diff --git a/src/SolutionInfo.cs b/src/SolutionInfo.cs
index bf3a271d32..a9f5dcf352 100644
--- a/src/SolutionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/SolutionInfo.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ using System.Resources;
 
 // this is the ONLY ONE the CLR cares about for compatibility
 // should change ONLY when "hard" breaking compatibility (manual change)
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("8.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("9.0.0")]
 
 // these are FYI and changed automatically
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("8.3.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("8.3.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("9.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("9.0.0")]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index c693def365..6ab6ccb91f 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Transactions" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web.ApplicationServices" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Web.Extensions" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Web.Services" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 39d0ad50aa..235f173101 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="App_Data\" />
-    <Folder Include="App_Plugins\" />
     <Folder Include="Views\MacroPartials\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -349,9 +348,9 @@
         <WebProjectProperties>
           <UseIIS>False</UseIIS>
           <AutoAssignPort>True</AutoAssignPort>
-          <DevelopmentServerPort>8300</DevelopmentServerPort>
+          <DevelopmentServerPort>9000</DevelopmentServerPort>
           <DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
-          <IISUrl>http://localhost:8300/</IISUrl>
+          <IISUrl>http://localhost:9000/</IISUrl>
           <NTLMAuthentication>False</NTLMAuthentication>
           <UseCustomServer>False</UseCustomServer>
           <CustomServerUrl>