diff --git a/soc/mips/qemu_malta/CMakeLists.txt b/soc/mips/qemu_malta/CMakeLists.txt
index 49a74924cd..351ffebf5b 100644
--- a/soc/mips/qemu_malta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/soc/mips/qemu_malta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ zephyr_ld_options(
   -mips32
   ${TOOLCHAIN_LD_FLAGS}
 )
+
+set(SOC_LINKER_SCRIPT ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/arch/mips/linker.ld CACHE INTERNAL "")
diff --git a/soc/mips/qemu_malta/linker.ld b/soc/mips/qemu_malta/linker.ld
deleted file mode 100644
index f6baabc0aa..0000000000
--- a/soc/mips/qemu_malta/linker.ld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2020 Antony Pavlov <antonynpavlov@gmail.com>
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-#include <zephyr/arch/mips/linker.ld>