diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d03249aeab..ff01c4bf76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ For the .NET Framework driver on Windows, a package reference to [Microsoft.Data
 
 For the .NET Core driver on Windows, a package reference to [runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni](https://www.nuget.org/packages/runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni/) loads `arm64`, `x64` and `x86` native `SNI.dll` libraries into the client's build directories.
 
-**Note**
-When referencing the native `SNI.dll` on Windows, the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable is required to be installed: [The latest supported Visual C++ downloads](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
-
-
 ## Helpful Links
 
 | Topic | Link to File |
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
index b0a0b70040..481308bd83 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\EnclaveDelegate.NetCoreApp.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\SqlDelegatedTransaction.NetCoreApp.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\TdsParser.NetCoreApp.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\SNI\SNIPacket.NetCoreApp.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\AzureAttestationBasedEnclaveProvider.NetCoreApp.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\VirtualSecureModeEnclaveProvider.NetCoreApp.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\VirtualSecureModeEnclaveProviderBase.NetCoreApp.cs" />
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsPartialFacadeAssembly)' != 'true' AND '$(OSGroup)' != 'AnyOS' AND '$(TargetGroup)' == 'netstandard'">
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\SqlDelegatedTransaction.NetStandard.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\TdsParser.NetStandard.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\SNI\SNIPacket.NetStandard.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsPartialFacadeAssembly)' != 'true' AND '$(OSGroup)' != 'AnyOS'">    
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\SqlClient\Server\ITypedGetters.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.NetCoreApp.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.NetCoreApp.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e6a35caeda..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.NetCoreApp.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI
-{
-    internal partial class SNIPacket
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Read data from a stream asynchronously
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Stream to read from</param>
-        /// <param name="callback">Completion callback</param>
-        public void ReadFromStreamAsync(Stream stream, SNIAsyncCallback callback)
-        {
-            // Treat local function as a static and pass all params otherwise as async will allocate
-            async Task ReadFromStreamAsync(SNIPacket packet, SNIAsyncCallback cb, ValueTask<int> valueTask)
-            {
-                bool error = false;
-                try
-                {
-                    packet._length = await valueTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    if (packet._length == 0)
-                    {
-                        SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(SNIProviders.TCP_PROV, 0, SNICommon.ConnTerminatedError, string.Empty);
-                        error = true;
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(SNIProviders.TCP_PROV, SNICommon.InternalExceptionError, ex);
-                    error = true;
-                }
-
-                if (error)
-                {
-                    packet.Release();
-                }
-
-                cb(packet, error ? TdsEnums.SNI_ERROR : TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
-            }
-
-            ValueTask<int> vt = stream.ReadAsync(new Memory<byte>(_data, 0, _capacity), CancellationToken.None);
-
-            if (vt.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
-            {
-                _length = vt.Result;
-                // Zero length to go via async local function as is error condition
-                if (_length > 0)
-                {
-                    callback(this, TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
-
-                    // Completed
-                    return;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // Avoid consuming the same instance twice.
-                    vt = new ValueTask<int>(_length);
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Not complete or error call the async local function to complete
-            _ = ReadFromStreamAsync(this, callback, vt);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Write data to a stream asynchronously
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Stream to write to</param>
-        /// <param name="callback"></param>
-        /// <param name="provider"></param>
-        /// <param name="disposeAfterWriteAsync"></param>
-        public void WriteToStreamAsync(Stream stream, SNIAsyncCallback callback, SNIProviders provider, bool disposeAfterWriteAsync = false)
-        {
-            // Treat local function as a static and pass all params otherwise as async will allocate
-            async Task WriteToStreamAsync(SNIPacket packet, SNIAsyncCallback cb, SNIProviders providers, bool disposeAfter, ValueTask valueTask)
-            {
-                uint status = TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS;
-                try
-                {
-                    await valueTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(providers, SNICommon.InternalExceptionError, e);
-                    status = TdsEnums.SNI_ERROR;
-                }
-
-                cb(packet, status);
-
-                if (disposeAfter)
-                {
-                    packet.Dispose();
-                }
-            }
-
-            ValueTask vt = stream.WriteAsync(new Memory<byte>(_data, 0, _length), CancellationToken.None);
-
-            if (vt.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
-            {
-                // Read the result to register as complete for the ValueTask
-                vt.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-
-                callback(this, TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
-
-                if (disposeAfterWriteAsync)
-                {
-                    Dispose();
-                }
-
-                // Completed
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Not complete or error call the async local function to complete
-            _ = WriteToStreamAsync(this, callback, provider, disposeAfterWriteAsync, vt);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.NetStandard.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.NetStandard.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a3cf12670..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.NetStandard.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI
-{
-    internal partial class SNIPacket
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Read data from a stream asynchronously
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Stream to read from</param>
-        /// <param name="callback">Completion callback</param>
-        public void ReadFromStreamAsync(Stream stream, SNIAsyncCallback callback)
-        {
-            // Treat local function as a static and pass all params otherwise as async will allocate
-            async Task ReadFromStreamAsync(SNIPacket packet, SNIAsyncCallback cb, Task<int> task)
-            {
-                bool error = false;
-                try
-                {
-                    packet._length = await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    if (packet._length == 0)
-                    {
-                        SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(SNIProviders.TCP_PROV, 0, SNICommon.ConnTerminatedError, string.Empty);
-                        error = true;
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(SNIProviders.TCP_PROV, SNICommon.InternalExceptionError, ex);
-                    error = true;
-                }
-
-                if (error)
-                {
-                    packet.Release();
-                }
-
-                cb(packet, error ? TdsEnums.SNI_ERROR : TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
-            }
-
-            Task<int> t = stream.ReadAsync(_data, 0, _capacity, CancellationToken.None);
-
-            if ((t.Status & TaskStatus.RanToCompletion) != 0)
-            {
-                _length = t.Result;
-                // Zero length to go via async local function as is error condition
-                if (_length > 0)
-                {
-                    callback(this, TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
-
-                    // Completed
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Not complete or error call the async local function to complete
-            _ = ReadFromStreamAsync(this, callback, t);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Write data to a stream asynchronously
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Stream to write to</param>
-        /// <param name="callback"></param>
-        /// <param name="provider"></param>
-        /// <param name="disposeAfterWriteAsync"></param>
-        public void WriteToStreamAsync(Stream stream, SNIAsyncCallback callback, SNIProviders provider, bool disposeAfterWriteAsync = false)
-        {
-            // Treat local function as a static and pass all params otherwise as async will allocate
-            async Task WriteToStreamAsync(SNIPacket packet, SNIAsyncCallback cb, SNIProviders providers, bool disposeAfter, Task task)
-            {
-                uint status = TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS;
-                try
-                {
-                    await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(providers, SNICommon.InternalExceptionError, e);
-                    status = TdsEnums.SNI_ERROR;
-                }
-
-                cb(packet, status);
-
-                if (disposeAfter)
-                {
-                    packet.Dispose();
-                }
-            }
-
-            Task t = stream.WriteAsync(_data, 0, _length, CancellationToken.None);
-
-            if ((t.Status & TaskStatus.RanToCompletion) != 0)
-            {
-                // Read the result to register as complete for the Task
-                t.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-
-                callback(this, TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
-
-                if (disposeAfterWriteAsync)
-                {
-                    Dispose();
-                }
-
-                // Completed
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Not complete or error call the async local function to complete
-            _ = WriteToStreamAsync(this, callback, provider, disposeAfterWriteAsync, t);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.cs
index 17437880a2..4467f9b9d5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SNI/SNIPacket.cs
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// SNI Packet
     /// </summary>
-    internal partial class SNIPacket : IDisposable, IEquatable<SNIPacket>
+    internal class SNIPacket : IDisposable, IEquatable<SNIPacket>
     {
         private byte[] _data;
         private int _length;
@@ -251,6 +253,46 @@ public void ReadFromStream(Stream stream)
             _length = stream.Read(_data, 0, _capacity);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Read data from a stream asynchronously
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream">Stream to read from</param>
+        /// <param name="callback">Completion callback</param>
+        public void ReadFromStreamAsync(Stream stream, SNIAsyncCallback callback)
+        {
+            bool error = false;
+
+            stream.ReadAsync(_data, 0, _capacity, CancellationToken.None).ContinueWith(t =>
+            {
+                Exception e = t.Exception?.InnerException;
+                if (e != null)
+                {
+                    SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(SNIProviders.TCP_PROV, SNICommon.InternalExceptionError, e);
+                    error = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _length = t.Result;
+
+                    if (_length == 0)
+                    {
+                        SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(SNIProviders.TCP_PROV, 0, SNICommon.ConnTerminatedError, string.Empty);
+                        error = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (error)
+                {
+                    Release();
+                }
+
+                callback(this, error ? TdsEnums.SNI_ERROR : TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS);
+            },
+            CancellationToken.None,
+            TaskContinuationOptions.DenyChildAttach,
+            TaskScheduler.Default);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Write data to a stream synchronously
         /// </summary>
@@ -260,6 +302,33 @@ public void WriteToStream(Stream stream)
             stream.Write(_data, 0, _length);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write data to a stream asynchronously
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream">Stream to write to</param>
+        /// <param name="callback">SNI Asynchronous Callback</param>
+        /// <param name="provider">SNI provider identifier</param>
+        /// <param name="disposeAfterWriteAsync">Bool flag to decide whether or not to dispose after Write Async operation</param>
+        public async void WriteToStreamAsync(Stream stream, SNIAsyncCallback callback, SNIProviders provider, bool disposeAfterWriteAsync = false)
+        {
+            uint status = TdsEnums.SNI_SUCCESS;
+            try
+            {
+                await stream.WriteAsync(_data, 0, _length, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                SNILoadHandle.SingletonInstance.LastError = new SNIError(provider, SNICommon.InternalExceptionError, e);
+                status = TdsEnums.SNI_ERROR;
+            }
+            callback(this, status);
+
+            if (disposeAfterWriteAsync)
+            {
+                Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Get hash code
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
index f6571605f5..d768d13a1f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClientKey.snk" />
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Microsoft\Data\Interop\SNINativeMethodWrapper.cs" />
@@ -340,8 +339,14 @@
     </COMReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms">
+      <Version>4.3.1</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives">
+      <Version>4.3.0</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI">
-      <Version>1.1.0</Version>
+      <Version>[1.1.0,1.2.0)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client">
       <Version>3.0.8</Version>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/packages.config b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index fe599d2346..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms" version="4.3.1" targetFramework="net46" />
-  <package id="System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="net46" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI" version="1.1.0" targetFramework="net46" />
-</packages>
diff --git a/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec b/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec
index 7444bcbeb4..c9c12b4a5a 100644
--- a/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec
+++ b/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlTransaction
 Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameterCollection
 Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientFactory
 
-When running on Windows, this library has a dependency on Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI on .NET Framework and runtime.native.System.Data.SqlClient.sni on .NET Core, which requires the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable to be installed:
-https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
-
 When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.</description>
     <releaseNotes>https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090501</releaseNotes>
     <copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright>
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.</description>
     <dependencies>
       <group targetFramework="net46">
         <dependency id="System.Data.Common" version="4.3.0" />
-        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.sni" version="1.1.0" />
+        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.sni" version="[1.1.0,1.2.0)" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Identity.Client" version="3.0.8" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect" version="5.5.0" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" version="5.5.0" />