diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f3fdbc..19bfb33 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,8 +62,17 @@ INCLUDE_DIR = $(OPENCM3_DIR)/include
 LIB_DIR = $(OPENCM3_DIR)/lib
 SCRIPT_DIR = $(OPENCM3_DIR)/scripts
 
+# linker script
+ifeq ($(BOARD),SYSTEM_BOARD)
+LDSCRIPT = $(OPENCM3_DIR)/lib/stm32/f1/stm32f103x8.ld
+else ifeq ($(BOARD),BLUE_PILL)
+LDSCRIPT = $(OPENCM3_DIR)/lib/stm32/f1/stm32f103x8.ld
+else ifeq ($(BOARD),MAPLE_MINI)
+LDSCRIPT = $(OPENCM3_DIR)/lib/stm32/f1/stm32f103xb.ld
+endif
+
 # verify if libopencm3 has been downloaded
-OPENCM3_DIR_EXISTS = $(shell [ -d $(OPENCM3_DIR) ] && echo 1 || echo 0 )
+OPENCM3_DIR_EXISTS = $(shell [ -f $(LDSCRIPT) ] && echo 1 || echo 0 )
 ifeq ($(OPENCM3_DIR_EXISTS), 0)
 $(info run "git submodule init" and "git submodule update" before runnig make)
 $(error libopencm3 repository is not initialized)
@@ -79,15 +88,6 @@ CFLAGS += -fno-common -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 CFLAGS += -I. -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) $(patsubst %,-I%,$(LIB))
 CFLAGS += $(DEFS)
 
-# linker script
-ifeq ($(BOARD),SYSTEM_BOARD)
-LDSCRIPT = stm32f103x8-dfu.ld
-else ifeq ($(BOARD),BLUE_PILL)
-LDSCRIPT = stm32f103x8-dfu.ld
-else ifeq ($(BOARD),MAPLE_MINI)
-LDSCRIPT = stm32f103xb-dfu.ld
-endif
-
 # linker flags
 LDFLAGS += --static -nostartfiles
 LDFLAGS += -L$(LIB_DIR)
diff --git a/stm32f103x8-dfu.ld b/stm32f103x8-dfu.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index ad079d4..0000000
--- a/stm32f103x8-dfu.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/* linker script for STM32F103x8 based boards (64kB flash, 20kB RAM)
- * with additional STM32duino-booloader USB DFU bootloader (8kB flash, 0kB RAM)
- * from https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader
- */
-
-/* Define memory regions. */
-MEMORY
-{
-	rom (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x08002000, LENGTH = 56K
-	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 20K
-}
-
-/* Include the common ld script. */
-INCLUDE libopencm3_stm32f1.ld
diff --git a/stm32f103xb-dfu.ld b/stm32f103xb-dfu.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d1af38..0000000
--- a/stm32f103xb-dfu.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/* linker script for STM32F103xB based boards (128kB flash, 20kB RAM)
- * with additional STM32duino-booloader USB DFU bootloader (8kB flash, 0kB RAM)
- * from https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader
- */
-
-/* Define memory regions. */
-MEMORY
-{
-	rom (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x08002000, LENGTH = 120K
-	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 20K
-}
-
-/* Include the common ld script. */
-INCLUDE libopencm3_stm32f1.ld