diff --git a/cpu/lm4f120/Makefile.include b/cpu/lm4f120/Makefile.include
index 717f1ea64f..0bf9fc06ca 100644
--- a/cpu/lm4f120/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/lm4f120/Makefile.include
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+ROM_LEN ?= 0x40000
+RAM_LEN ?= 0x8000
+
+ROM_START_ADDR ?= 0x00000000
+RAM_START_ADDR ?= 0x20000000
+
+LINKER_SCRIPT ?= cortexm.ld
+
 include $(RIOTMAKE)/arch/cortexm.inc.mk
 
 include $(RIOTCPU)/stellaris_common/Makefile.include
diff --git a/cpu/lm4f120/ldscripts/LM4F120H5QR.ld b/cpu/lm4f120/ldscripts/LM4F120H5QR.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index 798e0b5966..0000000000
--- a/cpu/lm4f120/ldscripts/LM4F120H5QR.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Rakendra Thapa <rakendrathapa@gmail.com
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-/**
- * @ingroup     cpu_lm4f120
- * @{
- *
- * @file		lm4f120_linkerscript.ld
- * @brief       Linker description file for LM4FXXX microcontrollers.
- *
- * @author      Rakendra Thapa <rakendrathapa@gmail.com>
- *
- * @}
- */
-MEMORY
-{
-    rom (rx)    : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 256K
-    ram (w!rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 32K
-}
-
-INCLUDE cortexm_base.ld