diff --git a/cross_arm.txt b/cross_arm.txt
index 48e16c08..fd774a78 100644
--- a/cross_arm.txt
+++ b/cross_arm.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ c_args      = [
                '-mthumb',                   # ARM Thumb2 ISA
                '-mfloat-abi=hard',          # Hard floating point support
                '-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16',
-               '-fdata-sections',
                '-ffunction-sections',
                '-Os'
               ]