diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs
index 32585530ac..becede6497 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs
@@ -497,12 +497,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
             return Unix.NativeMethods.IsSymLink(fileInfo.FullName);
         }
 
-        internal static string NonWindowsInternalGetTarget(SafeFileHandle handle)
-        {
-            // SafeHandle is a Windows concept.  Use the string version instead.
-            throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
-        }
-
         internal static string NonWindowsInternalGetTarget(string path)
         {
             return Unix.NativeMethods.FollowSymLink(path);
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
index d8a2a9151d..5571c2ef64 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
@@ -7618,25 +7618,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// <returns>The target of the reparse point</returns>
         public static IEnumerable<string> GetTarget(PSObject instance)
         {
-            FileSystemInfo fileSysInfo = instance.BaseObject as FileSystemInfo;
-
-            if (fileSysInfo != null)
+            if (instance.BaseObject is FileSystemInfo fileSysInfo)
             {
-                if (Platform.IsWindows)
+#if !UNIX
+                using (SafeFileHandle handle = OpenReparsePoint(fileSysInfo.FullName, FileDesiredAccess.GenericRead))
                 {
-                    using (SafeFileHandle handle = OpenReparsePoint(fileSysInfo.FullName, FileDesiredAccess.GenericRead))
-                    {
-                        string linkTarget = InternalGetTarget(handle);
+                    string linkTarget = WinInternalGetTarget(handle);
 
-                        if (linkTarget != null)
-                            return (new string[] { linkTarget });
+                    if (linkTarget != null)
+                    {
+                        return (new string[] { linkTarget });
                     }
                 }
-
+#endif
                 return InternalGetTarget(fileSysInfo.FullName);
             }
-            else
-                return null;
+
+            return null;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -7964,18 +7962,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
             return succeeded && (handleInfo.NumberOfLinks > 1);
         }
 
-        private static string InternalGetTarget(SafeFileHandle handle)
-        {
-            if (Platform.IsWindows)
-            {
-                return WinInternalGetTarget(handle);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return Platform.NonWindowsInternalGetTarget(handle);
-            }
-        }
-
         [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2001:AvoidCallingProblematicMethods")]
         private static string WinInternalGetTarget(SafeFileHandle handle)
         {