diff --git a/apps/plugins/plugins.make b/apps/plugins/plugins.make
index 55a6946c61..216985340a 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/plugins.make
+++ b/apps/plugins/plugins.make
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ $(PLUGINLIB): $(PLUGINLIB_OBJ)
 $(PLUGINLINK_LDS): $(PLUGIN_LDS) $(CONFIGFILE)
 	$(call PRINTS,PP $(@F))
 	$(shell mkdir -p $(dir $@))
-	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,-DLOADADDRESS=$(LOADADDRESS))
+	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,)
 
 $(OVERLAYREF_LDS): $(PLUGIN_LDS)
 	$(call PRINTS,PP $(@F))
diff --git a/bootloader/bootloader.make b/bootloader/bootloader.make
index 25c49da011..06055068e5 100644
--- a/bootloader/bootloader.make
+++ b/bootloader/bootloader.make
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ EXTRA_SPECIAL_LIBS = $(call a2lnk, $(CORE_LIBS))
 
 $(BOOTLINK): $(BOOTLDS) $(CONFIGFILE)
 	$(call PRINTS,PP $(@F))
-	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,-DLOADADDRESS=$(LOADADDRESS))
+	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,)
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/bootloader.elf: $$(OBJ) $(FIRMLIB) $(CORE_LIBS) $$(BOOTLINK)
 	$(call PRINTS,LD $(@F))$(CC) $(GCCOPTS) -Os -nostdlib -o $@ $(OBJ) \
diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index b68709b90a..7e48cc93a1 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -4909,7 +4909,6 @@ export APPLICATION=${application}
 export SIMDIR=\$(ROOTDIR)/uisimulator/sdl
 export GCCOPTS=${GCCOPTS}
 export TARGET_INC=${TARGET_INC}
-export LOADADDRESS=${loadaddress}
 export SHARED_LDFLAGS=${SHARED_LDFLAGS}
 export SHARED_CFLAGS=${SHARED_CFLAGS}
 export LDOPTS=${LDOPTS}
diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index e177057ecb..4423d21359 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ LINKROM := $(BUILDDIR)/rom.link
 
 $(LINKRAM): $(RAMLDS) $(CONFIGFILE)
 	$(call PRINTS,PP $(@F))
-	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,-DLOADADDRESS=$(LOADADDRESS))
+	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,)
 
 $(LINKROM): $(ROMLDS)
 	$(call PRINTS,PP $(@F))
-	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,-DLOADADDRESS=$(LOADADDRESS))
+	$(call preprocess2file,$<,$@,)
 
 # Note: make sure -Wl,--gc-sections comes before -T in the linker options.
 # Having the latter first caused crashes on (at least) mini2g.