diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index be4d764d..f01dd54f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ commands:
                 libclang<<parameters.llvm>>-dev \
                 lld<<parameters.llvm>> \
                 gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
-                binutils-arm-none-eabi \
                 libc6-dev-armel-cross \
                 gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu \
                 libc6-dev-arm64-cross \
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2f92377..995884d1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ matrix:
 addons:
   homebrew:
     update: true
-    taps: ArmMbed/homebrew-formulae
     packages:
     - llvm@8
     - qemu
-    - arm-none-eabi-gcc
 
 install:
   - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/dep/master/install.sh | sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 46c102a1..2ace118d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ COPY --from=tinygo-base /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/lib /go/src/github.
 
 RUN cd /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/ && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y apt-utils python3 make binutils-arm-none-eabi clang-8 && \
+    apt-get install -y apt-utils python3 make clang-8 && \
     make gen-device-nrf && make gen-device-stm32 && \
     apt-get remove -y python3 make && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && \
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ COPY --from=tinygo-base /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/lib /go/src/github.
 
 RUN cd /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/ && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y apt-utils python3 make binutils-arm-none-eabi clang-8 binutils-avr gcc-avr avr-libc && \
+    apt-get install -y apt-utils python3 make clang-8 binutils-avr gcc-avr avr-libc && \
     make gen-device && \
     apt-get remove -y python3 make && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && \
diff --git a/commands_macos.go b/commands_macos.go
index 24f16314..e457ba88 100644
--- a/commands_macos.go
+++ b/commands_macos.go
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ package main
 var commands = map[string]string{
 	"ar":      "llvm-ar",
 	"clang":   "clang-8",
-	"ld.lld":  "ld.lld-8",
+	"ld.lld":  "ld.lld",
 	"wasm-ld": "wasm-ld",
 }
diff --git a/targets/arm.ld b/targets/arm.ld
index c964331d..0d5c12f1 100644
--- a/targets/arm.ld
+++ b/targets/arm.ld
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     /DISCARD/ :
     {
+        *(.ARM.exidx)      /* causes 'no memory region specified' error in lld */
         *(.ARM.exidx.*)    /* causes spurious 'undefined reference' errors */
     }
 }
diff --git a/targets/cortex-m.json b/targets/cortex-m.json
index 406239bb..0e11034a 100644
--- a/targets/cortex-m.json
+++ b/targets/cortex-m.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"goarch": "arm",
 	"compiler": "clang-8",
 	"gc": "marksweep",
-	"linker": "arm-none-eabi-ld",
+	"linker": "ld.lld",
 	"rtlib": "compiler-rt",
 	"cflags": [
 		"-Oz",