diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6df8668cb..bc6b1e32a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -363,11 +363,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
           sudo pip3 install git+https://github.com/iTrooz/appimage-builder@dpkg-package-versions
 
-      - name: ⬇️ Install .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: '7.0.x'
-
       - name: 📜 Set version variable
         run: |
           echo "IMHEX_VERSION=`cat VERSION`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/plugins/script_loader/source/loaders/dotnet/dotnet_loader.cpp b/plugins/script_loader/source/loaders/dotnet/dotnet_loader.cpp
index 2c1a2e2bf..c18e13f6f 100644
--- a/plugins/script_loader/source/loaders/dotnet/dotnet_loader.cpp
+++ b/plugins/script_loader/source/loaders/dotnet/dotnet_loader.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace hex::script::loader {
             }
         #else
             void *loadLibrary(const char_t *path) {
-                void *h = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
+                void *h = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY);
                 return h;
             }
 
@@ -135,14 +135,8 @@ namespace hex::script::loader {
 
 
     bool DotNetLoader::initialize() {
-        try {
-            AT_FIRST_TIME {
-                if (!loadHostfxr()) {
-                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to load hostfxr");
-                }
-            };
-        } catch (const std::exception &e) {
-            log::error("Failed to initialize DotNetLoader: {}", e.what());
+        if (!loadHostfxr()) {
+            log::error("Failed to initialize dotnet loader, could not load hostfxr");
             return false;
         }