diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 9624f354..dd4586ad 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ endef
 
 $(eval $(call cmd_define,     AS,"  AS      ",$(CROSS_COMPILE)as))
 $(eval $(call cmd_define,   LINK,"  LINK    ",$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc))
-$(eval $(call cmd_define,     LD,"  LD      ",$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld))
 $(eval $(call cmd_define,     CC,"  CC      ",$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc))
 $(eval $(call cmd_define, HOSTCC,"  HOSTCC  ",gcc))
 $(eval $(call cmd_define, LINKXX,"  LINKXX  ",$(CROSS_COMPILE)g++))
diff --git a/zipl/boot/Makefile b/zipl/boot/Makefile
index 09403a78..e0c041e7 100644
--- a/zipl/boot/Makefile
+++ b/zipl/boot/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ stage3.bin:	stage3.exec
 		$< $@
 
 data.o: $(FILES)
-	$(LD) $(NO_PIE_LDFLAGS) -r -b binary -o data.o $(FILES)
+	$(LINK) $(NO_PIE_LDFLAGS) -static -nostdlib -Wl,--relocatable -Wl,--format,binary -o data.o $(FILES)
 
 data.h: data.o
 	rm -f data.h