diff --git a/src/rp2040/boot_stage2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/rp2040/boot_stage2/CMakeLists.txt
index c576878..dd8d1e8 100644
--- a/src/rp2040/boot_stage2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/rp2040/boot_stage2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function(pico_define_boot_stage2 NAME SOURCES)
     if (PICO_C_COMPILER_IS_CLANG)
         target_link_options(${NAME} PRIVATE "-nostdlib")
     elseif (PICO_C_COMPILER_IS_GNU)
-        target_link_options(${NAME} PRIVATE "--specs=nosys.specs")
+        #target_link_options(${NAME} PRIVATE "--specs=nosys.specs")
         target_link_options(${NAME} PRIVATE "-nostartfiles")
     endif ()
 
diff --git a/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 3665cd8..bed4b47 100644
--- a/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 # todo is this correct/needed?
 if (PICO_C_COMPILER_IS_GNU)
-    target_link_options(pico_runtime INTERFACE "--specs=nosys.specs")
+    #target_link_options(pico_runtime INTERFACE "--specs=nosys.specs")
 elseif (PICO_C_COMPILER_IS_CLANG)
    # target_link_options(pico_runtime INTERFACE "-nostdlib")
 endif()
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ function(pico_minimize_runtime TARGET)
     if (NOT RUNTIME_INCLUDE_FPGA_CHECK)
         target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PRIVATE PICO_NO_FPGA_CHECK=1)
     endif()
-endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
+endfunction()