diff --git a/debug.sh b/debug.sh
index 57b09b66c8..6699d0dbdd 100755
--- a/debug.sh
+++ b/debug.sh
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-export CORE_ROOT=$(pwd)/bin
-lldb-3.6 -o "plugin load ./bin/libsosplugin.so" -- ./powershell $@
+lldb-3.6 -o "plugin load ./bin/libsosplugin.so" -- ./bin/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host $@
diff --git a/pester.sh b/pester.sh
index 6e7102f388..78db7d2daa 100755
--- a/pester.sh
+++ b/pester.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-export CORE_ROOT=$(pwd)/bin
-./powershell -c "Invoke-Pester src/pester-tests/$1 -OutputFile pester-tests.xml -OutputFormat NUnitXml"
+./bin/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host -c "Invoke-Pester src/pester-tests/$1 -OutputFile pester-tests.xml -OutputFormat NUnitXml"
 # XML files are not executable
 chmod -x pester-tests.xml
 # Fix tty due to possible bug in .NET
diff --git a/powershell b/powershell
deleted file mode 120000
index 3efba138a3..0000000000
--- a/powershell
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-src/monad-native/host/powershell
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 597a39195b..05ac417c29 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-export CORE_ROOT=$(pwd)/bin
-./powershell $@
+./bin/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host $@
 # Fix tty due to possible bug in .NET
 stty echo
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs
index e79a0ccc48..77a56ac777 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
         /// </summary>
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            // Setup the Assembly Load Context, which Core PowerShell uses to
+            // analyze the libraries for types, functions, cmdlets, etc. and
+            // provide the ability to load assemblies by file path. Doing this
+            // here eliminates the need for a custom native host.
+            PowerShellAssemblyLoadContextInitializer.SetPowerShellAssemblyLoadContext(AppContext.BaseDirectory);
+
             // Custom argument parsing
             string initialScript = null;
             if (args.Length > 0)