diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/build/Microsoft.NET.ILLink.targets b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/build/Microsoft.NET.ILLink.targets
index 2968851f834019..198c14cc971a60 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/build/Microsoft.NET.ILLink.targets
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/build/Microsoft.NET.ILLink.targets
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ILLinkTreatWarningsAsErrors Condition=" '$(ILLinkTreatWarningsAsErrors)' == '' ">$(TreatWarningsAsErrors)</ILLinkTreatWarningsAsErrors>
-      <_ExtraTrimmerArgs>--skip-unresolved true $(_ExtraTrimmerArgs)</_ExtraTrimmerArgs>
       <TrimmerSingleWarn Condition=" '$(TrimmerSingleWarn)' == '' ">true</TrimmerSingleWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs
index 695b76c6df6c32..7b4a78a6903489 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/Driver.cs
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static void Usage ()
 			Console.WriteLine ("  --custom-data KEY=VALUE   Populates context data set with user specified key-value pair");
 			Console.WriteLine ("  --deterministic           Produce a deterministic output for modified assemblies");
 			Console.WriteLine ("  --ignore-descriptors      Skips reading embedded descriptors (short -z). Defaults to false");
-			Console.WriteLine ("  --skip-unresolved         Ignore unresolved types, methods, and assemblies. Defaults to false");
+			Console.WriteLine ("  --skip-unresolved         Ignore unresolved types, methods, and assemblies. Defaults to true");
 			Console.WriteLine ("  --output-pinvokes PATH    Output a JSON file with all modules and entry points of the P/Invokes found");
 			Console.WriteLine ("  --verbose                 Log messages indicating progress and warnings");
 			Console.WriteLine ("  --nowarn WARN             Disable specific warning messages");
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/LinkContext.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/LinkContext.cs
index 135cbddc8c9350..41fcba1a6f05b2 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/LinkContext.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker/LinkContext.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public Pipeline Pipeline {
 
 		public bool KeepMembersForDebugger { get; set; } = true;
 
-		public bool IgnoreUnresolved { get; set; }
+		public bool IgnoreUnresolved { get; set; } = true;
 
 		public bool EnableReducedTracing { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes/OnlyKeepUsed/NullableOnConstraints.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes/OnlyKeepUsed/NullableOnConstraints.cs
index 47cdfc9c9dfa8e..0151df2caa1ace 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes/OnlyKeepUsed/NullableOnConstraints.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes/OnlyKeepUsed/NullableOnConstraints.cs
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ interface I
 	class C<T> where T : I?
 	{
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUnusedCodePath.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUnusedCodePath.cs
index 16d5de6bd45402..8502fd005e20c3 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUnusedCodePath.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUnusedCodePath.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.References;
 [NoLinkedOutput]
 [SetupCompileBefore ("missing.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/MissingAssembly.cs" })]
 [DeleteBefore ("missing.dll")]
+[SetupLinkerArgument ("--skip-unresolved", "false")]
 public class MissingReferenceInUnusedCodePath
 {
 	public static void Main ()
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUsedCodePath.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUsedCodePath.cs
index 99477f01d68213..18455ed3c38ecb 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUsedCodePath.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/References/MissingReferenceInUsedCodePath.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.References;
 [NoLinkedOutput]
 [SetupCompileBefore ("missing.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/MissingAssembly.cs" })]
 [DeleteBefore ("missing.dll")]
+[SetupLinkerArgument ("--skip-unresolved", "false")]
 public class MissingReferenceInUsedCodePath
 {
 	public static void Main ()