Using UI Automation without installing Desktop Runtime

[Jasdo]

Hi,
We need to use UI automation, and in order to run this code (just a simple example):

static void Main(string[] args)
{
   AutomationElement currentProcessWindow =
      AutomationElement.RootElement.FindAll(TreeScope.Children, Condition.TrueCondition)
          .OfType<AutomationElement>()
          .Single(a => a.Current.Name.Contains(Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName));

   Console.WriteLine(currentProcessWindow.Current.ControlType.ProgrammaticName);
}

we need to reference Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Wpf:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Wpf" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

This requires to install Desktop Runtime on the machine.

Regardless of the reason, is there a way to use UI automation without having to install Desktop Runtime?

Thanks.