diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script b/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script
index f9e0264be0d..a891f6c1e5d 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32f0l0g0/nucleo-g071rb/scripts/ld.script
@@ -68,23 +68,21 @@ SECTIONS
                 _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > flash
 
-        . = ALIGN(4);
-        .init_section : {
+        .init_section : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.init_array .init_array.*)
                 _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > flash
 
-        . = ALIGN(4);
-        .ARM.extab : {
+        .ARM.extab : ALIGN(4) {
                 *(.ARM.extab*)
         } > flash
 
-        . = ALIGN(4);
         __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
-        .ARM.exidx : {
+        .ARM.exidx : ALIGN(4) {
                 *(.ARM.exidx*)
         } > flash
+
         __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
         _eronly = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -95,8 +93,7 @@ SECTIONS
                 *(.ram_vectors)
         } > sram
 
-        . = ALIGN(4);
-        .data : {
+        .data : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.data .data.*)
                 *(.gnu.linkonce.d.*)
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ SECTIONS
                 _edata = ABSOLUTE(.);
         } > sram AT > flash
 
-        .bss : {
+        .bss : ALIGN(4) {
                 _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
                 *(.bss .bss.*)
                 *(.gnu.linkonce.b.*)