diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad26ef0..d5d7ecb 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
   with_ruby="no"
   with_haskell="no"
   with_haxe="no"
-  with_dotnetcore="no"
   with_netstd="no"
   with_perl="no"
   with_php="no"
@@ -502,14 +501,14 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_HAXE, [test "$have_haxe" = "yes"])
 
 
-AX_THRIFT_LIB(dotnetcore, [.NET Core], yes)
-if test "$with_dotnetcore" = "yes";  then
+AX_THRIFT_LIB(netstd, [.NET Core], yes)
+if test "$with_netstd" = "yes";  then
   AC_PATH_PROG([DOTNETCORE], [dotnet])
   if [[ -x "$DOTNETCORE" ]] ; then
-    AX_PROG_DOTNETCORE_VERSION( [2.0.0], have_dotnetcore="yes", have_dotnetcore="no")
+    AX_PROG_DOTNETCORE_VERSION( [2.0.0], have_netstd="yes", have_netstd="no")
   fi
 fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_DOTNET, [test "$have_dotnetcore" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_DOTNET, [test "$have_netstd" = "yes"])
 
 
 AX_THRIFT_LIB(d, [D], yes)
@@ -817,7 +816,6 @@
   lib/js/test/Makefile
   lib/json/Makefile
   lib/json/test/Makefile
-  lib/netcore/Makefile
   lib/netstd/Makefile
   lib/nodejs/Makefile
   lib/nodets/Makefile
@@ -846,7 +844,6 @@
   test/haxe/Makefile
   test/hs/Makefile
   test/lua/Makefile
-  test/netcore/Makefile
   test/netstd/Makefile
   test/php/Makefile
   test/dart/Makefile
@@ -866,7 +863,6 @@
   tutorial/hs/Makefile
   tutorial/java/Makefile
   tutorial/js/Makefile
-  tutorial/netcore/Makefile
   tutorial/netstd/Makefile
   tutorial/nodejs/Makefile
   tutorial/dart/Makefile
@@ -919,8 +915,8 @@
 AC_SUBST([MAYBE_RS])
 if test "$have_swift" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_SWIFT="swift" ; else MAYBE_SWIFT="" ; fi
 AC_SUBST([MAYBE_SWIFT])
-if test "$have_dotnetcore" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_DOTNETCORE="netcore" ; else MAYBE_DOTNETCORE="" ; fi
-AC_SUBST([MAYBE_DOTNETCORE])
+if test "$have_netstd" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_NETSTD="netstd" ; else MAYBE_NETSTD="" ; fi
+AC_SUBST([MAYBE_NETSTD])
 if test "$have_cl" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_CL="cl" ; else MAYBE_CL="" ; fi
 AC_SUBST([MAYBE_CL])
 
@@ -937,8 +933,7 @@
 echo "Building Common Lisp Library.. : $have_cl"
 echo "Building D Library ........... : $have_d"
 echo "Building Dart Library ........ : $have_dart"
-echo "Building dotnetcore Library .. : $have_dotnetcore"
-echo "Building .NET Standard Library : $have_dotnetcore"
+echo "Building .NET Standard Library : $have_netstd"
 echo "Building Erlang Library ...... : $have_erlang"
 echo "Building Go Library .......... : $have_go"
 echo "Building Haskell Library ..... : $have_haskell"
@@ -1001,13 +996,7 @@
   echo "   Using Pub ................. : $DARTPUB"
   echo "   Using Dart version ........ : $($DART --version 2>&1)"
 fi
-if test "$have_dotnetcore" = "yes" ; then
-  echo
-  echo ".NET Core Library:"
-  echo "   Using .NET Core ........... : $DOTNETCORE"
-  echo "   Using .NET Core version ... : $DOTNETCORE_VERSION"
-fi
-if test "$have_dotnetcore" = "yes" ; then
+if test "$have_netstd" = "yes" ; then
   echo
   echo ".NET Standard Library:"
   echo "   Using dotnet .............. : $DOTNETCORE"