diff --git a/repos/base-linux/src/core/linux/target.mk b/repos/base-linux/src/core/linux/target.mk
index 6e0985bda1..83999db0be 100644
--- a/repos/base-linux/src/core/linux/target.mk
+++ b/repos/base-linux/src/core/linux/target.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ INC_DIR      += $(REP_DIR)/src/core/include \
                 $(BASE_DIR)/src/include
 
 LD_TEXT_ADDR     ?= 0x01000000
-LD_SCRIPT_STATIC  = $(call select_from_repositories,src/ld/genode.ld) \
+LD_SCRIPT_STATIC  = $(BASE_DIR)/src/ld/genode.ld \
                     $(call select_from_repositories,src/ld/stack_area.nostdlib.ld)
 
 include $(GEN_CORE_DIR)/version.inc
diff --git a/repos/base/mk/prg.mk b/repos/base/mk/prg.mk
index 859cc4c3a4..9948b9abd4 100644
--- a/repos/base/mk/prg.mk
+++ b/repos/base/mk/prg.mk
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CXX_LINK_OPT += $(CC_MARCH)
 #
 # Generic linker script for statically linked binaries
 #
-LD_SCRIPT_STATIC ?= $(call select_from_repositories,src/ld/genode.ld)
+LD_SCRIPT_STATIC ?= $(BASE_DIR)/src/ld/genode.ld
 
 include $(BASE_DIR)/mk/generic.mk
 include $(BASE_DIR)/mk/base-libs.mk