diff --git a/src/Compilers/Test/Utilities/VisualBasic/BasicTestBase.vb b/src/Compilers/Test/Utilities/VisualBasic/BasicTestBase.vb
index cb963e5c2f3a6eeabca78dc32a0a99a3f9c0a10f..83acd5fee4fdbc3a3190a1039a57f620341de3c4 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/Test/Utilities/VisualBasic/BasicTestBase.vb
+++ b/src/Compilers/Test/Utilities/VisualBasic/BasicTestBase.vb
@@ -1,27 +1,15 @@
 ' Copyright (c) Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 Imports System.Collections.Immutable
-Imports System.Linq
-Imports System.Xml.Linq
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeGen
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Emit
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Test.Utilities
-Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text
 Imports Roslyn.Test.Utilities
 Imports Xunit
 
 Public MustInherit Class BasicTestBase
     Inherits CommonTestBase
 
-    Protected Overloads Function GetCompilationForEmit(
-        source As IEnumerable(Of String),
-        additionalRefs() As MetadataReference,
-        options As VisualBasicCompilationOptions,
-        parseOptions As VisualBasicParseOptions
-    ) As VisualBasicCompilation
-        Return DirectCast(MyClass.GetCompilationForEmit(source, additionalRefs, options, parseOptions), VisualBasicCompilation)
-    End Function
-
     Public Function XCDataToString(Optional data As XCData = Nothing) As String
         Return data?.Value.Replace(vbLf, Environment.NewLine)
     End Function
@@ -203,45 +191,6 @@ Public MustInherit Class BasicTestBase
             verify)
     End Function
 
-    Friend Shadows Function CompileAndVerify(
-        source As String,
-        allReferences As IEnumerable(Of MetadataReference),
-        Optional expectedOutput As String = Nothing,
-        Optional expectedReturnCode As Integer? = Nothing,
-        Optional args As String() = Nothing,
-        Optional dependencies As IEnumerable(Of ModuleData) = Nothing,
-        Optional sourceSymbolValidator As Action(Of ModuleSymbol) = Nothing,
-        Optional validator As Action(Of PEAssembly) = Nothing,
-        Optional symbolValidator As Action(Of ModuleSymbol) = Nothing,
-        Optional expectedSignatures As SignatureDescription() = Nothing,
-        Optional options As VisualBasicCompilationOptions = Nothing,
-        Optional parseOptions As VisualBasicParseOptions = Nothing,
-        Optional emitOptions As EmitOptions = Nothing,
-        Optional assemblyName As String = Nothing,
-        Optional verify As Verification = Verification.Passes
-    ) As CompilationVerifier
-
-        If options Is Nothing Then
-            options = If(expectedOutput Is Nothing, TestOptions.ReleaseDll, TestOptions.ReleaseExe)
-        End If
-
-        Dim compilation = CreateEmptyCompilation(source, allReferences, options, parseOptions, assemblyName)
-
-        Return MyBase.CompileAndVerifyCommon(
-            compilation,
-            Nothing,
-            dependencies,
-            Translate(sourceSymbolValidator),
-            validator,
-            Translate(symbolValidator),
-            expectedSignatures,
-            expectedOutput,
-            expectedReturnCode,
-            args,
-            emitOptions,
-            verify)
-    End Function
-
     Friend Shadows Function CompileAndVerifyOnWin8Only(
         source As XElement,
         allReferences As IEnumerable(Of MetadataReference),
@@ -333,6 +282,46 @@ Public MustInherit Class BasicTestBase
             useLatestFramework:=useLatestFramework)
     End Function
 
+    Friend Shadows Function CompileAndVerifyEx(
+        source As BasicTestSource,
+        Optional references As IEnumerable(Of MetadataReference) = Nothing,
+        Optional expectedOutput As String = Nothing,
+        Optional expectedReturnCode As Integer? = Nothing,
+        Optional args As String() = Nothing,
+        Optional dependencies As IEnumerable(Of ModuleData) = Nothing,
+        Optional sourceSymbolValidator As Action(Of ModuleSymbol) = Nothing,
+        Optional validator As Action(Of PEAssembly) = Nothing,
+        Optional symbolValidator As Action(Of ModuleSymbol) = Nothing,
+        Optional expectedSignatures As SignatureDescription() = Nothing,
+        Optional options As VisualBasicCompilationOptions = Nothing,
+        Optional parseOptions As VisualBasicParseOptions = Nothing,
+        Optional emitOptions As EmitOptions = Nothing,
+        Optional assemblyName As String = Nothing,
+        Optional verify As Verification = Verification.Passes,
+        Optional targetFramework As TargetFramework = TargetFramework.StandardAndVBRuntime
+    ) As CompilationVerifier
+
+        If options Is Nothing Then
+            options = If(expectedOutput Is Nothing, TestOptions.ReleaseDll, TestOptions.ReleaseExe)
+        End If
+
+        Dim compilation = CreateCompilation(source, references, options, parseOptions, targetFramework, assemblyName)
+        Return MyBase.CompileAndVerifyCommon(
+            compilation,
+            Nothing,
+            dependencies,
+            Translate(sourceSymbolValidator),
+            validator,
+            Translate(symbolValidator),
+            expectedSignatures,
+            expectedOutput,
+            expectedReturnCode,
+            args,
+            emitOptions,
+            verify)
+    End Function
+
+
     ''' <summary>
     ''' Compile sources and adds a custom reference using a custom IL
     ''' </summary>
diff --git a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/Emit/DynamicAnalysis/DynamicInstrumentationTests.vb b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/Emit/DynamicAnalysis/DynamicInstrumentationTests.vb
index a7502f3e4e16ee7437f4a975a662caebf79e9fc9..55abf49b92b1a2aad62e9749170ecc02913ff332 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/Emit/DynamicAnalysis/DynamicInstrumentationTests.vb
+++ b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/Emit/DynamicAnalysis/DynamicInstrumentationTests.vb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Test.Utilities
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Test.Utilities.VBInstrumentationChecker
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.UnitTests
+Imports Roslyn.Test.Utilities
 
 Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.DynamicAnalysis.UnitTests
 
@@ -2825,11 +2826,12 @@ True
         End Function
 
         Private Overloads Function CompileAndVerify(source As String, Optional expectedOutput As String = Nothing, Optional options As VisualBasicCompilationOptions = Nothing) As CompilationVerifier
-            Return CompileAndVerify(source,
+            Return CompileAndVerifyEx(source,
                                     LatestVbReferences,
                                     expectedOutput,
                                     options:=If(options, TestOptions.ReleaseExe).WithDeterministic(True),
-                                    emitOptions:=EmitOptions.Default.WithInstrumentationKinds(ImmutableArray.Create(InstrumentationKind.TestCoverage)))
+                                    emitOptions:=EmitOptions.Default.WithInstrumentationKinds(ImmutableArray.Create(InstrumentationKind.TestCoverage)),
+                                    targetFramework:=TargetFramework.Empty)
         End Function
     End Class
 End Namespace
diff --git a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBAsyncTests.vb b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBAsyncTests.vb
index 7a2981f7f10a18a63d2cc72330c5a341b553de07..49a3b05a3bccb14bda3637a821fb9f38b71f5192 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBAsyncTests.vb
+++ b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBAsyncTests.vb
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ Class C
         End Try
     End Function
 End Class"
-            Dim v = CompileAndVerify(src, LatestVbReferences, options:=TestOptions.DebugDll)
+            Dim v = CompileAndVerifyEx(src, references:=LatestVbReferences, options:=TestOptions.DebugDll, targetFramework:=TargetFramework.Empty)
 
             v.VerifyPdb("C+VB$StateMachine_1_M.MoveNext",
 <symbols>