diff --git a/tests/mono-native/mono-native.csproj.template b/tests/mono-native/mono-native.csproj.template
index 4e5f8bcec3..35951330c5 100644
--- a/tests/mono-native/mono-native.csproj.template
+++ b/tests/mono-native/mono-native.csproj.template
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <MtouchDebug>True</MtouchDebug>
     <MtouchLink>None</MtouchLink>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>i386, x86_64</MtouchArch>
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <MtouchHttpClientHandler>HttpClientHandler</MtouchHttpClientHandler>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <MtouchLink>SdkOnly</MtouchLink>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>i386, x86_64</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchHttpClientHandler>HttpClientHandler</MtouchHttpClientHandler>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <MtouchDebug>True</MtouchDebug>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>ARMv7, ARM64</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchLink>None</MtouchLink>
     <MtouchHttpClientHandler>HttpClientHandler</MtouchHttpClientHandler>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <MtouchDebug>True</MtouchDebug>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>ARMv7</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchLink>None</MtouchLink>
     <MtouchHttpClientHandler>HttpClientHandler</MtouchHttpClientHandler>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <MtouchDebug>True</MtouchDebug>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>ARM64</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchLink>None</MtouchLink>
     <MtouchHttpClientHandler>HttpClientHandler</MtouchHttpClientHandler>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>ARMv7, ARM64</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchUseLlvm>true</MtouchUseLlvm>
     <MtouchLink>SdkOnly</MtouchLink>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>ARMv7</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchUseLlvm>true</MtouchUseLlvm>
     <MtouchLink>SdkOnly</MtouchLink>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>ARM64</MtouchArch>
     <MtouchUseLlvm>true</MtouchUseLlvm>
     <MtouchLink>SdkOnly</MtouchLink>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <MtouchArch>ARMv7, ARM64</MtouchArch>
-    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml --bitcode:full</MtouchExtraArgs>
+    <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v --bitcode:full</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchUseLlvm>true</MtouchUseLlvm>
     <MtouchLink>SdkOnly</MtouchLink>
     <MtouchHttpClientHandler>HttpClientHandler</MtouchHttpClientHandler>
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
     <None Include="Info.plist">
       <LogicalName>Info.plist</LogicalName>
     </None>
-    <None Include="extra-linker-defs.xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Main.cs" />