diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Core/ILTrim.Core.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Core/ILTrim.Core.csproj
index 4297b6878b3706..95f9c6fd4230be 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Core/ILTrim.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Core/ILTrim.Core.csproj
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <Compile Include="..\aot\ILCompiler.Compiler\Compiler\DescriptorMarker.cs" Link="Shared\DescriptorMarker.cs"/>
     <Compile Include="..\aot\ILCompiler.Compiler\Compiler\DependencyAnalysis\ObjectGetTypeCalledNode.cs" Link="DependencyAnalysis\ObjectGetTypeCalledNode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\aot\ILCompiler.Compiler\Compiler\DependencyAnalysis\ObjectGetTypeFlowDependenciesNode.cs" Link="DependencyAnalysis\ObjectGetTypeFlowDependenciesNode.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="..\aot\ILCompiler.Compiler\Compiler\DependencyAnalysis\TrimmingDescriptorNode.cs" Link="DependencyAnalysis\TrimmingDescriptorNode.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- ILCompiler.Compiler shared extension method files -->
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt b/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt
index 90c596ee59fa81..bea4bab55c9367 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt
@@ -237,11 +237,6 @@ Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.InterfaceTypeInOtherUsedOnlyByCopiedAssem
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.InterfaceUsedOnlyAsConstraintIsKept
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndAssemblyPreserveAll
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndTypePreserveAll
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndTypePreserveFields
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndTypePreserveFieldsWithInterfacesMarked
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndTypePreserveMethods
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndTypePreserveMethodsWithInterfacesMarked
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoInstanceCtor.NoInstanceCtorAndTypePreserveNone
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.DynamicDependencyPreservesInterfaceMethod
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.ExplicitInterfaceCanBeRemovedFromClassWithOnlyStaticMethodUsed
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.GenericWithConstraintDoesNotCauseOtherTypesToKeepInterface
@@ -253,8 +248,6 @@ Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.PreserveDependencyPreservesInt
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.UnusedTypeHasExplicitInterfaceMethodPreservedViaXml
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.UnusedTypeHasExplicitInterfacePropertyPreservedViaXml
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.UnusedTypeHasInterfaceMethodPreservedViaXml
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.UnusedTypeWithPreserveFields
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.UnusedTypeWithPreserveMethods
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtor.UnusedTypeWithPreserveMethodsAndInterfaceTypeMarked
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtorButInterfaceNeeded.ArrayWithIndexAssignedToReturnValue
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtorButInterfaceNeeded.FieldDowncastedToInterface
@@ -282,14 +275,12 @@ Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.NoKeptCtorButInterfaceNeeded.ReturnValueD
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.ObjectCastedToSecondInterfaceHasMemberRemovedButInterfaceKept
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.UnusedComInterfaceIsKept
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.UnusedExplicitInterfaceHasMethodPreservedViaXml
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.UnusedInterfaceHasMethodPreservedViaXml
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.NoKeptCtor.InterfaceTypeRemovedWhenOnlyUsedByClassWithOnlyStaticMethod
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.NoKeptCtor.InterfaceTypeRemovedWhenOnlyUsedByClassWithOnlyStaticMethodMultiple
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.StructImplementingInterfaceMethodsNested2
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.StructUsedFromConcreteTypeHasInterfaceMethodRemoved2
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.StructWithNestedStructImplementingInterface
 Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.UnusedExplicitInterfaceHasMethodPreservedViaXml
-Inheritance.Interfaces.OnValueType.UnusedInterfaceHasMethodPreservedViaXml
 Inheritance.Interfaces.RecursiveInterfaces.GenericInterfaceImplementedRecursively
 Inheritance.Interfaces.RecursiveInterfaces.InterfaceImplementedRecursively
 Inheritance.Interfaces.RecursiveInterfaces.OverrideOfRecursiveInterfaceIsRemoved
@@ -348,34 +339,23 @@ LinkAttributes.TypedArgumentsErrors
 LinkXml.AssemblyWithPreserveAll
 LinkXml.CanPreserveAnExportedType
 LinkXml.CanPreserveExportedTypesUsingRegex
-LinkXml.CanPreserveNamespace
-LinkXml.CanPreserveTypesUsingRegex
 LinkXml.EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed
 LinkXml.EmbeddedLinkXmlPreservesAdditionalAssemblyWithOverriddenMethod
 LinkXml.EmbeddedLinkXmlUnresolvedReferencesAreReported
 LinkXml.LinkXmlErrorCases
 LinkXml.PreserveIndividualMembersOfNonRequiredType
-LinkXml.PreserveSecondLevelMethodsOfNonRequiredType
-LinkXml.TypeWithPreserveFieldsHasBackingFieldsOfPropertiesRemoved
-LinkXml.UnusedAssemblyWithNoDefinedPreserveHasAllTypesPreserved
 LinkXml.UnusedEventPreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
 LinkXml.UnusedFieldPreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
 LinkXml.UnusedGenericTypeWithPreserveAllHasAllMembersPreserved
 LinkXml.UnusedInterfaceTypeOnTypeWithPreserveAllIsKept
-LinkXml.UnusedInterfaceTypeOnTypeWithPreserveNothingIsRemoved
 LinkXml.UnusedMethodPreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
-LinkXml.UnusedNestedTypePreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
+LinkXml.UnusedNonRequiredTypeIsRemoved
 LinkXml.UnusedPropertyPreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
-LinkXml.UnusedTypeDeclarationPreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
-LinkXml.UnusedTypeIsPresservedWhenEntireAssemblyIsPreserved
-LinkXml.UnusedTypePreservedByLinkXmlIsKept
-LinkXml.UnusedTypePreservedByLinkXmlWithCommentIsKept
 LinkXml.UnusedTypeWithNoDefinedPreserveHasAllMembersPreserved
 LinkXml.UnusedTypeWithPreserveAllHasAllMembersPreserved
 LinkXml.UnusedTypeWithPreserveFieldsHasMethodsRemoved
 LinkXml.UnusedTypeWithPreserveMethodsHasFieldsRemoved
 LinkXml.UnusedTypeWithPreserveNothingAndPreserveMembers
-LinkXml.UnusedTypeWithPreserveNothingHasMembersRemoved
 LinkXml.UsedNonRequiredExportedTypeIsKept
 LinkXml.UsedNonRequiredExportedTypeIsKeptWhenRooted
 LinkXml.UsedNonRequiredTypeIsKept
@@ -389,7 +369,6 @@ Logging.SourceLines
 Metadata.DebuggerDisplayNamesAreKept
 Metadata.NamesAreRemoved
 Metadata.RootAllAssemblyNamesAreKept
-Metadata.RootDescriptorNamesAreKept
 Metadata.RootLibraryAssemblyNamesAreKept
 Metadata.RootVisibleAssemblyNamesAreKept
 PreserveDependencies.PreserveDependencyDeprecated
@@ -589,7 +568,6 @@ UnreachableBody.OverrideOfAbstractIsStubbedWithUnusedInterface
 UnreachableBody.SimpleGetter
 UnreachableBody.SimpleSetter
 UnreachableBody.WorksWithDynamicDependency
-UnreachableBody.WorksWithLinkXml
 UnreachableBody.WorksWithPreserveDependency
 Warnings.CanDisableWarnAsError
 Warnings.CanDisableWarnings
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TrimmingDescriptorNode.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TrimmingDescriptorNode.cs
index 62ce7f689cc1a3..07a3b9aa8d0cdf 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TrimmingDescriptorNode.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TrimmingDescriptorNode.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 
 namespace ILCompiler.DependencyAnalysis
 {
-    public class TrimmingDescriptorNode : DependencyNodeCore<NodeFactory>, ICompilationRootProvider
+    public class TrimmingDescriptorNode : DependencyNodeCore<NodeFactory>
+#if !ILTRIM
+#pragma warning disable SA1001
+        , ICompilationRootProvider
+#pragma warning restore SA1001
+#endif
     {
         private readonly string _fileName;
 
@@ -21,8 +26,12 @@ public override IEnumerable<DependencyListEntry> GetStaticDependencies(NodeFacto
         {
             using (Stream fs = File.OpenRead(_fileName))
             {
+#if ILTRIM
+                return DescriptorMarker.GetDependencies(factory.Logger, factory, fs, default, default, _fileName, factory.Settings.FeatureSettings);
+#else
                 var metadataManager = (UsageBasedMetadataManager)factory.MetadataManager;
                 return DescriptorMarker.GetDependencies(metadataManager.Logger, factory, fs, default, default, _fileName, metadataManager.FeatureSwitches);
+#endif
             }
         }
 
@@ -37,6 +46,8 @@ protected override string GetName(NodeFactory factory)
         public override bool StaticDependenciesAreComputed => true;
         public override IEnumerable<CombinedDependencyListEntry> GetConditionalStaticDependencies(NodeFactory context) => null;
         public override IEnumerable<CombinedDependencyListEntry> SearchDynamicDependencies(List<DependencyNodeCore<NodeFactory>> markedNodes, int firstNode, NodeFactory context) => null;
+#if !ILTRIM
         void ICompilationRootProvider.AddCompilationRoots(IRootingServiceProvider rootProvider) => rootProvider.AddCompilationRoot(this, "Descriptor from command line");
+#endif
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs
index 194bd0f1e2d862..b7ec2cbeacda74 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 using ILogger = ILCompiler.ILogWriter;
 using DependencyNode = ILCompiler.DependencyAnalysisFramework.DependencyNodeCore<ILCompiler.DependencyAnalysis.NodeFactory>;
 using AssemblyRootNode = ILCompiler.DependencyAnalysis.AssemblyRootNode;
+using TrimmingDescriptorNode = ILCompiler.DependencyAnalysis.TrimmingDescriptorNode;
 #else
 using Mono.Cecil;
 using Mono.Linker.Steps;
@@ -772,7 +773,9 @@ protected int SetupContext(ILogger? customLogger = null)
                                 return -1;
                             }
 
-#if !ILTRIM
+#if ILTRIM
+                            inputs.Add(new TrimmingDescriptorNode(xmlFile));
+#else
                             inputs.Add(new ResolveFromXmlStep(File.OpenRead(xmlFile), xmlFile));
 #endif
                             continue;