diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index 7ab2ee9937..3043880a93 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -1321,6 +1321,17 @@
 		</ItemGroup>
 	</Target>
 
+	<Target Name="_ExcludeUnusedFilesFromTheBundle"
+		Condition="'$(_UseNativeAot)' == 'true'"
+		AfterTargets="_LinkNativeExecutable"
+		BeforeTargets="CopyFilesToPublishDirectory">
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<!-- We don't ship assemblies with NativeAOT -->
+			<!-- Exclude assemblies explicitly until https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/87187 is not resolved -->
+			<ResolvedFileToPublish Remove="@(ResolvedFileToPublish)" Condition="'%(ResolvedFileToPublish.Extension)' == '.dll'" />
+		</ItemGroup>
+	</Target>
+
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<_GenerateBindingsDependsOn>
 			_ComputeBindingVariables;
diff --git a/runtime/coreclr-bridge.m b/runtime/coreclr-bridge.m
index ba7ec923e6..97a634721a 100644
--- a/runtime/coreclr-bridge.m
+++ b/runtime/coreclr-bridge.m
@@ -558,9 +558,11 @@ xamarin_bridge_call_runtime_initialize (struct InitializationOptions* options, G
 void
 xamarin_bridge_register_product_assembly (GCHandle* exception_gchandle)
 {
+#if !defined (NATIVEAOT)
 	MonoAssembly *assembly;
 	assembly = xamarin_open_and_register (PRODUCT_DUAL_ASSEMBLY, exception_gchandle);
 	xamarin_mono_object_release (&assembly);
+#endif // !defined (NATIVEAOT)
 }
 
 MonoMethod *
diff --git a/runtime/monotouch-main.m b/runtime/monotouch-main.m
index c2f8cc0ed3..18453b74bf 100644
--- a/runtime/monotouch-main.m
+++ b/runtime/monotouch-main.m
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ xamarin_main (int argc, char *argv[], enum XamarinLaunchMode launch_mode)
 	if (xamarin_register_assemblies != NULL)
 		xamarin_register_assemblies ();
 
+#if !defined (NATIVEAOT)
 	if (xamarin_executable_name) {
 		assembly = xamarin_open_and_register (xamarin_executable_name, &exception_gchandle);
 		xamarin_process_fatal_exception_gchandle (exception_gchandle, "An exception occurred while opening the main executable");
@@ -454,14 +455,16 @@ xamarin_main (int argc, char *argv[], enum XamarinLaunchMode launch_mode)
 		xamarin_process_fatal_exception_gchandle (exception_gchandle, "An exception occurred while opening an assembly");
 	}
 
-#if SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_REGISTRATION
 	if (xamarin_supports_dynamic_registration) {
 		MonoReflectionAssembly *rassembly = mono_assembly_get_object (mono_domain_get (), assembly);
 		xamarin_register_entry_assembly (rassembly, &exception_gchandle);
 		xamarin_mono_object_release (&rassembly);
 		xamarin_process_fatal_exception_gchandle (exception_gchandle, "An exception occurred while opening the entry assembly");
 	}
-#endif // SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_REGISTRATION
+#else
+	assembly = NULL;
+	(void)exception_gchandle;
+#endif // !defined (NATIVEAOT)
 
 	DEBUG_LAUNCH_TIME_PRINT ("\tAssembly register time");