diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S b/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S
index 38580146b4..9cc85c9746 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/reset16.S
@@ -4,11 +4,4 @@
 	.code16
 .globl	_start
 _start:
-	.byte  0xe9
-	.int   _start16bit - ( . + 2 )
-	/* Note: The above jump is hand coded to work around bugs in binutils.
-	 * 5 byte are used for a 3 byte instruction.  This works because x86
-	 * is little endian and allows us to use supported 32bit relocations
-	 * instead of the weird 16 bit relocations that binutils does not
-	 * handle consistently between versions because they are used so rarely.
-	 */
+	jmp   _start16bit