diff --git a/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/appsettings.json b/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/appsettings.json
index 38f0280d9f..ef76af7eee 100644
--- a/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/appsettings.json
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
             "Default": "Warning",
             "System": "Warning",
             "Microsoft": "Warning",
-            "LogLevel": {
-                "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "Debug"
-            }
+            "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "Debug"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/Models/TodoItem.cs b/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/Models/TodoItem.cs
index d380b0d018..7836ecdd58 100644
--- a/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/Models/TodoItem.cs
+++ b/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/Models/TodoItem.cs
@@ -20,17 +20,5 @@ public TodoItem()
 
         [Attr]
         public Guid GuidProperty { get; set; }
-
-        [Attr]
-        public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; }
-
-        [Attr(isFilterable: false, isSortable: false)]
-        public DateTime? AchievedDate { get; set; }
-
-        [Attr]
-        public DateTime? UpdatedDate { get; set; }
-
-        [Attr]
-        public DateTimeOffset? OffsetDate { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/appsettings.json b/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/appsettings.json
index ed7d5999d7..7392e6fb01 100644
--- a/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/appsettings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
     "Data": {
-        "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=JsonApiDotNetCoreExample;User ID=postgres;Password=postgres"
+        "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=JsonApiDotNetCoreNoEFCoreExample;User ID=postgres;Password=postgres"
     },
     "Logging": {
         "IncludeScopes": false,
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj
index d68923e892..b95b3dced5 100644
--- a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj
+++ b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Update="xunit.runner.json;appsettings.json">
+    <None Update="xunit.runner.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="../../src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="../../src/Examples/NoEntityFrameworkExample/NoEntityFrameworkExample.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="../UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/appsettings.json b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 84f8cf4220..0000000000
--- a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "Data": {
-        "DefaultConnection":
-            "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=JsonApiDotNetCoreExample;User ID=postgres;Password=postgres"
-    },
-    "Logging": {
-        "IncludeScopes": false,
-        "LogLevel": {
-            "Default": "Warning",
-            "System": "Warning",
-            "Microsoft": "Warning",
-            "JsonApiDotNetCore.Middleware.JsonApiExceptionFilter": "Critical"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/NoEntityFrameworkTests.csproj b/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/NoEntityFrameworkTests.csproj
index a53c1e90ce..12c372c22d 100644
--- a/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/NoEntityFrameworkTests.csproj
+++ b/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/NoEntityFrameworkTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppVersion)</TargetFramework>
     <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Update="xunit.runner.json;appsettings.json">
+    <None Update="xunit.runner.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/appsettings.json b/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 84f8cf4220..0000000000
--- a/test/NoEntityFrameworkTests/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "Data": {
-        "DefaultConnection":
-            "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=JsonApiDotNetCoreExample;User ID=postgres;Password=postgres"
-    },
-    "Logging": {
-        "IncludeScopes": false,
-        "LogLevel": {
-            "Default": "Warning",
-            "System": "Warning",
-            "Microsoft": "Warning",
-            "JsonApiDotNetCore.Middleware.JsonApiExceptionFilter": "Critical"
-        }
-    }
-}