diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
index 7b975420c3d9..247e19f0d0ea 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ SECTIONS {
 	_edata = .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_begin = .;
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index 4d33da4e7106..15113468d326 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.m68k_fixup)
 	__stop_fixup = .;
   }
-  NOTES
   .init_end : {
 	/* This ALIGN be in a section so that _end is at the end of the
 	   load segment. */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index 87d9f4d08f65..90ff8e54995a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ SECTIONS
   RW_DATA(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) :data
   /* End of data goes *here* so that freeing init code works properly. */
   _edata = .;
-  NOTES
 
   /* will be freed after init */
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* Init code and data */