diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/ConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/ConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 12d2c1480..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/ConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using Serilog.Configuration;
-using Serilog.Core;
-using Serilog.Events;
-using Serilog.Formatting.Display;
-using Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole;
-
-namespace Serilog
-{
-    public static class ConsoleLoggerConfigurationExtensions
-    {
-        const string DefaultConsoleOutputTemplate = "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [{Level}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}";
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Writes log events to <see cref="System.Console"/>.
-        /// </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 Console(
-            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));
-            var formatter = new MessageTemplateTextFormatter(outputTemplate, formatProvider);
-            return sinkConfiguration.Sink(new ConsoleSink(formatter), restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch);
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1237c0e24..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-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.Console/Serilog.Sinks.Console.xproj b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Serilog.Sinks.Console.xproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 9417ec07a..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Serilog.Sinks.Console.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>866a028e-27db-49a0-ac78-e5fef247c099</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.Console/Sinks/Console/ConsoleSink.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/Console/ConsoleSink.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 02f9eb89c..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/Console/ConsoleSink.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +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 Serilog.Formatting;
-
-namespace Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole
-{
-    class ConsoleSink : ILogEventSink
-    {
-        readonly ITextFormatter _textFormatter;
-
-        public ConsoleSink(ITextFormatter textFormatter)
-        {
-            if (textFormatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(textFormatter));
-            _textFormatter = textFormatter;
-        }
-
-        public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent)
-        {
-            if (logEvent == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logEvent));
-            var renderSpace = new StringWriter();
-            _textFormatter.Format(logEvent, renderSpace);
-            Console.Out.Write(renderSpace.ToString());
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/project.json b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/project.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ed4f0806..000000000
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/project.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta-*",
-  "description": "The console sink for Serilog.",
-  "authors": [ "Serilog Contributors" ],
-  "tags": [ "serilog", "console" ],
-  "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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diff --git a/test/Serilog.Tests/project.json b/test/Serilog.Tests/project.json
index 2240c6460..54899f98c 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Tests/project.json
+++ b/test/Serilog.Tests/project.json
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     "Serilog": { "target": "project" },
     "xunit": "2.1.0",
     "xunit.runner.visualstudio": "2.1.0",
-    "xunit.runner.dnx": "2.1.0-rc1-build204",
-    "Serilog.Sinks.Console": { "target": "project" },
+    "xunit.runner.dnx": "2.1.0-rc1-build204", 
     "Serilog.Sinks.Trace": { "target": "project" },
     "Serilog.Sinks.File": { "target": "project" },
     "Serilog.Sinks.RollingFile": { "target": "project" },