diff --git a/cpu/sam_common/Makefile.include b/cpu/sam_common/Makefile.include
index ff1e3f42ca..103ee94dd7 100644
--- a/cpu/sam_common/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/sam_common/Makefile.include
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ CFLAGS += -DCPU_FAM_$(call uppercase_and_underscore,$(CPU_FAM))
 # this CPU implementation doesn't use CMSIS initialization
 CFLAGS += -DDONT_USE_CMSIS_INIT
 
-# for the sam[drl] CPUs we hold all linkerscripts in the sam0 common folder
-LINKFLAGS += -L$(RIOTCPU)/sam_common/ldscripts
+ROM_START_ADDR ?= 0x80000
+RAM_START_ADDR ?= 0x20070000
+
+ROM_LEN ?= 0x80000
+RAM_LEN ?= 0x18000
+
+LINKER_SCRIPT ?= cortexm.ld
 
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/sam_common/include
diff --git a/cpu/sam_common/ldscripts/sam3x8e.ld b/cpu/sam_common/ldscripts/sam3x8e.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9d6ddc8b..0000000000
--- a/cpu/sam_common/ldscripts/sam3x8e.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @addtogroup      cpu_sam3
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief           Memory definitions for the SAM3X8E
- *
- * @author          Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-MEMORY
-{
-    rom (rx)    : ORIGIN = 0x00080000, LENGTH = 512K
-    ram (w!rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x20070000, LENGTH = 96K
-}
-
-INCLUDE cortexm_base.ld