diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index 2a6d04fcb3e91..00927fb7ce67a 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ config UML
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
 	select TTY # Needed for line.c
+	select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS
 
 config MMU
 	bool
@@ -61,28 +62,6 @@ config NR_CPUS
 
 source "arch/$(HEADER_ARCH)/um/Kconfig"
 
-config STATIC_LINK
-	bool "Force a static link"
-	default n
-	help
-	  This option gives you the ability to force a static link of UML.
-	  Normally, UML is linked as a shared binary.  This is inconvenient for
-	  use in a chroot jail.  So, if you intend to run UML inside a chroot,
-	  you probably want to say Y here.
-	  Additionally, this option enables using higher memory spaces (up to
-	  2.75G) for UML.
-
-config LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
-	bool
-	default y
-	depends on STATIC_LINK
-
-config LD_SCRIPT_DYN
-	bool
-	default y
-	depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
-	select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS
-
 config HOSTFS
 	tristate "Host filesystem"
 	help
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index d2daa206872da..ec8af28daf051 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ archheaders:
 archprepare:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(HOST_DIR)/um include/generated/user_constants.h
 
-LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC) += -static
-LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN) += -Wl,-rpath,/lib $(call cc-option, -no-pie)
+LINK-y += -Wl,-rpath,/lib $(call cc-option, -no-pie)
 
 CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING := $(call cc-option, -fno-PIC,) $(call cc-option, -fno-pic,) \
 	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector,) \
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
deleted file mode 100644
index c69d69ee96beb..0000000000000
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
-#include <asm/page.h>
-
-OUTPUT_FORMAT(ELF_FORMAT)
-OUTPUT_ARCH(ELF_ARCH)
-ENTRY(_start)
-jiffies = jiffies_64;
-
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-  .fini           : {
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-
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-
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-       doesn't matter if the user does not
-       actually link against crtbegin.o; the
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-   *(.bss .bss.* .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
-   *(COMMON)
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-  . = ALIGN(32 / 8);
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-   __bss_stop = .;
-  _end = .;
-  PROVIDE (end = .);
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-  STABS_DEBUG
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-
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diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f21443be2c9e..0000000000000
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
-#include <asm/page.h>
-
-OUTPUT_FORMAT(ELF_FORMAT)
-OUTPUT_ARCH(ELF_ARCH)
-ENTRY(_start)
-jiffies = jiffies_64;
-
-SECTIONS
-{
-  /* This must contain the right address - not quite the default ELF one.*/
-  PROVIDE (__executable_start = START);
-  /* Static binaries stick stuff here, like the sigreturn trampoline,
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-   * they are forever unusable.
-   */
-  __binary_start = START;
-
-  . = START + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-
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-  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(0)
-  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-
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-  {
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-    TEXT_TEXT
-    SCHED_TEXT
-    CPUIDLE_TEXT
-    LOCK_TEXT
-    IRQENTRY_TEXT
-    SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
-    *(.fixup)
-    /* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em.  */
-    *(.gnu.warning)
-    *(.gnu.linkonce.t*)
-  }
-
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-  .syscall_stub : {
-	__syscall_stub_start = .;
-	*(.__syscall_stub*)
-	__syscall_stub_end = .;
-  }
-
-  /*
-   * These are needed even in a static link, even if they wind up being empty.
-   * Newer glibc needs these __rel{,a}_iplt_{start,end} symbols.
-   */
-  .rel.plt : {
-	*(.rel.plt)
-	PROVIDE_HIDDEN(__rel_iplt_start = .);
-	*(.rel.iplt)
-	PROVIDE_HIDDEN(__rel_iplt_end = .);
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-	*(.rela.iplt)
-	PROVIDE_HIDDEN(__rela_iplt_end = .);
-  }
-
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-
-  __init_begin = .;
-  init.data : { INIT_DATA }
-  __init_end = .;
-
-  .data    :
-  {
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-    . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
-    *(.data..init_irqstack)
-    DATA_DATA
-    *(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
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-  .tbss		  : { *(.tbss .tbss.* .gnu.linkonce.tb.*) *(.tcommon) }
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-  .sdata     : { *(.sdata) }
-  _edata  =  .;
-  PROVIDE (edata = .);
-  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
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-  SBSS(0)
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-   __bss_stop = .;
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diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 16e49bfa2b426..f4b6114e54d62 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,8 +1,173 @@
 
 KERNEL_STACK_SIZE = 4096 * (1 << CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
-#include "uml.lds.S"
-#else
-#include "dyn.lds.S"
-#endif
+#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+OUTPUT_FORMAT(ELF_FORMAT)
+OUTPUT_ARCH(ELF_ARCH)
+ENTRY(_start)
+jiffies = jiffies_64;
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  PROVIDE (__executable_start = START);
+  . = START + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+  .interp         : { *(.interp) }
+  __binary_start = .;
+  . = ALIGN(4096);		/* Init code and data */
+  _text = .;
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+
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+
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