diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script b/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script
index 47b80e38e5..a891f6c1e5 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ SECTIONS
                 _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > flash
 
-        .init_section : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .init_section : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.init_array .init_array.*)
                 _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > flash
 
-        .ARM.extab : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .ARM.extab : ALIGN(4) {
                 *(.ARM.extab*)
         } > flash
 
         __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
-        .ARM.exidx : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .ARM.exidx : ALIGN(4) {
                 *(.ARM.exidx*)
         } > flash
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ SECTIONS
                 *(.ram_vectors)
         } > sram
 
-        .data : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .data : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.data .data.*)
                 *(.gnu.linkonce.d.*)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ SECTIONS
                 _edata = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > sram AT > flash
 
-        .bss : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .bss : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.bss .bss.*)
                 *(.gnu.linkonce.b.*)
diff --git a/boards/arm/tiva/lm3s6965-ek/scripts/ld.script b/boards/arm/tiva/lm3s6965-ek/scripts/ld.script
index 7dd00dd347..4c50b60df7 100644
--- a/boards/arm/tiva/lm3s6965-ek/scripts/ld.script
+++ b/boards/arm/tiva/lm3s6965-ek/scripts/ld.script
@@ -64,18 +64,18 @@ SECTIONS
                 _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > flash
 
-        .init_section : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .init_section : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.init_array .init_array.*)
                 _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > flash
 
-        .ARM.extab : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .ARM.extab : ALIGN(4) {
                 *(.ARM.extab*)
         } > flash
 
         __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
-        .ARM.exidx : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .ARM.exidx : ALIGN(4) {
                 *(.ARM.exidx*)
         } > flash
         __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
         /* The LM3S6918 has 64Kb of SRAM beginning at the following address */
 
-        .data : ALIGN(4)) {
+        .data : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.data .data.*)
                 *(.gnu.linkonce.d.*)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ SECTIONS
                 _edata = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > sram AT > flash
 
-        .bss : ALIGN(4)) {              /* BSS                          */
+        .bss : ALIGN(4) {               /* BSS                          */
                 _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.bss .bss.*)
                 *(.gnu.linkonce.b.*)