diff --git a/src/CLU/Microsoft.CLU.Run/project.json b/src/CLU/Microsoft.CLU.Run/project.json
index e505e09d2a3c..7816d770b9db 100644
--- a/src/CLU/Microsoft.CLU.Run/project.json
+++ b/src/CLU/Microsoft.CLU.Run/project.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "Microsoft.NETCore": "5.0.1-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime": "1.0.1-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms": "1.0.1-beta-23516",
-    "Microsoft.NETCore.ConsoleHost": "1.0.0-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR": "1.0.1-beta-23516",
     "System.Console": "4.0.0-beta-23516",
     "System.Diagnostics.Process": "4.1.0-beta-23516",
diff --git a/src/CLU/clurun/project.json b/src/CLU/clurun/project.json
index 795e22f30df1..2794647e986e 100644
--- a/src/CLU/clurun/project.json
+++ b/src/CLU/clurun/project.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "Microsoft.NETCore": "5.0.1-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime": "1.0.1-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms": "1.0.1-beta-23516",
-    "Microsoft.NETCore.ConsoleHost": "1.0.0-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR": "1.0.1-beta-23516",
     "System.Console": "4.0.0-beta-23516",
     "System.Diagnostics.Process": "4.1.0-beta-23516",
diff --git a/tools/CLU/BuildAndInstallClu.bat b/tools/CLU/BuildAndInstallClu.bat
index 4d4ae2c99a16..b173cdf374f9 100644
--- a/tools/CLU/BuildAndInstallClu.bat
+++ b/tools/CLU/BuildAndInstallClu.bat
@@ -29,11 +29,20 @@ REM note, for known nuget bugs, skip --install by copying over cmdlet packages.
 xcopy %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\pkgs %root%\drop\clurun\osx.10.10-x64\pkgs /S /Q /I /Y
 copy /Y %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\azure.lx %root%\drop\clurun\osx.10.10-x64
 copy /Y %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\msclu.cfg %root%\drop\clurun\osx.10.10-x64
+
+REM: copy over the pre-cooked azure.sh and ensure correct line endings
 copy /Y %~dp0\azure.sh %root%\drop\clurun\osx.10.10-x64
+set azuresh=%root%\drop\clurun\osx.10.10-x64\azure.sh
+echo Get-ChildItem %azuresh% ^| ForEach-Object { >  %temp%\fixLineEndings.ps1
+echo $contents = [IO.File]::ReadAllText($_) -replace "`r`n?", "`n" >> %temp%\fixLineEndings.ps1 
+echo [IO.File]::WriteAllText($_, $contents) >> %temp%\fixLineEndings.ps1 
+echo } >> %temp%\fixLineEndings.ps1
+@powershell -file %temp%\fixLineEndings.ps1
 
 xcopy %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\pkgs %root%\drop\clurun\ubuntu.14.04-x64\pkgs /S /Q /I /Y
 copy /Y %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\azure.lx %root%\drop\clurun\ubuntu.14.04-x64
 copy /Y %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\msclu.cfg %root%\drop\clurun\ubuntu.14.04-x64
-copy /Y %~dp0\azure.sh %root%\drop\clurun\ubuntu.14.04-x64
+copy /Y %azuresh% %root%\drop\clurun\ubuntu.14.04-x64
 
-copy /Y %~dp0\azure %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64
+REM, windows version also needs it for bash based testing
+copy /Y %azuresh% %root%\drop\clurun\win7-x64\azure
diff --git a/tools/CLU/BuildDrop.ps1 b/tools/CLU/BuildDrop.ps1
index 7e0dfc822340..325cc5450624 100644
--- a/tools/CLU/BuildDrop.ps1
+++ b/tools/CLU/BuildDrop.ps1
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ if (!($dropLocation))
 if (!(Test-Path -Path $dropLocation -PathType Container))
 {
     mkdir "$dropLocation"
+}
+
+if (!(Test-Path -Path "$dropLocation\CommandRepo" -PathType Container))
+{
     mkdir "$dropLocation\CommandRepo"
+}
+
+if (!(Test-Path -Path "$dropLocation\clurun" -PathType Container))
+{
     mkdir "$dropLocation\clurun"
 }
 
@@ -50,8 +58,8 @@ if (!($excludeCluRun))
 
         if (!($runtime.StartsWith("win")))
         {
-            # Fix current x-plat dotnet publish by correctly renaming ConsoleHost to clurun
-            Move-Item -Path "$cluRunOutput\coreconsole" -Destination "$cluRunOutput\clurun" -Force
+            # use released coreconsole file from https://github.com/dotnet/cli
+            Copy-Item -Path "$workspaceDirectory\tools\CLU\$runtime\coreconsole" -Destination "$cluRunOutput\clurun" -Force
 
             # Remove all extra exes that end up in the output directory...
             Get-ChildItem -Path "$cluRunOutput" -Filter "*.exe" | Remove-Item
diff --git a/tools/CLU/BuildPackage.ps1 b/tools/CLU/BuildPackage.ps1
index 6beefbc67529..d9a60cfcd634 100644
--- a/tools/CLU/BuildPackage.ps1
+++ b/tools/CLU/BuildPackage.ps1
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 if (!(Test-Path $cmdletsDir))
 {
-	throw "cmdletsDir: '$cmdletsDir' must be an existing directory containing cmdlet code"
+    throw "cmdletsDir: '$cmdletsDir' must be an existing directory containing cmdlet code"
 }
 if (!(Test-Path $outputDir))
 {
-	throw "outputDir: '$outputDir' must be an existing directory"
+    throw "outputDir: '$outputDir' must be an existing directory"
 }
 
 if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($env:WORKSPACE) -or !(Test-Path $env:WORKSPACE))
 {
-	throw "env:WORKSPACE: '$env:WORKSPACE' must be an existing directory"
+    throw "env:WORKSPACE: '$env:WORKSPACE' must be an existing directory"
 }
 
 $packageSource = $packageSource.TrimEnd('\\')
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ $contentFileText = ""
 $contentFiles | %{ $contentFileText += ("    <file src=""" + $_.Name + """ target=""content""/>`r`n")}
 if ($packageId -ne "Microsoft.CLU.Commands") 
 {
-	$contentFileText += "    <file src=""content\azure.lx"" target=""content""/>`r`n"
+    $contentFileText += "    <file src=""content\azure.lx"" target=""content""/>`r`n"
 }
 if ($renameFileExists)
 {
-	$contentFileText += "    <file src=""content\rename.cfg"" target=""content""/>`r`n"
+    $contentFileText += "    <file src=""content\rename.cfg"" target=""content""/>`r`n"
 }
 $contentFileText += "    <file src=""content\package.cfg"" target=""content""/>`r`n"
 $sourceFileText = ""
 $refFiles | %{$sourceFileText += ("    <file src=""" + $_.Name + """ target=""lib\dnxcore50""/>`r`n")}
 $outputContent = $fileContent -replace "%PackageVersion%", $packageVersion 
 $outputContent = $outputContent -replace "%ReferenceFiles%", $refFileText
- $outputContent = $outputContent -replace "%SourceFiles%", $sourceFileText 
- $outputContent = $outputContent -replace "%ContentFiles%", $contentFileText
+$outputContent = $outputContent -replace "%SourceFiles%", $sourceFileText 
+$outputContent = $outputContent -replace "%ContentFiles%", $contentFileText
 Set-Content -Value $outputContent -Path $nuspecOutput
 
 Write-Host "Creating nuget package..."
diff --git a/tools/CLU/azure b/tools/CLU/azure
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b47ed34a551..000000000000
--- a/tools/CLU/azure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
-
-clurun.exe -s azure -r $BASEDIR/azure.lx $*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/CLU/osx.10.10-x64/coreconsole b/tools/CLU/osx.10.10-x64/coreconsole
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9058ac8ec0e
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diff --git a/tools/CLU/ubuntu.14.04-x64/coreconsole b/tools/CLU/ubuntu.14.04-x64/coreconsole
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a502adaab0f9
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