diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Authenticator/OktaAuthenticator.cs b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Authenticator/OktaAuthenticator.cs
index 1a786fd59..5772034e4 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Authenticator/OktaAuthenticator.cs
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Authenticator/OktaAuthenticator.cs
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ async Task IAuthenticator.AuthenticateAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                     s_logger.Debug("step 4: Get SAML response from SSO");
                     var samlRestRequest = BuildSamlRestRequest(ssoUrl, onetimeToken);
                     samlRawResponse = await session.restRequester.GetAsync(samlRestRequest, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-#if NETFRAMEWORK || NETSTANDARD2_0
                     _rawSamlTokenHtmlString = await samlRawResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-#else
-                    _rawSamlTokenHtmlString = await samlRawResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-#endif                    
                     s_logger.Debug("step 5: Verify postback URL in SAML response");
                     VerifyPostbackUrl();