diff --git a/cpu/cortexm_common/ldscripts/multislot.ld b/cpu/cortexm_common/ldscripts/multislot.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index 22d89a7958..0000000000
--- a/cpu/cortexm_common/ldscripts/multislot.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *
- * 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_cortex_common
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief           Offset definitions for cortex MCUs
- *
- * @author          Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-boot_offset = DEFINED( offset ) ? offset : 0x0 ;
-rom_length = DEFINED( length ) ? length : rom_length ;
diff --git a/cpu/nrf52/Makefile.include b/cpu/nrf52/Makefile.include
index 03647d823b..0bf5dfcb0e 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf52/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/nrf52/Makefile.include
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ export MCUBOOT_SLOT0_SIZE = 0x8000
 export MCUBOOT_SLOT1_SIZE = 0x3C000
 export MCUBOOT_SLOT2_SIZE = 0x3C000
 
+# Set ROM and RAM lengths according to CPU model
+ifneq (,$(filter nrf52832xxaa,$(CPU_MODEL)))
+  ROM_LEN ?= 0x80000
+  RAM_LEN ?= 0x10000
+endif
+ifneq (,$(filter nrf52840xxaa,$(CPU_MODEL)))
+  ROM_LEN ?= 0x100000
+  RAM_LEN ?= 0x40000
+endif
+
+ROM_START_ADDR ?= 0x00000000
+RAM_START_ADDR ?= 0x20000000
+
+LINKER_SCRIPT ?= cortexm.ld
+
 ifneq (,$(filter nrf802154,$(USEMODULE)))
   CFLAGS += -DGNRC_NETIF_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE=16
 endif
diff --git a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52832xxaa.ld b/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52832xxaa.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index aced7f46cd..0000000000
--- a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52832xxaa.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +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>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-rom_length = 512K;
-
-INCLUDE multislot.ld
-
-MEMORY
-{
-    rom (rx)    : ORIGIN = 0x00000000 + boot_offset, LENGTH = rom_length
-    ram (w!rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x20000000,               LENGTH = 64K
-}
-
-INCLUDE cortexm_base.ld
diff --git a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52840xxaa.ld b/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52840xxaa.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index fe7499cb16..0000000000
--- a/cpu/nrf52/ldscripts/nrf52840xxaa.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 = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 1024K
-    ram (w!rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 256K
-}
-
-INCLUDE cortexm_base.ld