diff --git a/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds b/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds
index 10c99179864c752ad1309610c23eaab28cc03620..75a3af64b99d0c2a5e184fd826ac729da07fef3a 100644
--- a/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;
diff --git a/board/gth2/u-boot.lds b/board/gth2/u-boot.lds
index 8ba0b6d4c12906fe8865f50f6119fc7f6ffab054..69c8c9d51a813da8ba1984f0c969f70df308cb8c 100644
--- a/board/gth2/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/gth2/u-boot.lds
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;
diff --git a/board/incaip/u-boot.lds b/board/incaip/u-boot.lds
index 10c99179864c752ad1309610c23eaab28cc03620..75a3af64b99d0c2a5e184fd826ac729da07fef3a 100644
--- a/board/incaip/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/incaip/u-boot.lds
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;
diff --git a/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds b/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds
index a2d19a84c9eae9195799605bbd7b2f0338555b2f..865be77bf3d0af8ae89e395437add366d424e3ab 100644
--- a/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;
diff --git a/board/purple/u-boot.lds b/board/purple/u-boot.lds
index 1bdac1f4a6faa64c02bdf17d00f973a24675ea8a..6b3783f6643934a76e9361612e4e6330854155d2 100644
--- a/board/purple/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/purple/u-boot.lds
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;
diff --git a/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds b/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds
index 30a2bc57eac50d9b3504b211ba2c96f362902e97..26d8c818b19c5ee08191a6c3fbcdd2587164c8b0 100644
--- a/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;
diff --git a/examples/mips.lds b/examples/mips.lds
index 9d9849bf5c2deede742a3693ee1ca626415e041c..6f31eb7198ee8b1ca5e323de061432d6b66bd25f 100644
--- a/examples/mips.lds
+++ b/examples/mips.lds
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data  : { *(.data) }
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
-
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
 	__got_start = .;