diff --git a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Common/Utilities/FakesUtilities.cs b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Common/Utilities/FakesUtilities.cs
index 0193c4ebb4..89c9c66ab6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Common/Utilities/FakesUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Common/Utilities/FakesUtilities.cs
@@ -97,11 +97,7 @@ private static bool TryAddFakesDataCollectorSettings(
         IEnumerable<string> sources,
         FrameworkVersion framework)
     {
-        // A new Fakes Configurator API makes the decision to add the right datacollector uri to the configuration
-        // There now exist two data collector URIs to support two different scenarios. The new scenario involves
-        // using the CLRIE profiler, and the old involves using the Intellitrace profiler (which isn't supported in
-        // .NET Core scenarios). The old API still exists for fallback measures.
-
+        // Only cross-platform (v2) Fakes is supported. Fallback to v1 is removed.
         var crossPlatformConfigurator = TryGetFakesCrossPlatformDataCollectorConfigurator();
         if (crossPlatformConfigurator != null)
         {
@@ -118,7 +114,8 @@ private static bool TryAddFakesDataCollectorSettings(
             return true;
         }
 
-        return AddFallbackFakesSettings(runSettings, sources, framework);
+        // Fakes v1 fallback support removed.
+        return false;
     }
 
     internal static void InsertOrReplaceFakesDataCollectorNode(XmlDocument runSettings, DataCollectorSettings settings)
@@ -157,55 +154,6 @@ private static IDictionary<string, FrameworkVersion> CreateDictionary(IEnumerabl
         return dict;
     }
 
-    private static bool AddFallbackFakesSettings(
-        XmlDocument runSettings,
-        IEnumerable<string> sources,
-        FrameworkVersion framework)
-    {
-
-        // The fallback settings is for the old implementation of fakes
-        // that only supports .Net Framework versions
-        if (framework
-            is not FrameworkVersion.Framework35
-            and not FrameworkVersion.Framework40
-            and not FrameworkVersion.Framework45)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        Func<IEnumerable<string>, string>? netFrameworkConfigurator = TryGetNetFrameworkFakesDataCollectorConfigurator();
-        if (netFrameworkConfigurator == null)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // if no fakes, return settings unchanged
-        var fakesConfiguration = netFrameworkConfigurator(sources);
-        if (fakesConfiguration == null)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // integrate fakes settings in configuration
-        // if the settings don't have any data collector settings, populate with empty settings
-        EnsureSettingsNode(runSettings, new DataCollectionRunSettings());
-
-        // embed fakes settings
-        var fakesSettings = CreateFakesDataCollectorSettings();
-        var doc = new XmlDocument();
-        using (var xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(
-                   new StringReader(fakesConfiguration),
-                   new XmlReaderSettings() { CloseInput = true }))
-        {
-            doc.Load(xmlReader);
-        }
-
-        fakesSettings.Configuration = doc.DocumentElement;
-        XmlRunSettingsUtilities.InsertDataCollectorsNode(runSettings.CreateNavigator()!, fakesSettings);
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Ensures that an xml element corresponding to the test run settings exists in the setting document.
     /// </summary>
@@ -225,27 +173,6 @@ private static void EnsureSettingsNode(XmlDocument settings, TestRunSettings set
         }
     }
 
-    private static Func<IEnumerable<string>, string>? TryGetNetFrameworkFakesDataCollectorConfigurator()
-    {
-#if NETFRAMEWORK
-        try
-        {
-            var assembly = LoadTestPlatformAssembly();
-            var type = assembly?.GetType(ConfiguratorAssemblyQualifiedName, false);
-            var method = type?.GetMethod(NetFrameworkConfiguratorMethodName, [typeof(IEnumerable<string>)]);
-            if (method != null)
-            {
-                return (Func<IEnumerable<string>, string>)method.CreateDelegate(typeof(Func<IEnumerable<string>, string>));
-            }
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            EqtTrace.Info("Failed to create Fakes Configurator. Reason:{0} ", ex);
-        }
-#endif
-        return null;
-    }
-
     private static Func<IDictionary<string, FrameworkVersion>, DataCollectorSettings>? TryGetFakesCrossPlatformDataCollectorConfigurator()
     {
         try
@@ -279,25 +206,6 @@ private static void EnsureSettingsNode(XmlDocument settings, TestRunSettings set
         return null;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Adds the Fakes data collector settings in the run settings document.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <returns>
-    /// The <see cref="DataCollectorSettings"/>.
-    /// </returns>
-    private static DataCollectorSettings CreateFakesDataCollectorSettings()
-    {
-        // embed the fakes run settings
-        var settings = new DataCollectorSettings
-        {
-            AssemblyQualifiedName = FakesMetadata.DataCollectorAssemblyQualifiedName,
-            FriendlyName = FakesMetadata.FriendlyName,
-            IsEnabled = true,
-            Uri = new Uri(FakesMetadata.DataCollectorUriV1)
-        };
-        return settings;
-    }
-
     internal static class FakesMetadata
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -306,12 +214,12 @@ internal static class FakesMetadata
         public const string FriendlyName = "UnitTestIsolation";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the URI of the data collector
+        /// Gets the URI of the data collector (V1, deprecated and removed)
         /// </summary>
         public const string DataCollectorUriV1 = "datacollector://microsoft/unittestisolation/1.0";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the URI of the data collector
+        /// Gets the URI of the data collector (V2)
         /// </summary>
         public const string DataCollectorUriV2 = "datacollector://microsoft/unittestisolation/2.0";