diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ExceptionProcessor.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ExceptionProcessor.cs
index ad6616f5f64..17023d46c80 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ExceptionProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ExceptionProcessor.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 #nullable enable
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+#if !NET6_0_OR_GREATER && !NETFRAMEWORK
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+#endif
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ internal sealed class ExceptionProcessor : BaseProcessor<Activity>
 
     public ExceptionProcessor()
     {
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER || NETFRAMEWORK
+        this.fnGetExceptionPointers = Marshal.GetExceptionPointers;
+#else
+        // When running on netstandard or similar the Marshal class is not a part of the netstandard API
+        // but it would still most likely be available in the underlying framework, so use reflection to retrieve it.
         try
         {
             var flags = BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public;
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ public ExceptionProcessor()
         {
             throw new NotSupportedException($"'{typeof(Marshal).FullName}.GetExceptionPointers' is not supported", ex);
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/Shared/ActivityInstrumentationHelper.cs b/src/Shared/ActivityInstrumentationHelper.cs
index ea0b7af05db..0e841fe19d9 100644
--- a/src/Shared/ActivityInstrumentationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/ActivityInstrumentationHelper.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 // </copyright>
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Linq.Expressions;
-using System.Reflection;
 #pragma warning restore IDE0005
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation;
@@ -28,19 +26,13 @@ internal static class ActivityInstrumentationHelper
 
     private static Action<Activity, ActivitySource> CreateActivitySourceSetter()
     {
-        ParameterExpression instance = Expression.Parameter(typeof(Activity), "instance");
-        ParameterExpression propertyValue = Expression.Parameter(typeof(ActivitySource), "propertyValue");
-        PropertyInfo sourcePropertyInfo = typeof(Activity).GetProperty("Source");
-        var body = Expression.Assign(Expression.Property(instance, sourcePropertyInfo), propertyValue);
-        return Expression.Lambda<Action<Activity, ActivitySource>>(body, instance, propertyValue).Compile();
+        return (Action<Activity, ActivitySource>)typeof(Activity).GetProperty("Source")
+            .SetMethod.CreateDelegate(typeof(Action<Activity, ActivitySource>));
     }
 
     private static Action<Activity, ActivityKind> CreateActivityKindSetter()
     {
-        ParameterExpression instance = Expression.Parameter(typeof(Activity), "instance");
-        ParameterExpression propertyValue = Expression.Parameter(typeof(ActivityKind), "propertyValue");
-        PropertyInfo kindPropertyInfo = typeof(Activity).GetProperty("Kind");
-        var body = Expression.Assign(Expression.Property(instance, kindPropertyInfo), propertyValue);
-        return Expression.Lambda<Action<Activity, ActivityKind>>(body, instance, propertyValue).Compile();
+        return (Action<Activity, ActivityKind>)typeof(Activity).GetProperty("Kind")
+            .SetMethod.CreateDelegate(typeof(Action<Activity, ActivityKind>));
     }
 }