diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index 194ac7e7db58..bf262a013b82 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -574,9 +574,6 @@
 				<TrimMode>copy</TrimMode> <!-- Don't use 'copyused', because that might still end up saving some assemblies, and if that's the platform assembly, it may break the partial static registrar -->
 			</ResolvedFileToPublish>
 
-			<!-- Mark our entry assembly as a root assembly. -->
-			<TrimmerRootAssembly Include="@(ResolvedFileToPublish)" Condition="'%(ResolvedFileToPublish.Filename)' == '$(AssemblyName)' And '%(ResolvedFileToPublish.Extension)' == '.dll'" />
-
 			<!--
 				pre-mark custom steps
 			-->