diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh
index 79f0546403f7..0a2961bbe46e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh
@@ -89,3 +89,9 @@ DEVELOPER_DIR=${DEVELOPER_DIR_@suffixSalt@:-@fallback_sdk@}
 # Darwin looks for frameworks in the SDK located at `DEVELOPER_DIR`.
 extraBefore+=("-F$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks")
 extraBefore+=("-L$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib")
+
+# While the Swift wrapper should take care of this, anything that needs to link Swift auto-linked frameworks
+# also needs these paths. Note: Test and conditionally add it because the path may not exist in older SDKs.
+if [ -d "$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib/swift" ]; then
+    extraBefore+=("-L$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib/swift")
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
index 09fd8342368a..6885d8df71f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ writeShellScriptBin "patch-nupkgs" (
       pushd "$x"
       sed -i 's: -no_code_signature_warning::g' build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
       sed -i 's:Include="-ld_classic"::g' build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
-      sed -i 's:-L/usr/lib/swift:-L$(SDKROOT)/usr/lib/swift:g' build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
       touch .nix-patched-ilcompiler
       popd
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix
index d1385b4c3cac..2c95d7d6ee6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix
@@ -293,15 +293,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           -s \$prev -t elem -n SkipInstallerBuild -v true \
           src/runtime/Directory.Build.props
 
-        # Make sure .NET uses the Swift overlay for the SDK active in the build environment.
-        substituteInPlace \
-          src/runtime/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets \
-          --replace-fail '-L/usr/lib/swift' '-L$(SDKROOT)/usr/lib/swift'
-
-        substituteInPlace \
-          src/runtime/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple/extra_libs.cmake \
-          --replace-fail '-L/usr/lib/swift' '-L''${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/swift'
-
         # stop passing -sdk without a path
         # stop using xcrun
         # add -module-cache-path to fix swift errors, see sandboxProfile