diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml b/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml
index bba29ee0c34..d879ab7f06e 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-sdk.yml
@@ -86,19 +86,6 @@ jobs:
 
         Get-Content $nugetPath
 
-        # Add workaround to unblock xUnit testing see issue: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/26462
-
-        $possibleDotnetLocation = "$env:ProgramFiles\dotnet"
-        
-        $dotnetPath = if ($IsWindows) { 
-          if (Test-Path $possibleDotnetLocation) { $possibleDotnetLocation } else { "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\dotnet" }
-        }
-        else {
-          "$env:HOME/.dotnet" 
-        }
-
-        $env:DOTNET_ROOT = $dotnetPath
-
         dotnet --info
         dotnet restore
         dotnet test /property:RELEASE_VERSION=$releaseVersion --test-adapter-path:. "--logger:xunit;LogFilePath=$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/test-hosting.xml"