diff --git a/osu.Android.props b/osu.Android.props
index 31670bedb5..e934b2da6a 100644
--- a/osu.Android.props
+++ b/osu.Android.props
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2022.1219.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <LinkDescription Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\osu.Android\Linker.xml"/>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Fody does not handle Android build well, and warns when unchanged.
          Since Realm objects are not declared directly in Android projects, simply disable Fody. -->
diff --git a/osu.Android/Linker.xml b/osu.Android/Linker.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c7d31fe087..0000000000
--- a/osu.Android/Linker.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<linker>
-    <assembly fullname="mscorlib">
-        <!-- see https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/21516 -->
-        <type fullname="System.Globalization.*Calendar"/>
-    </assembly>
-</linker>
diff --git a/osu.iOS/Linker.xml b/osu.iOS/Linker.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b55be3be39..0000000000
--- a/osu.iOS/Linker.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<linker>
-    <assembly fullname="System.Linq.Queryable">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Framework">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Framework.iOS">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Game.Resources">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu">
-        <type fullname="*" />
-    </assembly>
-    <assembly fullname="mscorlib">
-        <!-- see https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/21516 -->
-        <type fullname="System.Globalization.*Calendar"/>
-    </assembly>
-</linker>