diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc2808fb4b..84ef881600 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ rm -f $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1/objects.inv $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1/searchindex.js $(M
 endef
 
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f config-host.mak config-host.h* config-host.ld $(DOCS)
+	rm -f config-host.mak config-host.h* $(DOCS)
 	rm -f tests/tcg/config-*.mak
 	rm -f config-all-devices.mak config-all-disas.mak config.status
 	rm -f $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e225a1e3ff..e3ccb8daf0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6498,49 +6498,6 @@ if test "$cpu" = "s390x" ; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# Probe for the need for relocating the user-only binary.
-if ( [ "$linux_user" = yes ] || [ "$bsd_user" = yes ] ) && [ "$pie" = no ]; then
-  textseg_addr=
-  case "$cpu" in
-    arm | i386 | ppc* | s390* | sparc* | x86_64 | x32)
-      # ??? Rationale for choosing this address
-      textseg_addr=0x60000000
-      ;;
-    mips)
-      # A 256M aligned address, high in the address space, with enough
-      # room for the code_gen_buffer above it before the stack.
-      textseg_addr=0x60000000
-      ;;
-  esac
-  if [ -n "$textseg_addr" ]; then
-    cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-    int main(void) { return 0; }
-EOF
-    textseg_ldflags="-Wl,-Ttext-segment=$textseg_addr"
-    if ! compile_prog "" "$textseg_ldflags"; then
-      # In case ld does not support -Ttext-segment, edit the default linker
-      # script via sed to set the .text start addr.  This is needed on FreeBSD
-      # at least.
-      if ! $ld --verbose >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        error_exit \
-            "We need to link the QEMU user mode binaries at a" \
-            "specific text address. Unfortunately your linker" \
-            "doesn't support either the -Ttext-segment option or" \
-            "printing the default linker script with --verbose." \
-            "If you don't want the user mode binaries, pass the" \
-            "--disable-user option to configure."
-      fi
-
-      $ld --verbose | sed \
-        -e '1,/==================================================/d' \
-        -e '/==================================================/,$d' \
-        -e "s/[.] = [0-9a-fx]* [+] SIZEOF_HEADERS/. = $textseg_addr + SIZEOF_HEADERS/" \
-        -e "s/__executable_start = [0-9a-fx]*/__executable_start = $textseg_addr/" > config-host.ld
-      textseg_ldflags="-Wl,-T../config-host.ld"
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
 # Check that the C++ compiler exists and works with the C compiler.
 # All the QEMU_CXXFLAGS are based on QEMU_CFLAGS. Keep this at the end to don't miss any other that could be added.
 if has $cxx; then
@@ -8175,10 +8132,6 @@ if test "$gprof" = "yes" ; then
   fi
 fi
 
-if test "$target_linux_user" = "yes" || test "$target_bsd_user" = "yes" ; then
-  ldflags="$ldflags $textseg_ldflags"
-fi
-
 # Newer kernels on s390 check for an S390_PGSTE program header and
 # enable the pgste page table extensions in that case. This makes
 # the vm.allocate_pgste sysctl unnecessary. We enable this program