diff --git a/lib/console/console.c b/lib/console/console.c
index efa4262b..63fe3301 100644
--- a/lib/console/console.c
+++ b/lib/console/console.c
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ static cmd_block *command_list = NULL;
 /* a linear array of statically defined command blocks,
    defined in the linker script.
  */
-extern cmd_block __commands_start;
-extern cmd_block __commands_end;
+extern cmd_block __start_commands __WEAK;
+extern cmd_block __stop_commands __WEAK;
 
 static int cmd_help(int argc, const cmd_args *argv);
 static int cmd_help_panic(int argc, const cmd_args *argv);
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ int console_init(void) {
     mutex_init(command_lock);
 
     /* add all the statically defined commands to the list */
-    cmd_block *block;
-    for (block = &__commands_start; block != &__commands_end; block++) {
+    for (cmd_block *block = &__start_commands; block != &__stop_commands; block++) {
         console_register_commands(block);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/console/console.ld b/lib/console/console.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index f657cc14..00000000
--- a/lib/console/console.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-SECTIONS {
-    .commands : {
-        __commands_start = .;
-        KEEP (*(.commands))
-        __commands_end = .;
-    }
-}
-INSERT AFTER .data;
diff --git a/lib/console/rules.mk b/lib/console/rules.mk
index d4b93c0c..af44f0ae 100644
--- a/lib/console/rules.mk
+++ b/lib/console/rules.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ MODULE := $(LOCAL_DIR)
 MODULE_SRCS += \
 	$(LOCAL_DIR)/console.c
 
-EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPTS += $(LOCAL_DIR)/console.ld
-
 include make/module.mk
diff --git a/top/include/lk/console_cmd.h b/top/include/lk/console_cmd.h
index dccdc92b..d24d2ddf 100644
--- a/top/include/lk/console_cmd.h
+++ b/top/include/lk/console_cmd.h
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ typedef struct _cmd_block {
 
 #define STATIC_COMMAND_START static const cmd _cmd_list[] = {
 
-#define STATIC_COMMAND_END(name) }; cmd_block _cmd_block_##name __ALIGNED(sizeof(void *)) __SECTION(".commands") = \
+#define STATIC_COMMAND_END(name) }; cmd_block _cmd_block_##name __ALIGNED(sizeof(void *)) __SECTION("commands") = \
     { NULL, sizeof(_cmd_list) / sizeof(_cmd_list[0]), _cmd_list }
 
 /* same as above but with a suffixed name to make the list unique within the file */
 #define STATIC_COMMAND_START_NAMED(name) static const cmd _cmd_list_##name[] = {
 
-#define STATIC_COMMAND_END_NAMED(name) }; cmd_block _cmd_block_##name __ALIGNED(sizeof(void *)) __SECTION(".commands") = \
+#define STATIC_COMMAND_END_NAMED(name) }; cmd_block _cmd_block_##name __ALIGNED(sizeof(void *)) __SECTION("commands") = \
     { NULL, sizeof(_cmd_list_##name) / sizeof(_cmd_list_##name[0]), _cmd_list_##name }
 
 #define STATIC_COMMAND(command_str, help_str, func) { command_str, help_str, func, CMD_AVAIL_NORMAL },