diff --git a/src/core/Akka.FSharp.Tests/Akka.FSharp.Tests.fsproj b/src/core/Akka.FSharp.Tests/Akka.FSharp.Tests.fsproj
index 81b56ea1460..c99d2a62d08 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.FSharp.Tests/Akka.FSharp.Tests.fsproj
+++ b/src/core/Akka.FSharp.Tests/Akka.FSharp.Tests.fsproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>Akka.FSharp.Tests</AssemblyTitle>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net452;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <NoWarn></NoWarn> 
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.FSharp/Akka.FSharp.fsproj b/src/core/Akka.FSharp/Akka.FSharp.fsproj
index 4e9d654a93d..f190b3c4fd3 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.FSharp/Akka.FSharp.fsproj
+++ b/src/core/Akka.FSharp/Akka.FSharp.fsproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>Akka.FSharp</AssemblyTitle>
     <Description>F# API support for Akka.NET</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>$(AkkaPackageTags);F#;fsharp</PackageTags>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <NoWarn></NoWarn>    
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Persistence.FSharp/Akka.Persistence.FSharp.fsproj b/src/core/Akka.Persistence.FSharp/Akka.Persistence.FSharp.fsproj
index 4538a90a98a..bdc04896585 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Persistence.FSharp/Akka.Persistence.FSharp.fsproj
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Persistence.FSharp/Akka.Persistence.FSharp.fsproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>Akka.Persistence.FSharp</AssemblyTitle>
     <Description>F# API for persistence actors in Akka.NET</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>akka;actors;actor model;Akka;concurrency;F#;Fsharp;persistence;eventsource</PackageTags>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConfigSpec.cs b/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConfigSpec.cs
index 6ceb0c72939..a60285213d2 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConfigSpec.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConfigSpec.cs
@@ -167,16 +167,6 @@ public void Remoting_should_contain_correct_hostname_values_in_ReferenceConf()
            Assert.Equal(IPAddress.Any.ToString(), s.PublicHostname);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void Remoting_should_contain_correct_BatchWriter_settings_in_ReferenceConf()
-        {
-            var c = RARP.For(Sys).Provider.RemoteSettings.Config.GetConfig("akka.remote.dot-netty.tcp");
-            var s = DotNettyTransportSettings.Create(c);
-
-            s.BatchWriterSettings.EnableBatching.Should().BeTrue();
-            s.BatchWriterSettings.MaxExplicitFlushes.Should().Be(BatchWriterSettings.DefaultMaxPendingWrites);
-        }
-        
         [Fact]
         public void Remoting_should_contain_correct_PrimitiveSerializer_settings_in_ReferenceConf()
         {