diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
index 7f872e2e785..a1d79a6c8bc 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
     <SelfContained Condition=" '$(SelfContained)' == '' ">true</SelfContained>
     <PublishTrimmed Condition=" '$(PublishTrimmed)' == '' and ('$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'SdkOnly' or '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'Full') ">true</PublishTrimmed>
     <PublishTrimmed Condition=" '$(PublishTrimmed)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' and '$(AndroidLinkMode)' != 'None' ">true</PublishTrimmed>
-    <TrimMode Condition=" '$(PublishTrimmed)' == 'true' and '$(TrimMode)' == '' ">link</TrimMode>
     <AndroidLinkMode Condition=" '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == '' and '$(PublishTrimmed)' == 'true' ">SdkOnly</AndroidLinkMode>
     <AndroidLinkMode Condition=" '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == '' ">None</AndroidLinkMode>
+    <TrimmerDefaultAction Condition=" '$(TrimmerDefaultAction)' == '' and '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'Full' ">link</TrimmerDefaultAction>
     <SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings Condition=" '$(SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings)' == '' ">true</SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>
     <!-- Prefer $(RuntimeIdentifiers) plural -->
     <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == '' And '$(RuntimeIdentifiers)' == '' ">android-arm64;android-x86</RuntimeIdentifiers>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink.targets
index 517f7e0ae49..6fe8cb3294d 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink.targets
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ This file contains the .NET 5-specific targets to customize ILLink
           Condition="'$(VSAndroidDesigner)' != ''"
           Value="$(VSAndroidDesigner)"
           Trim="true" />
-      <!-- Mark all assemblies to be linked for AndroidLinkMode=Full -->
-      <ResolvedFileToPublish
-          Update="@(ResolvedFileToPublish)"
-          Condition=" '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'Full' and '%(ResolvedFileToPublish.Extension)' == '.dll' and '%(ResolvedFileToPublish.AssetType)' != 'native' "
-          TrimMode="link"
-      />
       <!-- TODO: remove setting the trim mode here, once the support packages are updated to NET6 and compatability packages not needed -->
       <ResolvedFileToPublish
           Condition=" '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'SdkOnly' and ( $([System.String]::Copy(%(Filename)).StartsWith ('Xamarin.AndroidX.')) or $([System.String]::Copy(%(Filename)).StartsWith ('Xamarin.Android.Support.')) or $([System.String]::Copy(%(Filename)).StartsWith ('Xamarin.Google.')) or $([System.String]::Copy(%(Filename)).StartsWith ('Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.')) ) ">