diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt
index dafbf41a79..52e676a338 100644
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "eventfd_example.c"
-                       LDFRAGMENTS linker.lf
                        INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk b/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk
index f3cf3c2887..a98f634eae 100644
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk
+++ b/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 # "main" pseudo-component makefile.
 #
 # (Uses default behaviour of compiling all source files in directory, adding 'include' to include path.)
-
-COMPONENT_ADD_LDFRAGMENTS += linker.lf
diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/linker.lf b/examples/system/eventfd/main/linker.lf
deleted file mode 100644
index c171663891..0000000000
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/linker.lf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[mapping:main]
-archive: libmain.a
-entries:
-    eventfd_example:eventfd_timer_group0_isr (noflash)