diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc
index 15e3aae8ee9..d1ffef51cab 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@
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+      "Size": 3123272
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+      "Size": 1257880
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-    "META-INF/BNDLTOOL.SF": {
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-    "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF": {
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@@ -68,5 +59,5 @@
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-  "PackageSize": 7632514
+  "PackageSize": 7611835
 }
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc
index 42c7d46617e..aebaa3976c8 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64SimpleDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc
@@ -11,31 +11,31 @@
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+      "Size": 118272
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+      "Size": 25448
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+      "Size": 19960
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@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
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-      "Size": 1385800
+      "Size": 1274176
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
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@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@
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 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc
index 3e9a925186f..75bea26b560 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.CoreCLR.apkdesc
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
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@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@
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@@ -208,12 +208,6 @@
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-    },
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       "Size": 1345
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@@ -238,9 +232,6 @@
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@@ -478,9 +469,6 @@
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@@ -544,24 +529,6 @@
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-    "res/color/abc_tint_default.xml": {
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@@ -1699,9 +1666,6 @@
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     "res/drawable/mtrl_popupmenu_background.xml": {
       "Size": 740
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@@ -1798,15 +1762,6 @@
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-      "Size": 1764
-    },
     "res/layout-v26/abc_screen_toolbar.xml": {
       "Size": 1560
     },
@@ -1844,7 +1799,7 @@
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     },
     "res/layout/abc_alert_dialog_button_bar_material.xml": {
-      "Size": 1536
+      "Size": 1584
     },
     "res/layout/abc_alert_dialog_material.xml": {
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@@ -2009,7 +1964,7 @@
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     },
     "res/layout/material_timepicker_dialog.xml": {
-      "Size": 3132
+      "Size": 3184
     },
     "res/layout/material_timepicker_textinput_display.xml": {
       "Size": 684
@@ -2018,7 +1973,7 @@
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     },
     "res/layout/mtrl_alert_dialog_actions.xml": {
-      "Size": 1620
+      "Size": 1764
     },
     "res/layout/mtrl_alert_dialog_title.xml": {
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@@ -2276,8 +2231,8 @@
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+      "Size": 794696
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-  "PackageSize": 21263139
-}
+  "PackageSize": 21143117
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc
index 043500537a1..dcfb32b8f5c 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/BuildReleaseArm64XFormsDotNet.MonoVM.apkdesc
@@ -35,91 +35,91 @@
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+      "Size": 96576
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-      "Size": 542848
+      "Size": 542312
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     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_Mono.Android.Runtime.dll.so": {
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       "Size": 21296
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 43600
+      "Size": 43608
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     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Console.dll.so": {
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+      "Size": 24400
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+      "Size": 19432
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 24584
+      "Size": 24592
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 19784
+      "Size": 19792
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Drawing.dll.so": {
       "Size": 19400
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Drawing.Primitives.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 30016
+      "Size": 30032
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Formats.Asn1.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 50968
+      "Size": 50976
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.IO.Compression.Brotli.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 29536
+      "Size": 29552
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.IO.Compression.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 34600
+      "Size": 34616
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.IO.IsolatedStorage.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 28232
+      "Size": 28240
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Linq.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 47912
+      "Size": 47920
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Linq.Expressions.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 185968
+      "Size": 185976
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Net.Http.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 86680
+      "Size": 86688
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Net.Primitives.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 42280
+      "Size": 42288
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Net.Requests.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 21520
+      "Size": 21528
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.ObjectModel.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 26968
+      "Size": 26984
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Private.CoreLib.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 999864
+      "Size": 1000432
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Private.DataContractSerialization.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 217808
+      "Size": 217816
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Private.Uri.dll.so": {
       "Size": 62216
@@ -128,25 +128,25 @@
       "Size": 236968
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Private.Xml.Linq.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 35464
+      "Size": 35480
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Runtime.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 20352
+      "Size": 20360
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 19752
+      "Size": 19760
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Runtime.Numerics.dll.so": {
       "Size": 63312
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Runtime.Serialization.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 19328
+      "Size": 19336
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 20296
+      "Size": 20304
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 21424
+      "Size": 21432
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Security.Cryptography.dll.so": {
       "Size": 82024
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@
       "Size": 194176
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Xml.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 19216
+      "Size": 19224
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_System.Xml.Linq.dll.so": {
-      "Size": 19240
+      "Size": 19248
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/lib_UnnamedProject.dll.so": {
       "Size": 22040
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@
       "Size": 36416
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/libmonodroid.so": {
-      "Size": 1385800
+      "Size": 1274176
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/libmonosgen-2.0.so": {
-      "Size": 3111840
+      "Size": 3111632
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/libSystem.Globalization.Native.so": {
       "Size": 72344
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
       "Size": 162000
     },
     "lib/arm64-v8a/libxamarin-app.so": {
-      "Size": 350616
+      "Size": 350432
     },
     "META-INF/androidx.activity_activity.version": {
       "Size": 6
@@ -2435,5 +2435,5 @@
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-  "PackageSize": 11024231
+  "PackageSize": 10983271
 }
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diff --git a/src/native/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/CMakeLists.txt
index ba9267c5623..e3cab3ddd0d 100644
--- a/src/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ set(POTENTIAL_COMMON_COMPILER_ARGS
   -fstack-protector-strong
   -fstrict-return
   -fno-strict-aliasing
-  -fno-function-sections
-  -fno-data-sections
+  -ffunction-sections
+  -fdata-sections
   -fno-dwarf-exceptions
   -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
   -funswitch-loops
@@ -495,6 +495,12 @@ set(POTENTIAL_COMMON_LINKER_ARGS
   LINKER:--no-eh-frame-hdr
 )
 
+if(NOT DEBUG_BUILD AND NOT ENABLE_CLANG_ASAN AND NOT ENABLE_CLANG_UBSAN)
+  list(APPEND POTENTIAL_COMMON_LINKER_ARGS
+    LINKER:--gc-sections
+  )
+endif()
+
 # Add some options to increase security. They may mildly affect performance but they won't be big, because the features are
 # assisted by the hardware.
 if((CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI STREQUAL "x86") OR (CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI STREQUAL "x86_64"))