diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cb01a9de26802aad098eef036a434cdaf8d6b0d7..7a1200328aca1d875b1717a3ddd8e9af4611b42f 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	DWARF_DEBUG
 
-	NOTES
-
 	/DISCARD/ :
 	{
 		EXIT_TEXT