diff --git a/external/mono b/external/mono
index 0f53cb275c4..63e8dc6ea17 160000
--- a/external/mono
+++ b/external/mono
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0f53cb275c43426a122f6d2f3ae4478086892252
+Subproject commit 63e8dc6ea17c904157224a26e6b37a63a49c06da
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/Linker.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/Linker.cs
index 7190a7bfd9f..352cda31492 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/Linker.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/Linker.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static LinkContext CreateLinkContext (LinkerOptions options, Pipeline pipeline,
 			context.LogInternalExceptions = true;
 			context.Logger = logger;
 			context.CoreAction = AssemblyAction.Link;
+			context.UserAction = AssemblyAction.Link;
 			context.LinkSymbols = true;
 			context.SymbolReaderProvider = new DefaultSymbolReaderProvider (true);
 			context.SymbolWriterProvider = new DefaultSymbolWriterProvider ();