diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.TestData/Umbraco.TestData.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.TestData/Umbraco.TestData.csproj
index fd5335ecc6..c118664df2 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.TestData/Umbraco.TestData.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.TestData/Umbraco.TestData.csproj
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
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-
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Core\Umbraco.Core.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache\Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Web.Common\Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Web.Website\Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms\Umbraco.Cms.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks.csproj
index 1bc14388f0..66f4bda79b 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks.csproj
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Core\Umbraco.Core.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Infrastructure\Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms\Umbraco.Cms.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj
index 26d1baf85b..ae194a9f77 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Core\Umbraco.Core.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Infrastructure\Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Web.Common\Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms\Umbraco.Cms.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj
index 069fb7e5a7..8080edf216 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Targets\buildTransitive\Umbraco.Cms.Targets.props" />
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-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms\Umbraco.Cms.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Tests.Common\Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Update="Umbraco.Examine.Lucene\UmbracoExamine\TestFiles.resx">
       <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
@@ -51,4 +45,8 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Umbraco.Web.BackOffice\UrlAndDomains\package.xml" />
     <Content Include="appsettings.Tests.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Tests.Common\Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj
index 8e7d3175f5..b982ad65c8 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -11,14 +11,8 @@
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     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="7.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery\Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Tests.Common\Umbraco.Tests.Common.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Cms.Imaging.ImageSharp\Umbraco.Cms.Imaging.ImageSharp.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache\Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Umbraco.Web.Website\Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>