diff --git a/dotnet/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk.props b/dotnet/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk.props
index 4f21cc40f0a9..563467607ff5 100644
--- a/dotnet/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk.props
+++ b/dotnet/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk.props
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <_PlatformName>iOS</_PlatformName>
     <_PlatformRidNoArch>ios</_PlatformRidNoArch>
     <!-- Used by Microsoft.iOS.Windows.Sdk -->
-    <_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' == '' And '$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true'">true</_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies>
     <CoreiOSSdkDirectory Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' != 'true'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\msbuild\net$(BundledNETCoreAppTargetFrameworkVersion)\</CoreiOSSdkDirectory>
     <CoreiOSSdkDirectory Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' == 'true'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\msbuild\netstandard2.0\</CoreiOSSdkDirectory>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
index 46c763ae7168..ce84e27e899b 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 	<Import Project="$(_MobilePropsPath)" Condition="Exists('$(_MobilePropsPath)') And ('$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true' Or '$(DesignTimeBuild)' == 'true')" />
 	
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<!-- Keep using the desktop (netstandard2.0) MSBuild task assemblies when building from within Visual Studio (on Windows), instead of the net assemblies that require a .NET task host (which doesn't work reliably, in particular on Windows ARM64). The iOS Sdk.props sets this earlier because it also drives CoreiOSSdkDirectory; the condition below makes it apply to the other platforms (MacCatalyst, macOS, tvOS) too. -->
-		<_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' == '' And '$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true'">true</_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies>
-
 		<!-- Set to true when using the Microsoft.<platform>.Sdk NuGet. This is used by pre-existing/shared targets to tweak behavior depending on build system -->
 		<UsingAppleNETSdk>true</UsingAppleNETSdk>
 		<!-- This is the location of the Microsoft.<platform>.Sdk NuGet (/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/<version>/Sdks/Microsoft.[iOS/tvOS/MacCatalyst/macOS].Sdk) on the platform the build is running from (Mac or Win) -->
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index edf3226b5cae..518040e05e5a 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
 		<_TaskAssemblyName Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' == 'true'">$(_TaskAssemblyRootDirectory)netstandard2.0\$(_TaskAssemblyFileName)</_TaskAssemblyName>
 		<_TaskRuntime Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' != 'true'">NET</_TaskRuntime>
 		<_TaskRuntime Condition="'$(_UseDesktopTaskAssemblies)' == 'true'">CurrentRuntime</_TaskRuntime>
+		<!--
+			The standard MSBuild task overrides (MakeDir, Copy, Delete, etc.) exist to support remoting
+			from VS/Windows to a Mac. These tasks inherit from the built-in MSBuild tasks and add remoting
+			logic, so they work fine with the netstandard2.0 assembly running in-process.
+			They do NOT need to use the .NET task host, and forcing them through it (Runtime="NET") causes
+			failures in Visual Studio, because VS can't reliably create the .NET task host process
+			(especially on Windows ARM64). By always using netstandard2.0 for these overrides (and not
+			setting the Runtime metadata), we avoid the task host issue while still allowing our custom
+			tasks to use the .NET Core assemblies via the task host.
+		-->
+		<_DesktopTaskAssemblyName>$(_TaskAssemblyRootDirectory)netstandard2.0\$(_TaskAssemblyFileName)</_DesktopTaskAssemblyName>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.CompileNativeCode" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.Shared/Xamarin.Shared.targets b/msbuild/Xamarin.Shared/Xamarin.Shared.targets
index bb5616d012fa..8c64ec01fbf8 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.Shared/Xamarin.Shared.targets
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.Shared/Xamarin.Shared.targets
@@ -18,15 +18,19 @@ Copyright (C) 2018 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-	<!-- Tasks that override built-in tasks to support remoting from VS/Windows -->
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Copy" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Delete" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Exec" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.MakeDir" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Move" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.RemoveDir" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Touch" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
-	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.WriteLinesToFile" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<!-- Tasks that override built-in tasks to support remoting from VS/Windows.
+		 These always use the netstandard2.0 assembly (via _DesktopTaskAssemblyName) and don't set a
+		 Runtime, so they run in-process and don't require the .NET task host. Setting Runtime="NET"
+		 on these overrides causes failures in VS because the task host can't be created reliably
+		 (especially on ARM64). -->
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Copy" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Delete" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Exec" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.MakeDir" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Move" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.RemoveDir" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Touch" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
+	<UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.WriteLinesToFile" AssemblyFile="$(_DesktopTaskAssemblyName)" />
 
 	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.ACTool" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />
 	<UsingTask Runtime="$(_TaskRuntime)" TaskName="Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.ALToolUpload" AssemblyFile="$(_TaskAssemblyName)" />