diff --git a/bl2/bl2.ld.S b/bl2/bl2.ld.S
index dc51652..15df5dd 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2.ld.S
+++ b/bl2/bl2.ld.S
@@ -94,18 +94,7 @@
         __STACKS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The .bss section gets initialised to 0 at runtime.
-     * Its base address should be 16-byte aligned for better performance of the
-     * zero-initialization code.
-     */
-    .bss : ALIGN(16) {
-        __BSS_START__ = .;
-        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.bss*))
-        *(COMMON)
-        __BSS_END__ = .;
-    } >RAM
-
+    BSS_SECTION >RAM
     XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM