diff --git a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52832xxaa_sd.ld b/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52832xxaa_sd.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index f2753d0337..0000000000
--- a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52832xxaa_sd.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2016 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @addtogroup      cpu_nrf52
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief           Memory definitions for the NRF52832XXAA
- *
- * @author          Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-MEMORY
-{
-    rom (rx)    : ORIGIN =    0x1f000, LENGTH = 0x61000
-    ram (w!rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x20002800, LENGTH = 0xD800
-}
-
-INCLUDE cortexm_base.ld
diff --git a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52840xxaa_sd.ld b/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52840xxaa_sd.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index b81521f685..0000000000
--- a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52840xxaa_sd.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @addtogroup      cpu_nrf52
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief           Memory definitions for the NRF52840XXAA
- *
- * @author          Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-MEMORY
-{
-    rom (rx)    : ORIGIN =    0x1f000, LENGTH = 0xe1000
-    ram (w!rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x20002800, LENGTH = 0x3D800
-}
-
-INCLUDE cortexm_base.ld