diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
index 375747cd4e6e5..48bafb1d42839 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
       <_EmccOptimizationFlagDefault Condition="'$(_EmccOptimizationFlagDefault)' == ''">-Oz</_EmccOptimizationFlagDefault>
 
       <EmccCompileOptimizationFlag Condition="'$(EmccCompileOptimizationFlag)' == ''">$(_EmccOptimizationFlagDefault)</EmccCompileOptimizationFlag>
-      <EmccLinkOptimizationFlag    Condition="'$(EmccLinkOptimizationFlag)' == ''"   >-O0 -s ASSERTIONS=$(_EmccAssertionLevelDefault)</EmccLinkOptimizationFlag>
+      <EmccLinkOptimizationFlag    Condition="'$(EmccLinkOptimizationFlag)' == ''"   >$(EmccCompileOptimizationFlag)</EmccLinkOptimizationFlag>
 
       <_EmccCompileRsp>$(_WasmIntermediateOutputPath)emcc-compile.rsp</_EmccCompileRsp>
     </PropertyGroup>