diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.csproj b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.csproj
index 57c1f90e28..cd84d055c0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Remove="commands\management\ClearRecycleBinCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Remove="commands\management\ControlPanelItemCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Remove="commands\management\CommitTransactionCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Remove="commands\management\Eventlog.cs" />
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
     <Compile Remove="gen\ControlPanelResources.cs" />
     <Compile Remove="gen\WmiResources.cs" />
     <Compile Remove="gen\ManagementMshSnapInResources.cs" />
-    <Compile Remove="gen\ClearRecycleBinResources.cs" />
     <Compile Remove="gen\ClipboardResources.cs" />
 
     <EmbeddedResource Remove="resources\EventlogResources.resx" />
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Remove="resources\ControlPanelResources.resx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Remove="resources\WmiResources.resx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Remove="resources\ManagementMshSnapInResources.resx" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Remove="resources\ClearRecycleBinResources.resx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Remove="resources\ClipboardResources.resx" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ClearRecycleBinCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ClearRecycleBinCommand.cs
index f07356c287..a7ec8ddefa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ClearRecycleBinCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ClearRecycleBinCommand.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ using System.Management.Automation;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
+#if !UNIX
+
 namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -224,25 +226,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
                 progress.RecordType = ProgressRecordType.Processing;
                 WriteProgress(progress);
 
+                // no need to check result as a failure is returned only if recycle bin is already empty
                 uint result = NativeMethod.SHEmptyRecycleBin(IntPtr.Zero, drivePath,
                                                             NativeMethod.RecycleFlags.SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION |
                                                             NativeMethod.RecycleFlags.SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI |
                                                             NativeMethod.RecycleFlags.SHERB_NOSOUND);
-                int lastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
-
-                // update the progress bar to completed
                 progress.PercentComplete = 100;
                 progress.RecordType = ProgressRecordType.Completed;
                 WriteProgress(progress);
-
-                // 0 is for a successful operation
-                // 203 comes up when trying to empty an already emptied recyclebin
-                // 18 comes up when there are no more files in the given recyclebin
-                if (!(lastError == 0 || lastError == 203 || lastError == 18))
-                {
-                    Win32Exception exception = new Win32Exception(lastError);
-                    WriteError(new ErrorRecord(exception, "FailedToClearRecycleBin", ErrorCategory.InvalidOperation, "RecycleBin"));
-                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -261,3 +252,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         internal static extern uint SHEmptyRecycleBin(IntPtr hwnd, string pszRootPath, RecycleFlags dwFlags);
     }
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Modules/Windows/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management.psd1 b/src/Modules/Windows/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management.psd1
index e9c7a0a7f0..b3edf3eab7 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Windows/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management.psd1
+++ b/src/Modules/Windows/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management.psd1
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@ CmdletsToExport=@("Add-Content",
     "Get-ComputerInfo",
     "Get-TimeZone",
     "Set-TimeZone",
-    "Get-HotFix")
+    "Get-HotFix",
+    "Clear-RecycleBin")
 }
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1
index 6748622587..a576f3b642 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Describe "Verify approved aliases list" -Tags "CI" {
 "Cmdlet",       "Clear-History",                    "",                                 $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     "Medium"
 "Cmdlet",       "Clear-Item",                       "",                                 $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     "Medium"
 "Cmdlet",       "Clear-ItemProperty",               "",                                 $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     "Medium"
-"Cmdlet",       "Clear-RecycleBin",                 "",                                 $($FullCLR                               ),     "",                     "",                     ""
+"Cmdlet",       "Clear-RecycleBin",                 "",                                 $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows              ),     "",                     "",                     "High"
 "Cmdlet",       "Clear-Variable",                   "",                                 $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     "Medium"
 "Cmdlet",       "Compare-Object",                   "",                                 $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     "None"
 "Cmdlet",       "Complete-Transaction",             "",                                 $($FullCLR                               ),     "",                     "",                     ""