diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets b/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets
index 7acf4c97b5a2..8edccd355be7 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets
@@ -780,6 +780,11 @@ Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
 		Outputs="$(_NativeExecutable);$(DeviceSpecificOutputPath)mtouch.stamp">
 
 		<ItemGroup>
+			<!-- Skip the reference assemblies. There is currently no scenario where it is valid to pass them to 'mtouch'. They are impossible to AOT. Fixes: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/issues/3199 -->
+			<!-- Remove exact references, such as if a package had a framework reference to 'System' that we already have -->
+			<!-- This is exactly what "Microsoft.NuGet.Build.Tasks"'s 'ResolveNuGetPackageAssets' target is doing -->
+			<!-- Effectively 'ResolveNuGetPackageAssets' computes the NuGet packages using their json asset file, adds the full assemblies to 'ReferenceCopyLocalPaths' and outputs the resolved references via '_ReferencesFromNuGetPackages' -->
+			<ReferencePath Remove="@(_ReferencesFromNuGetPackages)" />
 			<MTouchReferencePath Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)" Condition="'%(Extension)' == '.dll'" />
 		</ItemGroup>