diff --git a/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script b/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script
index e888ef964f5..e639ba37cfe 100644
--- a/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script
+++ b/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 
 /* This causes failures if there are no RAM functions
-	.ramfunc :
+	.ramfunc ALIGN(2K) :
 	{
 		_sramfunc =  ABSOLUTE(.);
 		*(.ramfunc	.ramfunc.*)
@@ -208,11 +208,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	_bmxdupba_address = LENGTH(kseg1_datamem) ;
 */
 
-	.dbg_data (NOLOAD) :
-	{
-		. += (DEFINED (_DEBUGGER) ? 0x200 : 0x0);
-	} > kseg1_datamem
-
 	.data :
 	{
 		_sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
diff --git a/configs/pic32-starterkit/ostest/ld.script b/configs/pic32-starterkit/ostest/ld.script
index aa888440c97..a7d55d8b344 100644
--- a/configs/pic32-starterkit/ostest/ld.script
+++ b/configs/pic32-starterkit/ostest/ld.script
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 
 /* This causes failures if there are no RAM functions
-	.ramfunc :
+	.ramfunc ALIGN(2K) :
 	{
 		_sramfunc =  ABSOLUTE(.);
 		*(.ramfunc	.ramfunc.*)
@@ -208,11 +208,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	_bmxdupba_address = LENGTH(kseg1_datamem) ;
 */
 
-	.dbg_data (NOLOAD) :
-	{
-		. += (DEFINED (_DEBUGGER) ? 0x200 : 0x0);
-	} > kseg1_datamem
-
 	.data :
 	{
 		_sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
diff --git a/configs/sure-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script b/configs/sure-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script
index b23719c9f2b..0af4bd1a8a7 100644
--- a/configs/sure-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script
+++ b/configs/sure-pic32mx/ostest/ld.script
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 
 /* This causes failures if there are no RAM functions
-	.ramfunc :
+	.ramfunc ALIGN(2K) :
 	{
 		_sramfunc = ABSOLUTE(.);
 		*(.ramfunc .ramfunc.*)
@@ -208,11 +208,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	_bmxdupba_address = LENGTH(kseg1_datamem) ;
 */
 
-	.dbg_data (NOLOAD) :
-	{
-		. += (DEFINED (_DEBUGGER) ? 0x200 : 0x0);
-	} > kseg1_datamem
-
 	.data :
 	{
 		_sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);