diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/AttachmentManager.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/AttachmentManager.cs
index 9a4a68786..9d847bb36 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/AttachmentManager.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/AttachmentManager.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
-using coverlet.collector.Resources;
 using Coverlet.Collector.Utilities;
 using Coverlet.Collector.Utilities.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.ObjectModel.DataCollection;
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ private string SaveCoverageReport(string report, string reportFileName)
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
-        string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.FailedToSaveCoverageReport, CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName, reportFileName, _reportDirectory);
+        string errorMessage = $"{CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName}: Failed to save coverage report '{reportFileName}' in directory '{_reportDirectory}'";
         throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage, ex);
       }
     }
@@ -168,8 +167,7 @@ private void CleanupReportDirectory()
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
-        string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.FailedToCleanupReportDirectory, CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName, _reportDirectory);
-        throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage, ex);
+        throw new CoverletDataCollectorException($"{CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName}: Failed to cleanup report directory: '{_reportDirectory}'", ex);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageManager.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageManager.cs
index d6f6052c8..fa6bc9ab3 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageManager.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageManager.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using coverlet.collector.Resources;
 using Coverlet.Collector.Utilities;
 using Coverlet.Collector.Utilities.Interfaces;
 using Coverlet.Core;
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public void InstrumentModules()
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
-        string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.InstrumentationException, CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName);
+        string errorMessage = $"{CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName}: Failed to instrument modules";
         throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage, ex);
       }
     }
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ private CoverageResult GetCoverageResult()
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
-        string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.CoverageResultException, CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName);
+        string errorMessage = $"{CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName}: Failed to get coverage result";
         throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage, ex);
       }
     }
@@ -114,8 +113,7 @@ private CoverageResult GetCoverageResult()
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
-        string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.CoverageReportException, CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName);
-        throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage, ex);
+        throw new CoverletDataCollectorException($"{CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName}: Failed to get coverage report", ex);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
index 29584281e..733dacfcc 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
-using coverlet.collector.Resources;
 using Coverlet.Collector.Utilities;
 
 namespace Coverlet.Collector.DataCollection
@@ -72,8 +71,7 @@ private static string ParseTestModule(IEnumerable<string> testModules)
       // Validate if at least one source present.
       if (testModules == null || !testModules.Any())
       {
-        string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.NoTestModulesFound, CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName);
-        throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage);
+        throw new CoverletDataCollectorException($"{CoverletConstants.DataCollectorName}: No test modules found");
       }
 
       // Note:
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/InProcDataCollection/CoverletInProcDataCollector.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/InProcDataCollection/CoverletInProcDataCollector.cs
index b61d75f55..b1e6c5be2 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/InProcDataCollection/CoverletInProcDataCollector.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/InProcDataCollection/CoverletInProcDataCollector.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
-using coverlet.collector.Resources;
 using Coverlet.Collector.Utilities;
 using Coverlet.Core.Instrumentation;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.ObjectModel.DataCollection;
@@ -76,8 +75,7 @@ public void TestSessionEnd(TestSessionEndArgs testSessionEndArgs)
           if (_enableExceptionLog)
           {
             _eqtTrace.Error("{0}: Failed to unload module with error: {1}", CoverletConstants.InProcDataCollectorName, ex);
-            string errorMessage = string.Format(Resources.FailedToUnloadModule, CoverletConstants.InProcDataCollectorName);
-            throw new CoverletDataCollectorException(errorMessage, ex);
+            throw new CoverletDataCollectorException($"{CoverletConstants.InProcDataCollectorName}: Failed to unload module", ex);
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/Resources/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/Resources/Resources.Designer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b8dab181e..000000000
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/Resources/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// <auto-generated>
-//     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
-//
-//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
-//     the code is regenerated.
-// </auto-generated>
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-namespace coverlet.collector.Resources {
-    using System;
-    
-    
-    /// <summary>
-    ///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
-    /// </summary>
-    // This class was auto-generated by the StronglyTypedResourceBuilder
-    // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
-    // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
-    // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "17.0.0.0")]
-    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
-    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    internal class Resources {
-        
-        private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
-        
-        private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
-        
-        [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
-        internal Resources() {
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
-        /// </summary>
-        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
-        internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
-            get {
-                if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
-                    global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("coverlet.collector.Resources.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
-                    resourceMan = temp;
-                }
-                return resourceMan;
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
-        ///   resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
-        /// </summary>
-        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
-        internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {
-            get {
-                return resourceCulture;
-            }
-            set {
-                resourceCulture = value;
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: Failed to get coverage report.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string CoverageReportException {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("CoverageReportException", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: Failed to get coverage result.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string CoverageResultException {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("CoverageResultException", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: Failed to cleanup report directory: &apos;{1}&apos;.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string FailedToCleanupReportDirectory {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("FailedToCleanupReportDirectory", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: Failed to save coverage report &apos;{1}&apos; in directory &apos;{2}&apos;.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string FailedToSaveCoverageReport {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("FailedToSaveCoverageReport", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: Failed to unload module.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string FailedToUnloadModule {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("FailedToUnloadModule", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: Failed to instrument modules.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string InstrumentationException {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("InstrumentationException", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {0}: No test modules found.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string NoTestModulesFound {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("NoTestModulesFound", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/Resources/Resources.resx b/src/coverlet.collector/Resources/Resources.resx
deleted file mode 100644
index af111547e..000000000
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/Resources/Resources.resx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
-  <!-- 
-    Microsoft ResX Schema 
-    
-    Version 2.0
-    
-    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
-    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
-    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
-    associated with the data types.
-    
-    Example:
-    
-    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
-    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
-    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
-    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
-    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
-    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
-    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
-    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
-        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
-    </data>
-    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
-        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
-        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
-    </data>
-                
-    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
-    name/value pairs.
-    
-    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
-    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
-    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
-    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
-    mimetype set.
-    
-    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
-    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
-    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
-    
-    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
-    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
-    read any of the formats listed below.
-    
-    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
-            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
-            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-    
-    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
-            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
-            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-
-    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
-            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
-            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-    -->
-  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
-    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
-    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
-      <xsd:complexType>
-        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
-          <xsd:element name="metadata">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="assembly">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="data">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
-              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="resheader">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-        </xsd:choice>
-      </xsd:complexType>
-    </xsd:element>
-  </xsd:schema>
-  <resheader name="resmimetype">
-    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="version">
-    <value>2.0</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="reader">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="writer">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <data name="CoverageReportException" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: Failed to get coverage report</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="CoverageResultException" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: Failed to get coverage result</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="FailedToCleanupReportDirectory" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: Failed to cleanup report directory: '{1}'</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="FailedToSaveCoverageReport" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: Failed to save coverage report '{1}' in directory '{2}'</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="FailedToUnloadModule" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: Failed to unload module</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="InstrumentationException" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: Failed to instrument modules</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="NoTestModulesFound" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>{0}: No test modules found</value>
-  </data>
-</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/coverlet.collector.csproj b/src/coverlet.collector/coverlet.collector.csproj
index 7b48b9a37..fc6145d80 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/coverlet.collector.csproj
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/coverlet.collector.csproj
@@ -49,33 +49,6 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Update="Resources.Designer.cs">
-      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
-      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
-      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Update="Resources\Resources.Designer.cs">
-      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
-      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
-      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <EmbeddedResource Update="Resources.resx">
-      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Update="Resources\Resources.resx">
-      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Resource.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Update="Resources\Resources.resx">
-      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\coverlet.core\coverlet.core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>