diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.mk b/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.mk
index 26e5d9c9c2..d9fbf2fddc 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.mk
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ subdirs-$(CONFIG_CPU_INTEL_COMMON_SMM) += ../intel/smm
 
 bootblock-y += entry32.S
 bootblock-y += entry16.S
-bootblock-y += reset16.S
 
 additional-dirs += $(obj)/cpu/x86
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/entry16.S b/src/cpu/x86/entry16.S
index b19ffa5d6a..ca2eb6067b 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/entry16.S
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/entry16.S
@@ -151,3 +151,9 @@ nullidt:
 	.word	0	/* limit */
 	.long	0
 	.word	0
+
+  /* This is the first instruction the CPU runs when coming out of reset. */
+.section ".reset", "ax", %progbits
+.globl _start
+_start:
+	jmp		_start16bit
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S b/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cc85c9746..0000000000
--- a/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-
-	.section ".reset", "ax", %progbits
-	.code16
-.globl	_start
-_start:
-	jmp   _start16bit