diff --git a/src/AVFoundation/AVPlayer.cs b/src/AVFoundation/AVPlayer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0060d03e16ce..000000000000
--- a/src/AVFoundation/AVPlayer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-//
-// AVPlayer.cs: Complementing methods
-//
-// Author:
-//   Miguel de Icaza (miguel@xamarin.com)
-//
-// Copyright 2012, 2014 Xamarin Inc
-//
-#if !MONOMAC && !WATCH
-
-using System;
-using Foundation;
-using CoreMedia;
-using CoreVideo;
-
-#nullable enable
-
-namespace AVFoundation {
-	public partial class AVPlayerItemVideoOutput {
-		public CVPixelBuffer? CopyPixelBuffer (CMTime itemTime, ref CMTime outItemTimeForDisplay)
-		{
-			var ptr = WeakCopyPixelBuffer (itemTime, ref outItemTimeForDisplay);
-			if (ptr == IntPtr.Zero)
-				return null;
-
-			return new CVPixelBuffer (ptr, true);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/avfoundation.cs b/src/avfoundation.cs
index 4307696de378..464274ac8206 100644
--- a/src/avfoundation.cs
+++ b/src/avfoundation.cs
@@ -13823,9 +13823,18 @@ interface AVPlayerItemVideoOutput {
 		[Export ("hasNewPixelBufferForItemTime:")]
 		bool HasNewPixelBufferForItemTime (CMTime itemTime);
 
+#if !XAMCORE_5_0
 		[Protected]
 		[Export ("copyPixelBufferForItemTime:itemTimeForDisplay:")]
 		IntPtr WeakCopyPixelBuffer (CMTime itemTime, ref CMTime outItemTimeForDisplay);
+#endif
+
+#if !XAMCORE_5_0
+		[Sealed]
+#endif
+		[Export ("copyPixelBufferForItemTime:itemTimeForDisplay:")]
+		[return: Release]
+		CVPixelBuffer CopyPixelBuffer (CMTime itemTime, ref CMTime outItemTimeForDisplay);
 
 		[Export ("setDelegate:queue:")]
 		void SetDelegate ([NullAllowed] IAVPlayerItemOutputPullDelegate delegateClass, [NullAllowed] DispatchQueue delegateQueue);
diff --git a/src/frameworks.sources b/src/frameworks.sources
index 59f18cf1af44..8ea1f3b581bd 100644
--- a/src/frameworks.sources
+++ b/src/frameworks.sources
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ AVFOUNDATION_SOURCES = \
 	AVFoundation/AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject.cs \
 	AVFoundation/AVMetadataObject.cs \
 	AVFoundation/AVOutputSettingsAssistant.cs \
-	AVFoundation/AVPlayer.cs \
 	AVFoundation/AVPlayerItem.cs \
 	AVFoundation/AVPlayerItemVideoOutput.cs \
 	AVFoundation/AVPlayerLayer.cs \