diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InitialSessionState.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InitialSessionState.cs
index 6e40cacd2..dbd79857e 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InitialSessionState.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InitialSessionState.cs
@@ -4065,34 +4065,16 @@ End
         ";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// This is the default function to use for clear-host. On Windows it rewrites the
-        /// host, and on Linux, it delegates to the native binary, 'clear'.
+        /// This is the default function to use for clear-host.
         /// </summary>
         internal static string GetClearHostFunctionText()
         {
-            if (Platform.IsWindows)
-            {
-                return @"
-$RawUI = $Host.UI.RawUI
-$RawUI.CursorPosition = @{X=0;Y=0}
-$RawUI.SetBufferContents(
-    @{Top = -1; Bottom = -1; Right = -1; Left = -1},
-    @{Character = ' '; ForegroundColor = $rawui.ForegroundColor; BackgroundColor = $rawui.BackgroundColor})
+            return @"
+[Console]::Clear()
 # .Link
 # https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=225747
 # .ExternalHelp System.Management.Automation.dll-help.xml
 ";
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // Porting note: non-Windows platforms use `clear`
-                return @"
-& (Get-Command -CommandType Application clear | Select-Object -First 1).Definition
-# .Link
-# https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=225747
-# .ExternalHelp System.Management.Automation.dll-help.xml
-";
-            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -4537,6 +4519,7 @@ end {
 #if !UNIX
                     // ac is a native command on macOS
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("ac", "Add-Content", string.Empty, ReadOnly),
+                    new SessionStateAliasEntry("clear", "Clear-Host"),
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("compare", "Compare-Object", string.Empty, ReadOnly),
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("cpp", "Copy-ItemProperty", string.Empty, ReadOnly),
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("diff", "Compare-Object", string.Empty, ReadOnly),
@@ -4569,8 +4552,6 @@ end {
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("kill", "Stop-Process"),
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("pwd", "Get-Location"),
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("type", "Get-Content"),
-                    // Native commands we keep because the functions act correctly on Linux
-                    new SessionStateAliasEntry("clear", "Clear-Host"),
 // #if !CORECLR is used to disable aliases for cmdlets which are not available on OneCore or not appropriate for PSCore6 due to conflicts
 #if !CORECLR
                     new SessionStateAliasEntry("gwmi", "Get-WmiObject", string.Empty, ReadOnly),
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1
index c3fdab184..339506085 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Describe "Verify approved aliases list" -Tags "CI" {
 "Alias",        "CFS",                              "ConvertFrom-String",               $($FullCLR                               ),     "ReadOnly",             "",                     ""
 "Alias",        "chdir",                            "Set-Location",                     $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     ""
 "Alias",        "clc",                              "Clear-Content",                    $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "ReadOnly",             "",                     ""
-"Alias",        "clear",                            "Clear-Host",                       $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "",                     "",                     ""
+"Alias",        "clear",                            "Clear-Host",                       $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows              ),     "",                     "",                     ""
 "Alias",        "clhy",                             "Clear-History",                    $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "ReadOnly",             "",                     ""
 "Alias",        "cli",                              "Clear-Item",                       $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "ReadOnly",             "",                     ""
 "Alias",        "clp",                              "Clear-ItemProperty",               $($FullCLR -or $CoreWindows -or $CoreUnix),     "ReadOnly",             "",                     ""