diff --git a/components/esp32c3/ld/esp32c3.project.ld.in b/components/esp32c3/ld/esp32c3.project.ld.in
index 21d5845b36..b36c4cbcb2 100644
--- a/components/esp32c3/ld/esp32c3.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32c3/ld/esp32c3.project.ld.in
@@ -10,25 +10,19 @@ SECTIONS
   .rtc.text :
   {
     . = ALIGN(4);
+    _rtc_fast_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
     mapping[rtc_text]
 
     *rtc_wake_stub*.*(.literal .text .literal.* .text.*)
+
+    /* 16B padding for possible CPU prefetch and 4B alignment for PMS split lines */
+    . += 16;
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+
     _rtc_text_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > rtc_iram_seg
 
-  /**
-   * This section is required to skip rtc.text area because rtc_iram_seg and
-   * rtc_data_seg are reflect the same address space on different buses.
-   */
-  .rtc.dummy :
-  {
-    _rtc_dummy_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
-    _rtc_fast_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
-    . = SIZEOF(.rtc.text);
-    _rtc_dummy_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
-  } > rtc_data_seg
-
   /**
    * This section located in RTC FAST Memory area.
    * It holds data marked with RTC_FAST_ATTR attribute.
@@ -392,11 +386,11 @@ SECTIONS
   /* Marks the end of IRAM code segment */
   .iram0.text_end (NOLOAD) :
   {
+    /* iram_end_test section exists for use by memprot unit tests only */
+    *(.iram_end_test)
     /* C3 memprot requires 16B padding for possible CPU prefetch and 512B alignment for PMS split lines */
     . += 16;
     . = ALIGN (0x200);
-    /* iram_end_test section exists for use by memprot unit tests only */
-    *(.iram_end_test)
     _iram_text_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > iram0_0_seg