diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/GoogleCredential.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/GoogleCredential.cs
index 36d43d320714ba63e7b9b59b632a538f5e9b1534..8d5e543a216540767a8f81624dd33527c29eecb1 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/GoogleCredential.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/GoogleCredential.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 
 using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
-using Mono.Security.Cryptography;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
@@ -113,8 +112,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Auth
         {
             // TODO(jtattermusch): temporary code to create RSACryptoServiceProvider.
             base64PrivateKey = base64PrivateKey.Replace("-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----", "").Replace("\n", "").Replace("-----END PRIVATE KEY-----", "");
-            PKCS8.PrivateKeyInfo PKI = new PKCS8.PrivateKeyInfo(Convert.FromBase64String(base64PrivateKey));
-            RsaPrivateCrtKeyParameters key = (RsaPrivateCrtKeyParameters)PrivateKeyFactory.CreateKey(PKI.GetBytes());
+            RsaPrivateCrtKeyParameters key = (RsaPrivateCrtKeyParameters)PrivateKeyFactory.CreateKey(Convert.FromBase64String(base64PrivateKey));
             RSAParameters rsaParameters = DotNetUtilities.ToRSAParameters(key);
             RSACryptoServiceProvider rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
             rsa.ImportParameters(rsaParameters);
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj
index 1931db5fd8fa47b48a615fba55568ec8c811c538..f7724ea64332110e968c0c9a782db82faba33163 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.Async.1.0.168\lib\net40\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Mono.Security">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Mono.Security.3.2.3.0\lib\net45\Mono.Security.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.6\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/packages.config b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/packages.config
index 0816bdbad15fff474698ef62497b930d8ebfa555..7d348872ba7ae685ea2bc81e8b1aa65dcf4b0101 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/packages.config
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/packages.config
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Async" version="1.0.168" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Build" version="1.0.14" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.2.28" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Mono.Security" version="3.2.3.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.6" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj
index f9c1caf700d010694dde98b7d384788f68ef5f4d..87ccf07dd8bf3c475c2f19a6a4b717d96d7639ae 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj
@@ -37,18 +37,6 @@
     <Reference Include="Google.ProtocolBuffers">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Google.ProtocolBuffers.2.4.1.521\lib\net40\Google.ProtocolBuffers.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Interfaces">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-Interfaces.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Interfaces.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Core">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-Core.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Core.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Linq">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-Linq.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Linq.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.PlatformServices">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-PlatformServices.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.PlatformServices.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
@@ -71,4 +59,4 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Service Include="{82A7F48D-3B50-4B1E-B82E-3ADA8210C358}" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/MathClientServerTests.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/MathClientServerTests.cs
index 2d20b0403a48ea1c3696d2c58356b1c24672772d..4997d3aa42db68bf1843a355cc23da9d8e1e925a 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/MathClientServerTests.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/MathClientServerTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Reactive.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Grpc.Core;
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/packages.config b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/packages.config
index 06c5e6a4ebeba590275479bbd8ecf913beda4f7c..4d6ec63b3cddfe197c0c27e21b307e5d687b1473 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/packages.config
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/packages.config
@@ -2,9 +2,4 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="Google.ProtocolBuffers" version="2.4.1.521" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="NUnit" version="2.6.4" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Core" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Interfaces" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Linq" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Main" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-PlatformServices" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj
index 1609c4e3dfd9c7dcea5e1dd07c5620656d322cd7..2c5019c214b44785193e4dd16da8ededd1ee01a7 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj
@@ -31,19 +31,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Core">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-Core.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Core.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Interfaces">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-Interfaces.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Interfaces.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.Data.Linq" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.Linq">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-Linq.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Linq.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Reactive.PlatformServices">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Rx-PlatformServices.2.2.5\lib\net45\System.Reactive.PlatformServices.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Google.ProtocolBuffers">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Google.ProtocolBuffers.2.4.1.521\lib\net40\Google.ProtocolBuffers.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathExamples.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathExamples.cs
index d8ea8566cb933a835f78bac55870bc371ad4e21f..ab06a44c0d8e7cafd30acd09583bd3ac8fd54745 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathExamples.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathExamples.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Reactive.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Grpc.Core.Utils;
 
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathServiceImpl.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathServiceImpl.cs
index 16d7724178f5c34e935d0a923812571be823703c..3b33b09bbdae0f802c0f6198b87ab042b92c0f5e 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathServiceImpl.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/MathServiceImpl.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Reactive.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Grpc.Core;
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/packages.config b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/packages.config
index a6a949b3b3a3d9bc8ec2966117b3510ac1b8bf09..51c17bcd5e74685ab31264eae00dc062b5b9083d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/packages.config
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/packages.config
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
   <package id="Google.ProtocolBuffers" version="2.4.1.521" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Ix-Main" version="1.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="NUnit" version="2.6.4" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Core" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Interfaces" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Linq" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Main" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-PlatformServices" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file