diff --git a/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs b/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs
index 71f615fe14c9..aee3be727fad 100644
--- a/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs
+++ b/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ unsafe static void Initialize (InitializationOptions* options)
 			if (options->Size != Marshal.SizeOf<InitializationOptions> ()) {
 				var msg = $"Version mismatch between the native {ProductName} runtime and {AssemblyName}. Please reinstall {ProductName}.";
 				NSLog (msg);
-#if MONOMAC
+#if MONOMAC && !NET
 				try {
 					// Print out where Xamarin.Mac.dll and the native runtime was loaded from.
 					NSLog ($"{AssemblyName} was loaded from {typeof (NSObject).Assembly.Location}");
diff --git a/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.mac.cs b/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.mac.cs
index 9f092f860e95..019fe1da69bc 100644
--- a/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.mac.cs
+++ b/src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.mac.cs
@@ -173,9 +173,12 @@ static void VerifyMonoVersion ()
 
 		unsafe static void InitializePlatform (InitializationOptions* options)
 		{
+#if !NET
 			// BaseDirectory may not be set in some Mono embedded environments
 			// so try some reasonable fallbacks in these cases.
+#endif
 			string basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
+#if !NET
 			if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(basePath))
 				basePath = Path.Combine (basePath, "..");
 			else {
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ unsafe static void InitializePlatform (InitializationOptions* options)
 					basePath = Path.Combine (Environment.CurrentDirectory, "..");
 				}
 			}
+#endif
 
 			ResourcesPath = Path.Combine (basePath, "Resources");
 			FrameworksPath = Path.Combine (basePath, "Frameworks");