diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/ConvertDebuggingFiles.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/ConvertDebuggingFiles.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index edb79829e5c..00000000000
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/ConvertDebuggingFiles.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
-using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-using Pdb2Mdb;
-using Microsoft.Android.Build.Tasks;
-
-namespace Xamarin.Android.Tasks
-{
-	public class ConvertDebuggingFiles : AndroidTask
-	{
-		public override string TaskPrefix => "CDF";
-
-		// The .pdb files we need to convert
-		[Required]
-		public ITaskItem[] Files { get; set; }
-
-		[Output]
-		public ITaskItem[] ConvertedFiles { get; set; }
-
-		public override bool RunTask ()
-		{
-			var convertedFiles = new List<ITaskItem> ();
-			foreach (var file in Files) {
-				var pdb = file.ItemSpec;
-
-				if (!File.Exists (pdb))
-					continue;
-
-				try {
-					Microsoft.Android.Build.Tasks.Files.SetWriteable (pdb);
-					Converter.Convert (Path.ChangeExtension (pdb, ".dll"));
-					convertedFiles.Add (new TaskItem (Path.ChangeExtension (pdb, ".dll")));
-				} catch (Exception ex) {
-					Log.LogWarningFromException (ex, true);
-				}
-			}
-			ConvertedFiles = convertedFiles.ToArray ();
-			Log.LogDebugTaskItems ("[Output] ConvertedFiles:", ConvertedFiles);
-			return true;
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.csproj b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.csproj
index b677c0ece0e..96efe7fea5b 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.csproj
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="pdb2mdb.exe">
-      <HintPath>$(MicrosoftAndroidSdkOutDir)pdb2mdb.exe</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter.dll">
       <HintPath>$(MicrosoftAndroidSdkOutDir)Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets
index cd4782e7bba..d29d385d6d0 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@
     <InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)NuGet.Versioning.dll" />
     <InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)System.Collections.Immutable.dll" />
     <InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)System.Reflection.Metadata.dll" />
-    <InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)pdb2mdb.exe" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="ILRepacker"
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index c642f4507a7..6d0af62a5d8 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
 		.pdb;
 		.xml;
 		.dll.config;
-		.dll.mdb;
 	</AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>
 </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -405,15 +404,6 @@ Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
   />
 </Target>
 
-<!-- When looking for related files to copy, look for Mono debugging files as well -->
-<PropertyGroup>
-	<AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>
-		$(AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions);
-		.dll.mdb;
-		.exe.mdb
-	</AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>
-</PropertyGroup>
-
 <ItemGroup>
 	<AndroidCustomMetaDataForReferences Include="@(_AndroidAssemblySkipCases)" />
 </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Legacy.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Legacy.targets
index 97e8d06aa43..d80244fcace 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Legacy.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Legacy.targets
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ projects. .NET 5 projects will not import this file.
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <UsingTask TaskName="Xamarin.Android.Tasks.CheckGoogleSdkRequirements"          AssemblyFile="Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.dll" />
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Xamarin.Android.Tasks.ConvertDebuggingFiles"               AssemblyFile="Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.dll" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="Xamarin.Android.Tasks.CreateLibraryResourceArchive"        AssemblyFile="Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.dll" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="Xamarin.Android.Tasks.CreateManagedLibraryResourceArchive" AssemblyFile="Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.dll" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="Xamarin.Android.Tasks.CreateNativeLibraryArchive"          AssemblyFile="Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.dll" />
@@ -388,17 +387,10 @@ projects. .NET 5 projects will not import this file.
       <Output TaskParameter="PdbFiles" ItemName="_ResolvedPdbFiles" />
       <Output TaskParameter="PortablePdbFiles" ItemName="_ResolvedPortablePdbFiles" />
     </CollectPdbFiles>
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_ConvertedMdbFiles Include="@(_ResolvedPdbFiles->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)%(Filename).dll.mdb')" />
-    </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="_ConvertPdbFiles"
-      Inputs="@(_ResolvedPdbFiles)"
-      Outputs="@(_ConvertedMdbFiles)"
       DependsOnTargets="_CollectPdbFiles">
-    <ConvertDebuggingFiles Files="@(_ResolvedPdbFiles)" />
-    <Touch Files="@(_ConvertedMdbFiles)" ContinueOnError="true" />
     <ItemGroup>
       <!-- NOTE: @(_ResolvedPortablePdbFiles) are valid -->
       <_DeprecatedSymbols Include="@(_ResolvedMdbFiles);@(_ResolvedPdbFiles)" />
@@ -408,26 +400,9 @@ projects. .NET 5 projects will not import this file.
         FormatArguments="%(_DeprecatedSymbols.FileName)%(_DeprecatedSymbols.Extension)"
         Condition=" '%(_DeprecatedSymbols.Identity)' != '' "
     />
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <FileWrites Include="@(_ConvertedMdbFiles)" />
-    </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="ConvertDebuggingFiles"
-      Condition=" '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' == 'true' And Exists ('$(_IntermediatePdbFile)') And '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'"
-      DependsOnTargets="_ConvertDebuggingFiles"
-  />
-
-  <Target Name="_ConvertDebuggingFiles"
-      Inputs="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName);$(_IntermediatePdbFile)"
-      Outputs="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName).mdb"
-      DependsOnTargets="_ValidateAndroidPackageProperties">
-    <ConvertDebuggingFiles Files="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName)" />
-    <Touch Files="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName).mdb" />
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <FileWrites Include="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName).mdb" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-  </Target>
+  <Target Name="ConvertDebuggingFiles" />
 
   <Target Name="_AddAndroidEnvironmentToCompile">
     <ItemGroup>