diff --git a/host/src/FunctionsNetHost/Native/NativeExports.cs b/host/src/FunctionsNetHost/Native/NativeExports.cs
index 2d44f3015..f5ef01554 100644
--- a/host/src/FunctionsNetHost/Native/NativeExports.cs
+++ b/host/src/FunctionsNetHost/Native/NativeExports.cs
@@ -10,24 +10,10 @@ namespace FunctionsNetHost
     public static class NativeExports
     {
         [UnmanagedCallersOnly(EntryPoint = "get_application_properties")]
-        public static int GetApplicationProperties(NativeHostData nativeHostData)
+        public static unsafe int GetApplicationProperties(NativeHostData* nativeHostData)
         {
             Logger.LogTrace("NativeExports.GetApplicationProperties method invoked.");
-
-            try
-            {
-                var nativeHostApplication = NativeHostApplication.Instance;
-                GCHandle gch = GCHandle.Alloc(nativeHostApplication, GCHandleType.Pinned);
-                IntPtr pNativeApplication = gch.AddrOfPinnedObject();
-                nativeHostData.PNativeApplication = pNativeApplication;
-
-                return 1;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Logger.Log($"Error in NativeExports.GetApplicationProperties: {ex}");
-                return 0;
-            }
+            return 1;
         }
 
         [UnmanagedCallersOnly(EntryPoint = "register_callbacks")]
diff --git a/host/tools/build/Microsoft.Azure.Functions.DotnetIsolatedNativeHost.nuspec b/host/tools/build/Microsoft.Azure.Functions.DotnetIsolatedNativeHost.nuspec
index 0f198f5a2..5e5c77c4e 100644
--- a/host/tools/build/Microsoft.Azure.Functions.DotnetIsolatedNativeHost.nuspec
+++ b/host/tools/build/Microsoft.Azure.Functions.DotnetIsolatedNativeHost.nuspec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <id>Microsoft.Azure.Functions.DotNetIsolatedNativeHost</id>
     <title>Microsoft Azure Functions dotnet-isolated native host</title>
     <tags>dotnet-isolated azure-functions azure</tags>
-    <version>1.0.2</version>
+    <version>1.0.3</version>
     <authors>Microsoft</authors>
     <owners>Microsoft</owners>
     <projectUrl>https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-dotnet-worker</projectUrl>
diff --git a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeHost.cs b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeHost.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b16e7d6a..000000000
--- a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeHost.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-namespace Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Grpc.NativeHostIntegration
-{
-    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-    internal struct NativeHost
-    {
-        public IntPtr pNativeApplication;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeMethods.cs b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeMethods.cs
index 390d45efe..ebaeea44c 100644
--- a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -17,38 +17,27 @@ static NativeMethods()
             NativeLibrary.SetDllImportResolver(typeof(NativeMethods).Assembly, ImportResolver);
         }
 
-        public static NativeHost GetNativeHostData()
-        {
-            var result = get_application_properties(out var hostData);
-            if (result == 1)
-            {
-                return hostData;
-            }
-
-            throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid result returned from get_application_properties: {result}");
-        }
-
-        public static void RegisterCallbacks(NativeSafeHandle nativeApplication,
+        public static void RegisterCallbacks(
             delegate* unmanaged<byte**, int, IntPtr, IntPtr> requestCallback,
             IntPtr grpcHandler)
         {
-            _ = register_callbacks(nativeApplication, requestCallback, grpcHandler);
+            _ = register_callbacks(IntPtr.Zero, requestCallback, grpcHandler);
         }
 
-        public static void SendStreamingMessage(NativeSafeHandle nativeApplication, StreamingMessage streamingMessage)
+        public static void SendStreamingMessage(StreamingMessage streamingMessage)
         {
             byte[] bytes = streamingMessage.ToByteArray();
-            _ = send_streaming_message(nativeApplication, bytes, bytes.Length);
+            fixed (byte* ptr = bytes)
+            {
+                _ = send_streaming_message(IntPtr.Zero, ptr, bytes.Length);
+            }
         }
 
-        [DllImport(NativeWorkerDll, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
-        private static extern int get_application_properties(out NativeHost hostData);
-
-        [DllImport(NativeWorkerDll, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
-        private static extern int send_streaming_message(NativeSafeHandle pInProcessApplication, byte[] streamingMessage, int streamingMessageSize);
+        [DllImport(NativeWorkerDll)]
+        private static extern int send_streaming_message(IntPtr pInProcessApplication, byte* streamingMessage, int streamingMessageSize);
 
-        [DllImport(NativeWorkerDll, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
-        private static extern unsafe int register_callbacks(NativeSafeHandle pInProcessApplication,
+        [DllImport(NativeWorkerDll)]
+        private static extern unsafe int register_callbacks(IntPtr pInProcessApplication,
             delegate* unmanaged<byte**, int, IntPtr, IntPtr> requestCallback,
             IntPtr grpcHandler);
 
diff --git a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClient.cs b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClient.cs
index aa7f39984..14f32035c 100644
--- a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClient.cs
+++ b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClient.cs
@@ -15,17 +15,15 @@ internal class NativeWorkerClient : IWorkerClient
         private readonly IMessageProcessor _messageProcessor;
         private readonly ChannelReader<StreamingMessage> _outputChannelReader;
         private readonly ChannelWriter<StreamingMessage> _outputChannelWriter;
-        private readonly NativeSafeHandle _application;
         private GCHandle _gcHandle;
 
         private readonly Channel<StreamingMessage> _inbound = Channel.CreateUnbounded<StreamingMessage>();
 
-        public NativeWorkerClient(IMessageProcessor messageProcessor, GrpcHostChannel outputChannel, NativeHost nativeHostData)
+        public NativeWorkerClient(IMessageProcessor messageProcessor, GrpcHostChannel outputChannel)
         {
             _messageProcessor = messageProcessor;
             _outputChannelReader = outputChannel.Channel.Reader;
             _outputChannelWriter = outputChannel.Channel.Writer;
-            _application = new NativeSafeHandle(nativeHostData.pNativeApplication);
         }
 
         public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         public unsafe void Start()
         {
             _gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(this);
-            NativeMethods.RegisterCallbacks(_application, &HandleRequest, (IntPtr)_gcHandle);
+            NativeMethods.RegisterCallbacks(&HandleRequest, (IntPtr)_gcHandle);
 
             _ = ProcessInbound();
             _ = ProcessOutbound();
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ private async Task ProcessOutbound()
         {
             await foreach (StreamingMessage msg in _outputChannelReader.ReadAllAsync())
             {
-                NativeMethods.SendStreamingMessage(_application, msg);
+                NativeMethods.SendStreamingMessage(msg);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClientFactory.cs b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClientFactory.cs
index 75c40e3fe..20ce548db 100644
--- a/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClientFactory.cs
+++ b/src/DotNetWorker.Grpc/NativeHostIntegration/NativeWorkerClientFactory.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ public NativeWorkerClientFactory(GrpcHostChannel hostChannel)
 
         public IWorkerClient CreateClient(IMessageProcessor messageProcessor)
         {
-            var nativeHostData = NativeMethods.GetNativeHostData();
-            return new NativeWorkerClient(messageProcessor, _hostChannel, nativeHostData);
+            return new NativeWorkerClient(messageProcessor, _hostChannel);
         }
     }
 }