diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web.Tests/PublishTests.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web.Tests/PublishTests.cs
index 4cca1ba74fd8..aff3e5de51ac 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web.Tests/PublishTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web.Tests/PublishTests.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void TrimmingOptions_Are_Defaulted_Correctly_On_Trimmed_Apps(string targe
             publishCommand.Execute($"/p:RuntimeIdentifier={rid}").Should().Pass();
 
             var buildProperties = testProject.GetPropertyValues(testAsset.TestRoot, targetFramework);
-            buildProperties["TrimMode"].Should().Be("partial");
+            buildProperties["TrimMode"].Should().Be("");
 
             string outputDirectory = publishCommand.GetOutputDirectory(targetFramework: targetFramework, runtimeIdentifier: rid).FullName;
             string runtimeConfigFile = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, $"{projectName}.runtimeconfig.json");
diff --git a/src/WebSdk/Publish/Targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.targets b/src/WebSdk/Publish/Targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.targets
index cf706075bbcb..a519f29d74bd 100644
--- a/src/WebSdk/Publish/Targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.targets
+++ b/src/WebSdk/Publish/Targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.targets
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     <PublishIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(DockerPublish)' == 'true'">obj/Docker/publish/</PublishIntermediateOutputPath>
 
     <EFSQLScriptsFolderName Condition="$(EFSQLScriptsFolderName) == ''">EFSQLScripts</EFSQLScriptsFolderName>
-
-    <!-- If TrimMode has not already been set, default to partial trimming, as AspNet is not currently fully trim-compatible -->
-    <!-- We allow the full trimming default with PublishAot enabled, because the parts that are not trim-compatible are not aot-compatible either -->
-    <TrimMode Condition="'$(TrimMode)' == '' and '$(PublishTrimmed)' == 'true' and '$(PublishAot)' != 'true'">partial</TrimMode>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--