diff --git a/gflib/malloc.c b/gflib/malloc.c
index 7229c20e8b..f54c751a4c 100644
--- a/gflib/malloc.c
+++ b/gflib/malloc.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 static void *sHeapStart;
 static u32 sHeapSize;
 
-__attribute__((section("__EWRAM_HEAP"))) u8 gHeap[HEAP_SIZE] = {0};
+EWRAM_DATA u8 gHeap[HEAP_SIZE] = {0};
 
 #define MALLOC_SYSTEM_ID 0xA3A3
 
diff --git a/gflib/malloc.h b/gflib/malloc.h
index 2792ff1cb7..72e1a5e1d3 100644
--- a/gflib/malloc.h
+++ b/gflib/malloc.h
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 
 #define TRY_FREE_AND_SET_NULL(ptr) if (ptr != NULL) FREE_AND_SET_NULL(ptr)
 
-// 122 KB. Max size of the heap without running into other data
 #define HEAP_SIZE 0x1C000
-extern u8 gHeap[];
+extern u8 gHeap[HEAP_SIZE];
 
 void *Alloc(u32 size);
 void *AllocZeroed(u32 size);
diff --git a/ld_script.ld b/ld_script.ld
index ee0556d5a0..c4abf075f8 100644
--- a/ld_script.ld
+++ b/ld_script.ld
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MEMORY
 {
     EWRAM (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x2000000, LENGTH = 256K
     IWRAM (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x3000000, LENGTH = 32K
-    ROM    (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 16M
+    ROM    (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 32M
 }
 
 /* Modify the following load addresses as needed to make more room. Alternately, delete both the
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ SECTIONS {
     ewram 0x2000000 (NOLOAD) :
     ALIGN(4)
     {
-        *(__EWRAM_HEAP);
-
         INCLUDE "sym_ewram.ld"
-        src/*.o(ewram_data);        /**/
-        gflib/*.o(ewram_data);      /**/
+        src/*.o(ewram_data);
+        gflib/*.o(ewram_data);
 
         *libc.a:impure.o(.data);
         *libc.a:locale.o(.data);
diff --git a/ld_script_modern.ld b/ld_script_modern.ld
index 05b2b815ff..4ccbfbaa0f 100644
--- a/ld_script_modern.ld
+++ b/ld_script_modern.ld
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ ENTRY(Start)
 gNumMusicPlayers = 4;
 gMaxLines = 0;
 
-/* Memory Spaces */
 MEMORY
 {
     EWRAM (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x2000000, LENGTH = 256K
     IWRAM (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x3000000, LENGTH = 32K
-    ROM    (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 16M
+    ROM    (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 32M
 }
 
 SECTIONS {
@@ -16,10 +15,8 @@ SECTIONS {
     ewram 0x2000000 (NOLOAD) :
     ALIGN(4)
     {
-        *(__EWRAM_HEAP);
-
-        src/*.o(ewram_data);    /**/
-        gflib/*.o(ewram_data);  /**/
+        src/*.o(ewram_data);
+        gflib/*.o(ewram_data);
     } > EWRAM
 
     iwram 0x3000000 (NOLOAD) :
@@ -31,13 +28,11 @@ SECTIONS {
         *libc.a:*.o(.bss*);
         *libnosys.a:*.o(.bss*);
 
-        /* .bss.code starts at 0x3001AA8 */
         src/m4a.o(.bss.code);
 
-        /* COMMON starts at 0x30022A8 */
-        src/*.o(COMMON);            /**/
-        gflib/*.o(COMMON);          /**/
-        *libc.a:*.o(COMMON);        
+        src/*.o(COMMON);
+        gflib/*.o(COMMON);
+        *libc.a:*.o(COMMON);
         *libnosys.a:*.o(COMMON);
     } > IWRAM
 
diff --git a/sym_ewram.txt b/sym_ewram.txt
index 414b7a3b23..31c507ee9b 100644
--- a/sym_ewram.txt
+++ b/sym_ewram.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+	.include "gflib/malloc.o"
 	.include "src/decompress.o"
 	.include "src/main.o"
 	.include "gflib/window.o"