diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/DrainBenchmarks.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/DrainBenchmarks.cs
index 51306c91..85943cfe 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/DrainBenchmarks.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/DrainBenchmarks.cs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public void Add()
         public void DrainArray()
         {
             Add();
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if NET
             buffer.DrainTo(output.AsSpan());
 #else
             buffer.DrainTo(new ArraySegment<string>(output));
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchFlat.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchFlat.cs
index f0523066..b70ec3af 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchFlat.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchFlat.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if NET
 using System.Runtime.Intrinsics;
 using System.Runtime.Intrinsics.X86;
 #endif
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public CmSketchFlat(long maximumSize, IEqualityComparer<T> comparer)
         /// <returns>The estimated frequency of the value.</returns>
         public int EstimateFrequency(T value)
         {
-#if !NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if !NET
             return EstimateFrequencyStd(value);
 #else
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public int EstimateFrequency(T value)
         /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
         public void Increment(T value)
         {
-#if !NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if !NET
             IncrementStd(value);
 #else
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ private int Spread(int x)
             return (int)((y >> 16) ^ y);
         }
 
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if NET
         private unsafe int EstimateFrequencyAvx(T value)
         {
             int hash = Spread(comparer.GetHashCode(value));
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchNoPin.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchNoPin.cs
index fdc8629a..419ce3c4 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchNoPin.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/CmSketchNoPin.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public CmSketchNoPin(long maximumSize, IEqualityComparer<T> comparer)
         /// <returns>The estimated frequency of the value.</returns>
         public int EstimateFrequency(T value)
         {
-#if NET48
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
             return EstimateFrequencyStd(value);
 #else
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public int EstimateFrequency(T value)
         /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
         public void Increment(T value)
         {
-#if NET48
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
             IncrementStd(value);
 #else
 
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheEventsTests.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheEventsTests.cs
index e51002d2..dfbb81b6 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheEventsTests.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheEventsTests.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests
 {
-// backcompat: remove 
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+    // backcompat: remove 
+#if NET
     public class CacheEventsTests
     {
         [Fact]
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheMetricsTests.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheMetricsTests.cs
index 62bf3368..8a6b89a1 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheMetricsTests.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/CacheMetricsTests.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 namespace BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests
 {
-// backcompat: remove 
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+    // backcompat: remove 
+#if NET
     public class CacheMetricsTests
     {
         [Fact]
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Intrinsics.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Intrinsics.cs
index ebbe194a..139cb350 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Intrinsics.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Intrinsics.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public static class Intrinsics
     {
         public static void SkipAvxIfNotSupported<I>()
         {
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if NET
     #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
             // when we are trying to test Avx2/Arm64, skip the test if it's not supported
             Skip.If(typeof(I) == typeof(DetectIsa) && !(Avx2.IsSupported || AdvSimd.Arm64.IsSupported));
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TLruTickCount64PolicyTests .cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TLruTickCount64PolicyTests .cs
index 5803d8e7..bd14d764 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TLruTickCount64PolicyTests .cs	
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TLruTickCount64PolicyTests .cs	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if NET
 
 using FluentAssertions;
 using BitFaster.Caching.Lru;
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TelemetryPolicyTests.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TelemetryPolicyTests.cs
index f9e0d9f8..200322a7 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TelemetryPolicyTests.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TelemetryPolicyTests.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public void WhenEventSourceIsSetItemUpdatedEventUsesSource()
         }
 
 // backcompat: remove 
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if NET
         [Fact]
         public void WhenInterfaceDefaultItemUpdatedRegisteredNoOp()
         {
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TlruStopwatchPolicyTests.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TlruStopwatchPolicyTests.cs
index 842d0843..e2545f59 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TlruStopwatchPolicyTests.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lru/TlruStopwatchPolicyTests.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 namespace BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Lru
 {
 // backcompat: remove conditional compile
-#if !NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+#if !NET
     public class TlruStopwatchPolicyTests
     {
         private readonly TLruLongTicksPolicy<int, int> policy = new TLruLongTicksPolicy<int, int>(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));