diff --git a/LangVer.props b/LangVer.props
index e6a8b4b38c..c3aee0505a 100644
--- a/LangVer.props
+++ b/LangVer.props
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <!-- Contains required properties for C#. -->
-<Project>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="C#">
     <LangVersion>7</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
index 316d85db47..3bec56d322 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index bf259c48ba..e4e9807754 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="12.0">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="14.0">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ProjectGuid>{419659FD-72EA-4678-9EB8-B22A746CED70}</ProjectGuid>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
index b855e6178b..4605a1f50e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
index b91f38cd3d..ec6f59b5be 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
index 05fb71afdf..5a0581f48b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
index 7b86fd921f..72e9e6a061 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj b/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
index 8e7bfaa166..b4242052d5 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
diff --git a/osu.Game.props b/osu.Game.props
index 61d5bea511..4173adb509 100644
--- a/osu.Game.props
+++ b/osu.Game.props
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- Contains required properties for osu!framework projects. -->
-<Project>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="LangVer.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="License">
     <None Include="..\osu.licenseheader">
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index aebd250489..f814cbb3d3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="14.0">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ProjectGuid>{2A66DD92-ADB1-4994-89E2-C94E04ACDA0D}</ProjectGuid>