diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/src/Interop/Linux/OpenLdap/Interop.Ldap.cs b/src/libraries/Common/src/Interop/Linux/OpenLdap/Interop.Ldap.cs
index 9b0095aacc8ddc..eedeefc3ffa99d 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/src/Interop/Linux/OpenLdap/Interop.Ldap.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/src/Interop/Linux/OpenLdap/Interop.Ldap.cs
@@ -74,21 +74,19 @@ static Ldap()
             // Register callback that tries to load other libraries when the default library "libldap-2.5.so.0" not found
             AssemblyLoadContext.GetLoadContext(currentAssembly).ResolvingUnmanagedDll += (assembly, ldapName) =>
             {
-                IntPtr handle = IntPtr.Zero;
-
                 if (assembly != currentAssembly || ldapName != Libraries.OpenLdap)
                 {
-                    return handle;
+                    return IntPtr.Zero;
                 }
 
                 // Try loading previous (libldap-2.4.so.2) and next (libldap-2.6.so.0) versions
-                if (NativeLibrary.TryLoad("libldap-2.4.so.2", out handle) ||
+                if (NativeLibrary.TryLoad("libldap-2.4.so.2", out IntPtr handle) ||
                     NativeLibrary.TryLoad("libldap-2.6.so.0", out handle))
                 {
                     return handle;
                 }
 
-                throw new DllNotFoundException(SR.Format(SR.LDAP_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND, ldapName));
+                return IntPtr.Zero;
             };
 
             // OpenLdap must be initialized on a single thread, once this is done it allows concurrent calls
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices.Protocols/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices.Protocols/src/Resources/Strings.resx
index 7b1c63e529b6ca..b63f103619fbdb 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices.Protocols/src/Resources/Strings.resx
+++ b/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices.Protocols/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -426,7 +426,4 @@
   <data name="ReferralChasingOptionsNotSupported" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Only ReferralChasingOptions.None and ReferralChasingOptions.All are supported on Linux.</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="LDAP_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The OpenLDAP library with version {0} was not found.</value>
-  </data>
 </root>
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