diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 471f5f44e66c2b..07d9fbc6804ebf 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)liveBuilds.targets" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)livePublish.targets" Condition="'$(LivePublish)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)generators.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)python.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)resolveContract.targets" Condition="'$(IsSourceProject)' == 'true'" />
diff --git a/eng/liveBuilds.targets b/eng/liveBuilds.targets
index 50fa18c46f5098..25cc0583627ccf 100644
--- a/eng/liveBuilds.targets
+++ b/eng/liveBuilds.targets
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <CoreCLRSharedFrameworkDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'sharedFramework'))</CoreCLRSharedFrameworkDir>
     <CoreCLRCrossgen2Dir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'crossgen2'))</CoreCLRCrossgen2Dir>
-    <CoreCLRILCompilerDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'ilc-published'))</CoreCLRILCompilerDir>
+    <CoreCLRILCompilerDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'ilc'))</CoreCLRILCompilerDir>
     <CoreCLRCrossILCompilerDir Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)'">$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', '$(BuildArchitecture)', 'ilc'))</CoreCLRCrossILCompilerDir>
     <CoreCLRAotSdkDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'aotsdk'))</CoreCLRAotSdkDir>
     <CoreCLRBuildIntegrationDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'build'))</CoreCLRBuildIntegrationDir>
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     <CoreCLRCrossTargetComponentDirName Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'armel' and '$(BuildArchitecture)' != 'armel' and '$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true'">x64</CoreCLRCrossTargetComponentDirName>
 
     <AppHostSourcePath Condition="'$(UseLocalAppHostPack)' == 'true'">$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(DotNetHostBinDir)', 'apphost$(ExeSuffix)'))</AppHostSourcePath>
-    <SingleFileHostSourcePath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'corehost', 'singlefilehost$(ExeSuffix)'))</SingleFileHostSourcePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="ResolveRuntimeFilesFromLocalBuild">
@@ -224,6 +223,23 @@
             ResolveLibrariesRefAssembliesFromLocalBuild;
             ResolveLibrariesRuntimeFilesFromLocalBuild" />
 
+  <!--
+  Native files that are always included in the singlefile bundle can be listed here.
+
+  Example:
+    <SingleFileHostIncludeFilename Include="somefile.dll" />
+  -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- include at least one item. Otherwise there will be no opt-in list and everything will be included -->
+    <SingleFileHostIncludeFilename Include="NONE" />
+
+    <!-- LINUX -->
+
+    <!-- OSX -->
+
+    <!-- Windows -->
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Keep in sync with outputs defined in Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj. -->
     <BundledRuntimeIdentifierGraphFile>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(ArtifactsBinDir)', 'Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms', 'runtime.json'))</BundledRuntimeIdentifierGraphFile>
diff --git a/eng/livePublish.targets b/eng/livePublish.targets
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..402a2b0bbf9f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/livePublish.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <SingleFileHostSourcePath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)', 'corehost', 'singlefilehost$(ExeSuffix)'))</SingleFileHostSourcePath>
+    <StripSymbols>true</StripSymbols>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Native AOT live hosting configuration-->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IlcToolsPath>$(CoreCLRILCompilerDir)</IlcToolsPath>
+    <IlcToolsPath Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)'">$(CoreCLRCrossILCompilerDir)</IlcToolsPath>
+    <CppCompilerAndLinker Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)' and '$(HostOS)' == 'linux' and '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-musl-arm64'">clang-15</CppCompilerAndLinker>
+    <CppCompilerAndLinker Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)' and '$(HostOS)' == 'linux' and '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != 'linux-musl-arm64'">clang-9</CppCompilerAndLinker>
+    <SysRoot Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)' and '$(HostOS)' != 'windows'">$(ROOTFS_DIR)</SysRoot>
+    <IlcBuildTasksPath>$(CoreCLRILCompilerDir)netstandard/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.dll</IlcBuildTasksPath>
+    <IlcSdkPath>$(CoreCLRAotSdkDir)</IlcSdkPath>
+    <IlcFrameworkPath>$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackRidLibTfmDir)</IlcFrameworkPath>
+    <IlcFrameworkNativePath>$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackNativeDir)</IlcFrameworkNativePath>
+    <TrimmerSingleWarn>false</TrimmerSingleWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(R2ROverridePath)" Condition="'$(R2ROverridePath)' != ''" />
+  <Import Project="$(CoreCLRBuildIntegrationDir)Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler.props"
+          Condition="'$(PublishAot)' == 'true' or Exists('$(CoreCLRBuildIntegrationDir)Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler.props')" />
+
+  <Target Name="PublishOnBuild"
+          Condition="'$(PublishOnBuild)' == 'true'"
+          AfterTargets="Build"
+          DependsOnTargets="Publish" />
+
+  <Target Name="RewriteRuntimePackDir"
+          DependsOnTargets="ResolveRuntimeFilesFromLocalBuild"
+          BeforeTargets="ResolveRuntimePackAssets">
+      <ItemGroup>
+        <!-- Remove AspNetCore runtime pack since we don't build it locally -->
+        <ResolvedRuntimePack Remove="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.$(RuntimeIdentifier)" />
+
+        <ResolvedRuntimePack Update="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.$(RuntimeIdentifier)">
+          <PackageDirectory>$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackDir)</PackageDirectory>
+        </ResolvedRuntimePack>
+      </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
index 7f9ebf2252e89d..a9f6ab9c1198ae 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <AssemblyName>ILCompiler.Build.Tasks</AssemblyName>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath>$(RuntimeBinDir)/ilc-published/netstandard</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RuntimeBinDir)/ilc/netstandard</OutputPath>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Checked</Configurations>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj
index fb49fd1a3f2c84..9caba00bf82ea0 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj
@@ -4,30 +4,6 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifier>$(PackageRID)</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="ILCompiler.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ILCompiler.props" />
 
-
-  <!-- BEGIN: Workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/67742 -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' != 'true'">
-    <PublishDir>$(RuntimeBinDir)ilc-published/</PublishDir>
-    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
-    <!-- Don't R2R on ARM64 machines because ARM64 crossgen2 that comes with .NET SDK <= 7.0 Preview 7 crashes.-->
-    <PublishReadyToRun Condition="'$(BuildArchitecture)' != 'arm64'">true</PublishReadyToRun>
-    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <Target Name="PublishCompiler"
-          Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' != 'true'"
-          AfterTargets="Build"
-          DependsOnTargets="Publish;StompSingleFileHostPath" />
-
-  <!--  HACK: liveBuilds stomps over SingleFileHostSourcePath, setting it to the host that we just built.
-        That's unfortunate because it's not the host we're supposed to use here. -->
-  <Target Name="StompSingleFileHostPath"
-          BeforeTargets="ResolveFrameworkReferences">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <SingleFileHostSourcePath></SingleFileHostSourcePath>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-  </Target>
-  <!-- END: Workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/67742 -->
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.props b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.props
index 98f5a12a4362fe..38e7bec13a9291 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.props
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.props
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <UseAppHost>true</UseAppHost>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler_live.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler_live.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8d94a1c3327c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler_live.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputPath>$(RuntimeBinDir)ilc_live</OutputPath>
+    <PublishOnBuild>true</PublishOnBuild>
+    <LivePublish>true</LivePublish>
+    <!-- Can't use NativeAOT in source build yet https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/66859 -->
+    <NativeAotSupported Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true'">false</NativeAotSupported>
+    <PublishAot Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' == 'true'">true</PublishAot>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>$(PackageRID)</RuntimeIdentifier>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- If we can't publish AOT, publish trimmed single-file -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(PublishAot)' != 'true'">
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ILCompiler.props" />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj
index 95be34cda27fe0..17912f70b0e1e3 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj
@@ -1,62 +1,9 @@
-<Project>
-
-  <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputPath>$(RuntimeBinDir)crossgen2</OutputPath>
-    <!-- Can't use NativeAOT in source build yet https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/66859 -->
-    <NativeAotSupported Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true'">false</NativeAotSupported>
-    <!-- Trimming is not currently working, but set the appropriate feature flags for NativeAOT -->
-    <PublishTrimmed Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' == 'true'">true</PublishTrimmed>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="'$(_IsPublishing)' != 'true' and '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'">linux-x64;linux-musl-x64;linux-arm;linux-musl-arm;linux-arm64;linux-musl-arm64;freebsd-x64;osx-x64;osx-arm64;win-x64;win-x86;win-arm64;win-arm</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true'">$(PackageRID)</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
-    <SelfContained Condition="'$(_IsPublishing)' == 'true'">true</SelfContained>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="crossgen2.props" />
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' != 'true'">
-    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
-    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
-    <!-- Disable crossgen on NetBSD, illumos and Solaris for now. This can be revisited when we have full support. -->
-    <PublishReadyToRun Condition="'$(TargetOS)'=='NetBSD' Or '$(TargetOS)'=='illumos' Or '$(TargetOS)'=='Solaris'">false</PublishReadyToRun>
-    <!-- Disable crossgen on FreeBSD when cross building from Linux. -->
-    <PublishReadyToRun Condition="'$(TargetOS)'=='FreeBSD' and '$(CrossBuild)'=='true'">false</PublishReadyToRun>
-    <PublishReadyToRunComposite>true</PublishReadyToRunComposite>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' == 'true'">
-    <IlcToolsPath>$(CoreCLRILCompilerDir)</IlcToolsPath>
-    <IlcToolsPath Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)'">$(CoreCLRCrossILCompilerDir)</IlcToolsPath>
-    <CppCompilerAndLinker Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)' and '$(HostOS)' == 'linux' and '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-musl-arm64'">clang-15</CppCompilerAndLinker>
-    <CppCompilerAndLinker Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)' and '$(HostOS)' == 'linux' and '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != 'linux-musl-arm64'">clang-9</CppCompilerAndLinker>
-    <SysRoot Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' != '$(BuildArchitecture)' and '$(HostOS)' != 'windows'">$(ROOTFS_DIR)</SysRoot>
-    <IlcBuildTasksPath>$(CoreCLRILCompilerDir)netstandard/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.dll</IlcBuildTasksPath>
-    <IlcSdkPath>$(CoreCLRAotSdkDir)</IlcSdkPath>
-    <IlcFrameworkPath>$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackRidLibTfmDir)</IlcFrameworkPath>
-    <IlcFrameworkNativePath>$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackNativeDir)</IlcFrameworkNativePath>
-    <TrimmerSingleWarn>false</TrimmerSingleWarn>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <Import Project="$(R2ROverridePath)" Condition="'$(R2ROverridePath)' != ''" />
-  <Import Project="$(CoreCLRBuildIntegrationDir)Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler.SingleEntry.targets"
-          Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' == 'true' and '$(_IsPublishing)' == 'true'" />
-
-  <Target Name="RewriteRuntimePackDir"
-          Condition="'$(_IsPublishing)' == 'true'"
-          DependsOnTargets="ResolveRuntimeFilesFromLocalBuild"
-          BeforeTargets="ResolveRuntimePackAssets">
-      <ItemGroup>
-        <!-- Remove AspNetCore runtime pack since we don't build it locally -->
-        <ResolvedRuntimePack Remove="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.$(RuntimeIdentifier)" />
-
-        <ResolvedRuntimePack Update="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.$(RuntimeIdentifier)">
-          <PackageDirectory>$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackDir)</PackageDirectory>
-        </ResolvedRuntimePack>
-      </ItemGroup>
-  </Target>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.props b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.props
index ab35ac5e4868f5..9ab01d6d9add7d 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.props
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.props
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
     <EventSourceSupport>true</EventSourceSupport>
     <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
+    <EnableTrimAnalyzer>true</EnableTrimAnalyzer>
+    <EnableAotAnalyzer>true</EnableAotAnalyzer>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Embedded Resources">
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Properties\Resources.resx">
       <GenerateSource>true</GenerateSource>
       <ClassName>System.SR</ClassName>
     </EmbeddedResource>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2_live.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2_live.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d21caf0c9364d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2_live.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputPath>$(RuntimeBinDir)crossgen2_live</OutputPath>
+    <PublishOnBuild>true</PublishOnBuild>
+    <LivePublish>true</LivePublish>
+    <!-- Can't use NativeAOT in source build yet https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/66859 -->
+    <NativeAotSupported Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true'">false</NativeAotSupported>
+    <PublishAot Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' == 'true'">true</PublishAot>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>$(PackageRID)</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <StripSymbols>true</StripSymbols>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- If we can't publish AOT, publish trimmed single-file -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(PublishAot)' != 'true'">
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)crossgen2.props" />
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Directory.Build.props b/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Directory.Build.props
index d260fa689f48b1..c8b6143133391e 100644
--- a/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Directory.Build.props
@@ -11,23 +11,6 @@
     <PackageOverridesFile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)PackageOverrides.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <!--
-  Native files that are always included in the singlefile bundle can be listed here.
-
-  Example:
-    <SingleFileHostIncludeFilename Include="somefile.dll" />
-  -->
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- include at least one item. Otherwise there will be no opt-in list and everything will be included -->
-    <SingleFileHostIncludeFilename Include="NONE" />
-
-    <!-- LINUX -->
-
-    <!-- OSX -->
-
-    <!-- Windows -->
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <!--
     Platform manifest needs to include all native shims from previous releases.
     This itemgroup adds them explicitly.
diff --git a/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Crossgen2.sfxproj b/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Crossgen2.sfxproj
index fe32e81ec46440..5b2604b48bee21 100644
--- a/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Crossgen2.sfxproj
+++ b/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Crossgen2.sfxproj
@@ -23,26 +23,23 @@
   <Target Name="PublishCrossgen"
           BeforeTargets="GetFilesToPackage">
 
-    <!-- Copy System.Private.CoreLib from the coreclr bin directory to the runtime pack directory,
-         as we always need the copy of System.Private.CoreLib that matches exactly with the runtime. -->
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)System.Private.CoreLib.dll"
+    <!-- Copy System.Private.CoreLib from the coreclr bin directory to the runtime pack directory
+         if we're not using Native AOT, as we always need the copy of System.Private.CoreLib that
+         matches exactly with the runtime. -->
+    <Copy Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' != 'true'"
+          SourceFiles="$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)System.Private.CoreLib.dll"
           DestinationFolder="$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackNativeDir)"
           SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
 
-<MSBuild Projects="$(RepoRoot)src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj"
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(RepoRoot)src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2_live.csproj"
              Targets="Restore"
              Properties="MSBuildRestoreSessionId=$([System.Guid]::NewGuid())
-              ;_IsPublishing=true
-              ;RuntimeIdentifier=$(PackageRID)
-              ;CoreCLRArtifactsPath=$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)
-              ;R2ROverridePath=$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ReadyToRun.targets" />
+              ;CoreCLRArtifactsPath=$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)" />
 
-    <MSBuild Projects="$(RepoRoot)src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj"
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(RepoRoot)src/coreclr/tools/aot/crossgen2/crossgen2_live.csproj"
              Targets="Publish;PublishItemsOutputGroup"
-             Properties="_IsPublishing=true
-              ;RuntimeIdentifier=$(PackageRID)
-              ;CoreCLRArtifactsPath=$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)
-              ;R2ROverridePath=$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ReadyToRun.targets">
+             Properties="PublishOnBuild=false
+              ;CoreCLRArtifactsPath=$(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)">
       <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs"
               ItemName="_RawCrossgenPublishFiles" />
     </MSBuild>
@@ -59,14 +56,14 @@
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(NativeAotSupported)' == 'true'">
       <!-- Treat all native aot assets as native runtime assets -->
       <FilesToPackage Include="@(_CrossgenPublishFiles->Distinct())"
-                          Condition="'%(Extension)' != '.pdb'"
-                          TargetPath="tools/" />
+                      Condition="'%(Extension)' != '.pdb'"
+                      TargetPath="tools/" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="RunPublishedCrossgen" AfterTargets="PublishCrossgen"
           Condition="'$(TargetOS)' == '$(HostOS)' and '$(TargetArchitecture)' == '$(BuildArchitecture)'">
-    <!-- Run the published crossgen if we're not cross-compiling -->
+    <!-- Run the published crossgen if we're not cross-compiling to check that it works. -->
     <Exec Command="@(FilesToPackage) $(CoreCLRArtifactsPath)IL/System.Private.CoreLib.dll --out $(IntermediateOutputPath)S.P.C.tmp" Condition="'%(FileName)%(Extension)' == 'crossgen2$(ExeSuffix)'">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="CrossgenExitCode" />
     </Exec>
diff --git a/src/libraries/pretest.proj b/src/libraries/pretest.proj
index 95c61b1b050736..d7ba60c5dc9a1c 100644
--- a/src/libraries/pretest.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/pretest.proj
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     <CreateFrameworkListFile Files="@(RuntimePackLibFile);@(RuntimePackNativeFile)"
                              TargetFile="$(MicrosoftNetCoreAppRuntimePackDir)data\RuntimeList.xml"
                              TargetFilePrefixes="ref/;runtimes/"
+                             SingleFileHostIncludeFilenames="@(SingleFileHostIncludeFilename)"
                              RootAttributes="@(FrameworkListRootAttribute)" />
   </Target>