diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/gc/CMakeLists.txt
index b7b79013fc45b4..56956ed25f0496 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ set (GC_LINK_LIBRARIES ${GC_LINK_LIBRARIES} gc_pal)
 if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ARCH_AMD64)
     list(APPEND GC_LINK_LIBRARIES
         gc_vxsort
+        minipal
     )
 endif(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ARCH_AMD64)
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/sample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/gc/sample/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f297fd2313329..2f0181f4a55d09 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/sample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/sample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
     ${STATIC_MT_CRT_LIB}
     ${STATIC_MT_VCRT_LIB}
     kernel32.lib
-    advapi32.lib)
+    advapi32.lib
+    minipal
+  )
 endif(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
 
 add_definitions(-DVERIFY_HEAP)
diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/vxsort/isa_detection.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/vxsort/isa_detection.cpp
index 93c7288663c42f..b069c8be9bee04 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/vxsort/isa_detection.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/vxsort/isa_detection.cpp
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
 #include "common.h"
-
-#ifdef TARGET_WINDOWS
-#include <intrin.h>
-#include <windows.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "do_vxsort.h"
 
+#include <minipal/cpufeatures.h>
+
 enum class SupportedISA
 {
     None = 0,
@@ -17,77 +13,12 @@ enum class SupportedISA
     AVX512F = 1 << (int)InstructionSet::AVX512F
 };
 
-#if defined(TARGET_AMD64) && defined(TARGET_WINDOWS)
-
-SupportedISA DetermineSupportedISA()
-{
-    // register definitions to make the following code more readable
-    enum reg
-    {
-        EAX = 0,
-        EBX = 1,
-        ECX = 2,
-        EDX = 3,
-        COUNT = 4
-    };
-
-    // bit definitions to make code more readable
-    enum bits
-    {
-        OCXSAVE  = 1<<27,
-        AVX      = 1<<28,
-        AVX2     = 1<< 5,
-        AVX512F  = 1<<16,
-        AVX512DQ = 1<<17,
-    };
-    int reg[COUNT];
-
-    __cpuid(reg, 0);
-    if (reg[EAX] < 7)
-        return SupportedISA::None;
-
-    __cpuid(reg, 1);
-
-    // both AVX and OCXSAVE feature flags must be enabled
-    if ((reg[ECX] & (OCXSAVE|AVX)) != (OCXSAVE | AVX))
-        return SupportedISA::None;
-
-    // get xcr0 register
-    DWORD64 xcr0 = _xgetbv(0);
-
-    // get OS XState info
-    DWORD64 FeatureMask = GetEnabledXStateFeatures();
-
-    // get processor extended feature flag info
-    __cpuidex(reg, 7, 0);
-
-    // check if all of AVX2, AVX512F and AVX512DQ are supported by both processor and OS
-    if ((reg[EBX] & (AVX2 | AVX512F | AVX512DQ)) == (AVX2 | AVX512F | AVX512DQ) &&
-        (xcr0 & 0xe6) == 0xe6 &&
-        (FeatureMask & (XSTATE_MASK_AVX | XSTATE_MASK_AVX512)) == (XSTATE_MASK_AVX | XSTATE_MASK_AVX512))
-    {
-        return (SupportedISA)((int)SupportedISA::AVX2 | (int)SupportedISA::AVX512F);
-    }
-
-    // check if AVX2 is supported by both processor and OS
-    if ((reg[EBX] & AVX2) &&
-        (xcr0 & 0x06) == 0x06 &&
-        (FeatureMask & XSTATE_MASK_AVX) == XSTATE_MASK_AVX)
-    {
-        return SupportedISA::AVX2;
-    }
-
-    return SupportedISA::None;
-}
-
-#elif defined(TARGET_UNIX)
-
 SupportedISA DetermineSupportedISA()
 {
-    __builtin_cpu_init();
-    if (__builtin_cpu_supports("avx2"))
+    int cpuFeatures = minipal_getcpufeatures();
+    if ((cpuFeatures & XArchIntrinsicConstants_Avx2) != 0)
     {
-        if (__builtin_cpu_supports("avx512f"))
+        if ((cpuFeatures & XArchIntrinsicConstants_Avx512) != 0)
             return (SupportedISA)((int)SupportedISA::AVX2 | (int)SupportedISA::AVX512F);
         else
             return SupportedISA::AVX2;
@@ -98,8 +29,6 @@ SupportedISA DetermineSupportedISA()
     }
 }
 
-#endif // defined(TARGET_UNIX)
-
 static bool s_initialized;
 static SupportedISA s_supportedISA;