml:base="http://mypage.com/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+<feed xml:base="http://mypage.com/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <title type="text">Contoso News</title>
   <subtitle type="text">&lt;div&gt;Most recent news from Contoso&lt;/div&gt;</subtitle>
   <id>123FeedID</id>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeedCustomParser.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeedCustomParser.xml
index e6237940dce4..d5792c6a5497 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeedCustomParser.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleAtomFeedCustomParser.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<feed xml:base="http://mypage.com/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+<feed xml:base="http://mypage.com/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <title type="text">FeedTitle</title>
   <subtitle type="text">FeedSubtitle</subtitle>
   <id>FeedID</id>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleRssFeed.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleRssFeed.xml
index 1b69a3fd7b47..18357123c567 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleRssFeed.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/SimpleRssFeed.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
   <channel xml:base="http://mypage.com/">
     <title>Contoso News</title>
     <link>http://www.Contoso.com/news</link>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/atom_spec_example.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/atom_spec_example.xml
index 4efadc6568cf..efdc68b3a571 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/atom_spec_example.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/atom_spec_example.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <title type="text">dive into mark</title>
   <icon>https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/9141961</icon>
   <subtitle type="html">
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/brief-entry-noerror.xml b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/brief-entry-noerror.xml
index 954af164b175..619e435005c6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/brief-entry-noerror.xml
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/tests/TestFeeds/brief-entry-noerror.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
 Description:  No errors should be produced by a minimal entry
 Expect:       !Error
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/Directory.Build.props
index 8697d13018f3..036c27c05dbb 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.2.2.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/pkg/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.pkgproj b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/pkg/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.pkgproj
index 08cbc4a86278..200a6bdca846 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/pkg/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.pkgproj
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/pkg/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.csproj">
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/ref/Configurations.props
index 6308641bd9aa..9393ec7ff725 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Configurations.props
index 3f56e70e5fd2..5368156f005b 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index b8705287e84b..ac4efff21f81 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
     <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
     <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/Configurations.props
index 552f5e92bccd..8bfb431d9ba6 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.TestService/Configurations.props b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.TestService/Configurations.props
index 5e52d60de3ca..2e0339e07963 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.TestService/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController/tests/System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.TestService/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/Directory.Build.props
index 608a635f9e3b..4d02dd36012d 100644
--- a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.2.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/pkg/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.pkgproj b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/pkg/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.pkgproj
index 60c8b6953a67..d44cbfca1f3d 100644
--- a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/pkg/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.pkgproj
+++ b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/pkg/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.pkgproj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.csproj">
diff --git a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/ref/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Configurations.props
index 5a32b85e4d87..1eba17f67593 100644
--- a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netstandard;
diff --git a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index aab7f36828f9..8b4da5e48800 100644
--- a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
+<root>
   <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
     <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
     <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
diff --git a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/tests/Configurations.props b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/tests/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..581054d46db4 100644
--- a/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/tests/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/tests/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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--- a/src/System.Xml.XPath.XDocument/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XPath.XDocument/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XPath.XDocument/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XPath.XDocument/src/Configurations.props
index af56e5ebca16..cca087cb0cb1 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XPath.XDocument/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XPath.XDocument/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XPath/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Xml.XPath/Directory.Build.props
index 166d0a25e062..0025ce6cf713 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XPath/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XPath/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XPath/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XPath/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..f97cd5ea7a97 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XPath/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XPath/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XPath/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XPath/src/Configurations.props
index af56e5ebca16..cca087cb0cb1 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XPath/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XPath/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/Directory.Build.props
index 166d0a25e062..0025ce6cf713 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..f97cd5ea7a97 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/src/Configurations.props
index af56e5ebca16..cca087cb0cb1 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XmlDocument/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/Directory.Build.props b/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/Directory.Build.props
index 166d0a25e062..0025ce6cf713 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyVersion>4.1.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/ref/Configurations.props
index c70175586371..f97cd5ea7a97 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netcoreapp;
diff --git a/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/src/Configurations.props b/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/src/Configurations.props
index ea34d6257b80..8f0029cd097c 100644
--- a/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/src/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Xml.XmlSerializer/src/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap-Windows_NT;
diff --git a/src/mscorlib.WinRT-Facade/ref/Configurations.props b/src/mscorlib.WinRT-Facade/ref/Configurations.props
index 0840ff6dc030..fbf7203fa1e5 100644
--- a/src/mscorlib.WinRT-Facade/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/mscorlib.WinRT-Facade/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       uap;
diff --git a/src/packages.builds b/src/packages.builds
index 829c89f8ff2e..eb33caecf681 100644
--- a/src/packages.builds
+++ b/src/packages.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
diff --git a/src/post.builds b/src/post.builds
index 5feec77d28fa..2afceda4e6c9 100644
--- a/src/post.builds
+++ b/src/post.builds
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
 
   <Import Project="Directory.Build.props" />
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.targets" />
diff --git a/src/pretest.builds b/src/pretest.builds
index b4946429c405..76a2004139c1 100644
--- a/src/pretest.builds
+++ b/src/pretest.builds
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="Directory.Build.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ref.builds b/src/ref.builds
index 13fb2bed1be2..55aeef0d65ba 100644
--- a/src/ref.builds
+++ b/src/ref.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
diff --git a/src/shims/ApiCompat.proj b/src/shims/ApiCompat.proj
index 9df23e7c9524..2d79ff93e992 100644
--- a/src/shims/ApiCompat.proj
+++ b/src/shims/ApiCompat.proj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- ApiCompat-specific build configurations for runtime-only targets -->
     <BuildConfigurations>
diff --git a/src/shims/Directory.Build.props b/src/shims/Directory.Build.props
index 4561b7efd58c..0ddbf9e5a8f5 100644
--- a/src/shims/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/shims/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- shared configurations between shims and apicompat -->
     <BuildConfigurations>
diff --git a/src/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props b/src/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props
index b5e9ac7f4cc4..c249a4fa47b5 100644
--- a/src/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/shims/manual/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netcoreapp2.0;
diff --git a/src/shims/netfxreference.props b/src/shims/netfxreference.props
index 387f1d06b513..449cdecf3ef3 100644
--- a/src/shims/netfxreference.props
+++ b/src/shims/netfxreference.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <NetFxReference Include="mscorlib">
       <ExcludeFromRuntime>true</ExcludeFromRuntime>
diff --git a/src/shims/shims.proj b/src/shims/shims.proj
index 51e900d5d2c5..083820478b15 100644
--- a/src/shims/shims.proj
+++ b/src/shims/shims.proj
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageConfigurations>
       netcoreapp2.0
diff --git a/src/src.builds b/src/src.builds
index c40822ec579b..aeb419cfb058 100644
--- a/src/src.builds
+++ b/src/src.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />
 
diff --git a/src/tests.builds b/src/tests.builds
index 9f301180396c..1d8ed80cbe89 100644
--- a/src/tests.builds
+++ b/src/tests.builds
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build">
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), Directory.Build.props))\Directory.Build.props" />