diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TypeMetadataNode.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TypeMetadataNode.cs
index 87a2c829c0269..6ae29da0e6d22 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TypeMetadataNode.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/TypeMetadataNode.cs
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ public override IEnumerable<DependencyListEntry> GetStaticDependencies(NodeFacto
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            // Make sure we're not adding a method to the dependency graph that is going to
-                            // cause trouble down the line. This entire type would not actually load on CoreCLR anyway.
-                            LibraryRootProvider.CheckCanGenerateMethod(method);
+                            // Spot check by parsing signature.
+                            // Previously we had LibraryRootProvider.CheckCanGenerateMethod(method) here, but that one
+                            // expects fully instantiated types and methods. We operate on definitions here.
+                            // This is not as thorough as it could be. This option is unsupported anyway.
+                            _ = method.Signature;
                         }
                         catch (TypeSystemException)
                         {