diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets b/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets
index 42c4fad6af49..7473b331e661 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <_FilesToCopy Include="$(LocalDotNetRoot)shared\**\*" DestinationRelativeFolder="shared\" />
       <_FilesToCopy Include="$(LocalDotNetRoot)sdk\**\*" DestinationRelativeFolder="sdk\" />
       <_FilesToCopy Include="$(SharedFrameworkLayoutRoot)\**\*" />
-      <_FilesToCopy Include="$(RepoRoot)\global.json" />
+      <_FilesToCopy Include="$(RepoRoot)\global.json" DestinationRelativeFolder="../" />
 
       <_DestinationFiles Include="@(_FilesToCopy->'$(TemplateTestDotNetRoot)%(DestinationRelativeFolder)%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/global.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/global.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 455cda64f319..000000000000
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/global.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sdk": {
-    "version": "10.0.100-rc.1.25411.109",
-    "paths": [ "scripts/.dotnet", "$host$" ],
-    "errorMessage": "The .NET SDK could not be found, run ./restore.cmd or ./restore.sh first."
-  }
-}