Remove assembly reference?

[picrap]

Is there a way to remove an assembly reference?
I want to write an application to embed or merge assemblies using dnlib; however, I'm stuck in an early stage, since I can't remove the referenced assembly.

[0xd4d]

You don't need to remove anything. The assembly writer doesn't add assembly
references that aren't referenced by types, methods or code.

[picrap]

But the reference stays if I embed the assembly as a resource and extract it when the AppDomain wants to resolve it.
Do you have any idea of how I shall proceed?

[0xd4d]

There's some code that reference it, or the assembly reference wouldn't be added to the assembly. You can set a BP @ https://github.com/0xd4d/dnlib/blob/master/src/DotNet/Writer/MetaData.cs#L1917 and see which reference is still left in the code that needs that assembly.

[picrap]

All references remain, that's the idea: however, instead of using an external assembly, I use an embedded resource and extract it when needed. This way, all references are embedded in the main assembly.

[picrap]

Apparently, removing the reference is not necessary, so I close the issue.