diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets
index 9ec28273a23..12d881cc44a 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ This file contains the NativeAOT-specific MSBuild logic for .NET for Android.
     <_AndroidNetCoreAppNativeAotKnownRuntimePack Include="@(KnownRuntimePack->WithMetadataValue('Identity', 'Microsoft.NETCore.App')->WithMetadataValue('RuntimePackLabels', 'NativeAOT'))" />
     <KnownRuntimePack Remove="@(_AndroidNetCoreAppNativeAotKnownRuntimePack)" />
     <KnownRuntimePack Include="@(_AndroidNetCoreAppNativeAotKnownRuntimePack)">
-      <LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion)</LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion>
       <RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers>%(RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers);android-arm</RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers>
     </KnownRuntimePack>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/NativeAotBuildTests.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/NativeAotBuildTests.cs
index 9f1cfab9198..37e7dd72c8e 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/NativeAotBuildTests.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/NativeAotBuildTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Xamarin.Android.Tasks;
@@ -42,6 +43,38 @@ public void RestoreNativeAot_AndroidArmRuntimePack ()
 			);
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void RestoreNativeAot_UsesSdkRuntimePackVersion ()
+		{
+			var proj = new XamarinAndroidApplicationProject {
+				IsRelease = true,
+			};
+			proj.SetRuntime (AndroidRuntime.NativeAOT);
+
+			using var builder = CreateApkBuilder ();
+			Assert.IsTrue (
+				builder.RunTarget (proj, "Restore", parameters: [
+					"MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion=0.0.0",
+				]),
+				"Restore should use the .NET SDK's NativeAOT runtime pack version."
+			);
+
+			var intermediate = Path.Combine (Root, builder.ProjectDirectory, proj.IntermediateOutputPath);
+			var assets = File.ReadAllText (Path.Combine (intermediate, "..", "project.assets.json"));
+
+			// Library entries in project.assets.json are keyed as "PackageId/Version".
+			var runtimePackMatch = Regex.Match (assets, "\"Microsoft\\.NETCore\\.App\\.Runtime\\.NativeAOT\\.[a-z0-9.-]+/([^\"]+)\"");
+			Assert.IsTrue (
+				runtimePackMatch.Success,
+				"Restore should select a NativeAOT runtime pack."
+			);
+			Assert.AreNotEqual (
+				"0.0.0",
+				runtimePackMatch.Groups [1].Value,
+				"Restore should ignore the invalid MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion and use the SDK-selected NativeAOT runtime pack version."
+			);
+		}
+
 		[Test]
 		public void BuildNativeAot_WithoutNdk ()
 		{