diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
index a4fd6ffe5f4ee1..bb3a6de7b8e347 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
@@ -111,16 +111,20 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <_WhereXcrun>0</_WhereXcrun>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="command -v &quot;$(Xcrun)&quot;" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" Condition="'$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true'">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_HasDefaultSysRoot Condition="'$(SysRoot)' != ''">true</_HasDefaultSysRoot>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <Exec Command="command -v &quot;$(Xcrun)&quot;" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" Condition="'$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true' And '$(_HasDefaultSysRoot)' != 'true'">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_WhereXcrun" />
     </Exec>
     <Error Condition="'$(_WhereXcrun)' != '0' and '$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true'"
       Text="'$(Xcrun)' not found in PATH. Make sure '$(Xcrun)' is available in PATH." />
 
-    <Exec Command="&quot;$(Xcrun)&quot; --sdk $(_AppleSdkName) --show-sdk-path" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" Condition="'$(SysRoot)' == '' and '$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true'" ConsoleToMsBuild="true">
+    <Exec Command="&quot;$(Xcrun)&quot; --sdk $(_AppleSdkName) --show-sdk-path" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" Condition="'$(_HasDefaultSysRoot)' != 'true' and '$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true'" ConsoleToMsBuild="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="SysRoot" />
     </Exec>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(SysRoot)') and '$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true'"
+    <Error Condition="'$(_HasDefaultSysRoot)' != 'true' and '$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' == 'true' and !Exists('$(SysRoot)')"
       Text="Apple SDK was not found in: '$(SysRoot)'" />
 
     <!--
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <LinkerArg Include="-Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384" Condition=" '$(_linuxLibcFlavor)' == 'bionic' and '$(NativeLib)' == 'Shared' and ('$(_targetArchitecture)' == 'x64' or '$(_targetArchitecture)' == 'arm64')" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="clang --version" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
+    <Exec Command="clang --version" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(UseLdClassicXCodeLinker)' == ''" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_XcodeVersionStringExitCode" />
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_XcodeVersionString" />
     </Exec>
@@ -291,15 +295,15 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <_CommandProbe Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))">where /Q</_CommandProbe>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="$(_CommandProbe) &quot;$(CppLinker)&quot;" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low">
+    <Exec Command="$(_CommandProbe) &quot;$(CppLinker)&quot;" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" Condition="'$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_WhereLinker" />
     </Exec>
 
-    <Exec Command="$(_CommandProbe) &quot;$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)&quot;" Condition="'$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' != '' and '$(_WhereLinker)' != '0'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low">
+    <Exec Command="$(_CommandProbe) &quot;$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)&quot;" Condition="'$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' != '' and '$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_WhereLinkerAlt" />
     </Exec>
 
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' != '' and '$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(_WhereLinkerAlt)' == '0'">
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' != '' and '$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(_WhereLinkerAlt)' == '0' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'">
       <CppCompilerAndLinker>$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)</CppCompilerAndLinker>
       <CppLinker>$(CppCompilerAndLinker)</CppLinker>
       <_WhereLinker>0</_WhereLinker>
@@ -312,13 +316,13 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <ObjCopyNameAlternative Condition="$(CppCompilerAndLinker.Contains('clang'))">objcopy</ObjCopyNameAlternative>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" Text="Platform linker ('$(CppLinker)') not found in PATH. Ensure you have all the required prerequisites documented at https://aka.ms/nativeaot-prerequisites." />
-    <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' != ''"
+    <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'" Text="Platform linker ('$(CppLinker)') not found in PATH. Ensure you have all the required prerequisites documented at https://aka.ms/nativeaot-prerequisites." />
+    <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' != '' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'"
       Text="Platform linker ('$(CppLinker)' or '$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)') not found in PATH. Ensure you have all the required prerequisites documented at https://aka.ms/nativeaot-prerequisites." />
-    <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' == '' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true'"
+    <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' == '' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'"
       Text="Requested linker ('$(CppLinker)') not found in PATH." />
 
-    <Exec Command="&quot;$(CppLinker)&quot; -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld'" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
+    <Exec Command="&quot;$(CppLinker)&quot; -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_LinkerVersionString" />
     </Exec>