diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/RuntimeConfigurationRootProvider.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/RuntimeConfigurationRootProvider.cs
index 9f44f802f3d22b..de64f9eb277ce2 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/RuntimeConfigurationRootProvider.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/RuntimeConfigurationRootProvider.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void ICompilationRootProvider.AddCompilationRoots(IRootingServiceProvider rootPr
             rootProvider.AddCompilationRoot(new RuntimeConfigurationBlobNode(_blobName, _runtimeOptions), "Runtime configuration");
         }
 
-        private sealed class RuntimeConfigurationBlobNode : DehydratableObjectNode, ISymbolDefinitionNode
+        private sealed class RuntimeConfigurationBlobNode : ObjectNode, ISymbolDefinitionNode
         {
             private readonly string _blobName;
             private readonly IReadOnlyCollection<string> _runtimeOptions;
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ public void AppendMangledName(NameMangler nameMangler, Utf8StringBuilder sb)
                 sb.Append(_blobName);
             }
 
-            protected override ObjectNodeSection GetDehydratedSection(NodeFactory factory) => ObjectNodeSection.ReadOnlyDataSection;
+            public override ObjectNodeSection GetSection(NodeFactory factory) =>
+                factory.Target.IsWindows ? ObjectNodeSection.ReadOnlyDataSection : ObjectNodeSection.DataSection;
 
             protected override string GetName(NodeFactory factory) => this.GetMangledName(factory.NameMangler);
 
-            protected override ObjectData GetDehydratableData(NodeFactory factory, bool relocsOnly = false)
+            public override ObjectData GetData(NodeFactory factory, bool relocsOnly = false)
             {
                 var builder = new ObjectDataBuilder(factory.TypeSystemContext.Target, relocsOnly);
                 builder.AddSymbol(this);
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/repro/repro.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/repro/repro.csproj
index 26c34d3c5d4283..131ddbd3b22576 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/repro/repro.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/repro/repro.csproj
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
       <ReproResponseLines Include="-r:$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackRidLibTfmDir)*.dll" />
       <ReproResponseLines Include="-g" />
       <ReproResponseLines Include="-O" Condition="'$(Optimize)' == 'true'" />
+      <ReproResponseLines Include="--dehydrate" />
       <ReproResponseLines Include="--generateunmanagedentrypoints:System.Private.CoreLib" />
       <ReproResponseLines Include="--initassembly:System.Private.CoreLib" />
       <ReproResponseLines Include="--initassembly:System.Private.StackTraceMetadata" />
diff --git a/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.cs b/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.cs
index 3bf0f6de7ced62..55028fdee9adb9 100644
--- a/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.cs
+++ b/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ public BringUpTest()
 
     public static int Main()
     {
+        // This test also doubles as server GC test
+        if (!System.Runtime.GCSettings.IsServerGC)
+            return 42;
+
         if (string.Empty.Length > 0)
         {
             // Just something to make sure we generate reflection metadata for the type
diff --git a/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.csproj b/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.csproj
index 0b1a23bf56a1c8..fe80571c3550f2 100644
--- a/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.csproj
+++ b/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/Exceptions/Exceptions.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <CLRTestKind>BuildAndRun</CLRTestKind>
     <CLRTestPriority>0</CLRTestPriority>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Exceptions.cs" />