diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/ColoredConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/ColoredConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
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index a7c599e20..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/ColoredConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
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-// Copyright 2013-2016 Serilog Contributors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-using System;
-using Serilog.Configuration;
-using Serilog.Core;
-using Serilog.Events;
-using Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole;
-
-namespace Serilog
-{
-    public static class ColoredConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions
-    {
-        const string DefaultConsoleOutputTemplate = "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [{Level}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}";
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Writes log events to <see cref="System.Console"/>, using color to differentiate
-        /// between levels.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
-        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
-        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
-        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
-        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
-        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
-        /// the default is "{Timestamp} [{Level}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
-        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
-        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
-        public static LoggerConfiguration ColoredConsole(
-            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
-            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
-            string outputTemplate = DefaultConsoleOutputTemplate,
-            IFormatProvider formatProvider = null,
-            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null)
-        {
-            if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
-            if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));
-            return sinkConfiguration.Sink(new ColoredConsoleSink(outputTemplate, formatProvider), restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch);
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
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index 1237c0e24..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
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-using System;
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.0.0.0")]
-
-[assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]
-
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Serilog.Tests, PublicKey=" +
-                              "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100fb8d13fd344a1c" +
-                              "6fe0fe83ef33c1080bf30690765bc6eb0df26ebfdf8f21670c64265b30db09f73a0dea5b3db4c9" +
-                              "d18dbf6d5a25af5ce9016f281014d79dc3b4201ac646c451830fc7e61a2dfd633d34c39f87b818" +
-                              "94191652df5ac63cc40c77f3542f702bda692e6e8a9158353df189007a49da0f3cfd55eb250066" +
-                              "b19485ec")]
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole.xproj b/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole.xproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 93f396b17..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole.xproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
-    <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.Props" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
-    <ProjectGuid>50b24aca-d8f0-4268-a477-871b0a92a04a</ProjectGuid>
-    <RootNamespace>Serilog</RootNamespace>
-    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\bin\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</OutputPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
-</Project>
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diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Sinks/ColoredConsole/ColoredConsoleSink.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Sinks/ColoredConsole/ColoredConsoleSink.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index ebe84f438..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/Sinks/ColoredConsole/ColoredConsoleSink.cs
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@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013-2016 Serilog Contributors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using Serilog.Core;
-using Serilog.Events;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Serilog.Formatting.Display;
-using Serilog.Parsing;
-
-using IPropertyDictionary = System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary<string, Serilog.Events.LogEventPropertyValue>;
-
-namespace Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole
-{
-    class ColoredConsoleSink : ILogEventSink
-    {
-        readonly IFormatProvider _formatProvider;
-
-        class Palette
-        {
-            public ConsoleColor Base { get; set; }
-            public ConsoleColor BaseText { get; set; }
-            public ConsoleColor Highlight { get; set; }
-            public ConsoleColor HighlightText { get; set; }
-        }
-
-        static readonly Palette DefaultPalette = new Palette
-        {
-            Base = ConsoleColor.Black,
-            BaseText = ConsoleColor.Gray,
-            Highlight = ConsoleColor.DarkGray,
-            HighlightText = ConsoleColor.Gray
-        };
-
-        static readonly IDictionary<LogEventLevel, Palette> LevelPalettes = new Dictionary<LogEventLevel, Palette>
-        {
-            { LogEventLevel.Verbose,     new Palette { Base = ConsoleColor.Black, BaseText = ConsoleColor.DarkGray,
-                                                       Highlight = ConsoleColor.Black, HighlightText = ConsoleColor.Gray } },
-            { LogEventLevel.Debug,       new Palette { Base = ConsoleColor.Black, BaseText = ConsoleColor.Gray,
-                                                       Highlight = ConsoleColor.Black, HighlightText = ConsoleColor.White } },
-            { LogEventLevel.Information, new Palette { Base = ConsoleColor.Black, BaseText = ConsoleColor.White,
-                                                       Highlight = ConsoleColor.DarkBlue, HighlightText = ConsoleColor.White } },
-            { LogEventLevel.Warning,     new Palette { Base = ConsoleColor.Black, BaseText = ConsoleColor.Yellow,
-                                                       Highlight = ConsoleColor.DarkYellow, HighlightText = ConsoleColor.White } },
-            { LogEventLevel.Error,       new Palette { Base = ConsoleColor.Black, BaseText = ConsoleColor.Red,
-                                                       Highlight = ConsoleColor.Red, HighlightText = ConsoleColor.White } },
-            { LogEventLevel.Fatal,       new Palette { Base = ConsoleColor.DarkRed, BaseText = ConsoleColor.White,
-                                                       Highlight = ConsoleColor.Red, HighlightText = ConsoleColor.White } }
-        };
-
-        readonly object _syncRoot = new object();
-        readonly MessageTemplate _outputTemplate;
-
-        public ColoredConsoleSink(string outputTemplate, IFormatProvider formatProvider)
-        {
-            if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));
-            _outputTemplate = new MessageTemplateParser().Parse(outputTemplate);
-            _formatProvider = formatProvider;
-        }
-
-        const string StackFrameLinePrefix = "   ";
-
-        public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent)
-        {
-            if (logEvent == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logEvent));
-
-            var outputProperties = OutputProperties.GetOutputProperties(logEvent);
-            var palette = GetPalette(logEvent.Level);
-            var output = Console.Out;
-
-            lock (_syncRoot)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    foreach (var outputToken in _outputTemplate.Tokens)
-                    {
-                        var propertyToken = outputToken as PropertyToken;
-                        if (propertyToken == null)
-                        {
-                            RenderOutputToken(palette, outputToken, outputProperties, output);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            LogEventPropertyValue propertyValue;
-                            if (!outputProperties.TryGetValue(propertyToken.PropertyName, out propertyValue))
-                            {
-                                continue;
-                            }
-
-                            switch (propertyToken.PropertyName)
-                            {
-                                case OutputProperties.MessagePropertyName:
-                                    RenderMessageToken(logEvent, palette, output);
-                                    break;
-                                case OutputProperties.ExceptionPropertyName:
-                                    RenderExceptionToken(palette, propertyToken, outputProperties, output);
-                                    break;
-                                default:
-                                    RenderOutputToken(palette, outputToken, outputProperties, output);
-                                    break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                finally { Console.ResetColor(); }
-            }
-        }
-
-        void RenderExceptionToken(Palette palette, MessageTemplateToken outputToken, IPropertyDictionary outputProperties, TextWriter output)
-        {
-            var sw = new StringWriter();
-            outputToken.Render(outputProperties, sw, _formatProvider);
-            var lines = new StringReader(sw.ToString());
-            string nextLine;
-            while ((nextLine = lines.ReadLine()) != null)
-            {
-                if (nextLine.StartsWith(StackFrameLinePrefix))
-                    SetBaseColors(palette);
-                else
-                    SetHighlightColors(palette);
-                output.WriteLine(nextLine);
-            }
-        }
-
-        void RenderMessageToken(LogEvent logEvent, Palette palette, TextWriter output)
-        {
-            foreach (var messageToken in logEvent.MessageTemplate.Tokens)
-            {
-                var messagePropertyToken = messageToken as PropertyToken;
-                if (messagePropertyToken != null)
-                {
-                    SetHighlightColors(palette);
-                    messageToken.Render(logEvent.Properties, output, _formatProvider);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    SetBaseColors(palette);
-                    messageToken.Render(logEvent.Properties, output, _formatProvider);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        void RenderOutputToken(Palette palette, MessageTemplateToken outputToken, IPropertyDictionary outputProperties, TextWriter output)
-        {
-            SetBaseColors(palette);
-            outputToken.Render(outputProperties, output, _formatProvider);
-        }
-
-        static Palette GetPalette(LogEventLevel level)
-        {
-            Palette palette;
-            if (!LevelPalettes.TryGetValue(level, out palette))
-                palette = DefaultPalette;
-
-            return palette;
-        }
-
-        static void SetBaseColors(Palette palette)
-        {
-            SetColors(palette.Base, palette.BaseText);
-        }
-
-        static void SetHighlightColors(Palette palette)
-        {
-            SetColors(palette.Highlight, palette.HighlightText);
-        }
-
-        static void SetColors(ConsoleColor background, ConsoleColor foreground)
-        {
-            Console.BackgroundColor = background;
-            Console.ForegroundColor = foreground;
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/project.json b/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/project.json
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index 1df5ab3e7..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole/project.json
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-{
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta-*",
-  "description": "The colored console sink for Serilog",
-  "authors": [ "Serilog Contributors" ],
-  "tags": [ "serilog", "console", "coloredconsole" ],
-  "projectUrl": "http://serilog.net",
-  "licenseUrl": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
-  "iconUrl": "http://serilog.net/images/serilog-sink-nuget.png",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "Serilog": { "target": "project" }
-  },
-  "compilationOptions": {
-    "keyFile": "../../assets/Serilog.snk"
-  },
-  "frameworks": {
-    "net45": {
-    },
-    "dotnet5.1": {
-      "dependencies": {
-        "System.Console": "4.0.0-beta-23516"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
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