diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index b374f83f816ea2..4107aab1da0830 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CS8969</NoWarn>
     <!-- Always pass portable to override arcade sdk which uses embedded for local builds -->
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <KeepNativeSymbols Condition="'$(KeepNativeSymbols)' == '' and '$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' == 'true'">true</KeepNativeSymbols>
     <KeepNativeSymbols Condition="'$(KeepNativeSymbols)' == ''">false</KeepNativeSymbols>
     <!-- Used for launchSettings.json and runtime config files. -->
diff --git a/eng/illink.targets b/eng/illink.targets
index 0dca1cd421991a..b15611bbf1dd44 100644
--- a/eng/illink.targets
+++ b/eng/illink.targets
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <EnableTrimAnalyzer Condition="'$(EnableTrimAnalyzer)' == '' And (Exists('$(ILLinkSuppressionsXml)') Or Exists('$(ILLinkSuppressionsConfigurationSpecificXml)'))">false</EnableTrimAnalyzer>
 
     <!-- if building a PDB, tell illink to rewrite the symbols file -->
-    <ILLinkRewritePDBs Condition="'$(ILLinkRewritePDBs)' == '' and '$(DebugSymbols)' != 'false'">true</ILLinkRewritePDBs>
+    <ILLinkRewritePDBs Condition="'$(ILLinkRewritePDBs)' == ''">true</ILLinkRewritePDBs>
 
     <ILLinkResourcesSubstitutionIntermediatePath>$(IntermediateOutputPath)ILLink.Resources.Substitutions.xml</ILLinkResourcesSubstitutionIntermediatePath>
     <GenerateResourcesSubstitutions Condition="'$(GenerateResourcesSubstitutions)' == '' and '$(StringResourcesPath)' != ''">true</GenerateResourcesSubstitutions>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Directory.Build.props b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Directory.Build.props
index d3277aa58ece73..b06c29baeb43e6 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Directory.Build.props
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
 
     <DebugType>Portable</DebugType>
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
 
     <OutputPath Condition="$(MSBuildProjectName.StartsWith('System.Private.'))">$(RuntimeBinDir)/aotsdk/</OutputPath>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Checked</Configurations>