diff --git a/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/DataContractJsonMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs b/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/DataContractJsonMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs
index e1966f72a..ad3311326 100644
--- a/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/DataContractJsonMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/DataContractJsonMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public async Task ReadFromStreamAsync_RoundTripsWriteToStreamAsync_KnownTypes(Ty
             }
         }
 
+#if !NETCOREAPP2_0 // DBNull not serializable on .NET Core 2.0.
         // Test alternate null value
         [Fact]
         public async Task ReadFromStreamAsync_RoundTripsWriteToStreamAsync_DBNull()
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ public async Task ReadFromStreamAsync_RoundTripsWriteToStreamAsync_DBNullAsEmpty
             // Lower levels convert DBNull.Value to empty string on read
             Assert.Equal(String.Empty, readObj);
         }
+#endif
 
         [Fact]
         public async Task UseDataContractJsonSerializer_Default()
diff --git a/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/XmlMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs b/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/XmlMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs
index c539ed1d4..2bec6ccf8 100644
--- a/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/XmlMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/test/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Test/Formatting/XmlMediaTypeFormatterTests.cs
@@ -23,8 +23,23 @@ public class XmlMediaTypeFormatterTests : MediaTypeFormatterTestBase<XmlMediaTyp
         // sample only; avoids types DataContractJsonSerializer fails to round trip (e.g. Guid, Uint16).  May require
         // known types or similar (de)serializer configuration.
         public static readonly RefTypeTestData<object> BunchOfTypedObjectsTestData = new RefTypeTestData<object>(
-            () => new List<object> { null, String.Empty, "This is a string", false, true, Double.MinValue,
-                Double.MaxValue, Int32.MinValue, Int32.MaxValue, Int64.MinValue, Int64.MaxValue, DBNull.Value, });
+            () => new List<object>
+            {
+                null,
+                String.Empty,
+                "This is a string",
+                false,
+                true,
+                Double.MinValue,
+                Double.MaxValue,
+                Int32.MinValue,
+                Int32.MaxValue,
+                Int64.MinValue,
+                Int64.MaxValue,
+#if !NETCOREAPP2_0 // DBNull not serializable on .NET Core 2.0.
+                DBNull.Value,
+#endif
+            });
 
         public static IEnumerable<TestData> BunchOfTypedObjectsTestDataCollection
         {