diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
index d025204b1315d3..0cd55a949fc215 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ internal void MarkEntireType (TypeDefinition type, in DependencyInfo reason, Mes
 			}
 
 			MarkTypeVisibleToReflection (type, reason, origin);
-			MarkCustomAttributes (type, new DependencyInfo (DependencyKind.CustomAttribute, type), origin);
-			MarkTypeSpecialCustomAttributes (type, origin);
 
 			if (type.HasInterfaces) {
 				foreach (InterfaceImplementation iface in type.Interfaces)
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/RequiresCapability/RequiresInRootAllAssembly.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/RequiresCapability/RequiresInRootAllAssembly.cs
index b8fa63c186c1c9..91a8fd46c308f3 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/RequiresCapability/RequiresInRootAllAssembly.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/RequiresCapability/RequiresInRootAllAssembly.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.RequiresCapability
 {
+	[IgnoreTestCase ("NativeAOT test infrastructure doesn't implement rooting behavior the same way", IgnoredBy = Tool.NativeAot)]
 	[SetupLinkerArgument ("-a", "test.exe", "all")]
 
 	[SkipKeptItemsValidation]
@@ -55,5 +56,16 @@ public void InstanceMethod () { }
 
 			public static event EventHandler PropertyChanged;
 		}
+
+		[AttributeWithRequires]
+		[ExpectedWarning ("IL2026")]
+		public sealed class ClassWithAttributeWithRequires
+		{
+		}
+
+		[RequiresUnreferencedCode ("--AttributeWithRequiresAttribute--")]
+		public sealed class AttributeWithRequiresAttribute : Attribute
+		{
+		}
 	}
 }