diff --git a/api/Kconfig b/api/Kconfig
index b5a7399d7f3..8cfd98ad6a6 100644
--- a/api/Kconfig
+++ b/api/Kconfig
@@ -19,24 +19,4 @@ config EXAMPLES
 	  U-Boot provides an API for standalone applications. Examples are
 	  provided in directory examples/.
 
-config STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
-	depends on EXAMPLES
-	hex "Address in memory to link standalone applications to"
-	default 0xffffffff80200000 if MIPS && 64BIT
-	default 0x8c000000 if SH
-	default 0x82000000 if ARC
-	default 0x80f00000 if MICROBLAZE
-	default 0x80300000 if ARCH_OMAP2PLUS || FSL_LSCH2 || FSL_LSCH3
-	default 0x80200000 if MIPS && 32BIT
-	default 0x0c100000 if ARM
-	default 0x02000000 if NIOS2
-	default 0x00040000 if PPC || X86
-	default 0x00020000 if M68K
-	default 0x0 if RISCV
-	default SYS_LOAD_ADDR
-	help
-	  This option defines a board specific value for the address where
-	  standalone program gets loaded, thus overwriting the architecture
-	  dependent default settings.
-
 endmenu
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index e294be2a4c4..abed9cb65c6 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -76,4 +76,3 @@ export PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS
 export RELFLAGS
 export LDFLAGS_FINAL
 export LDFLAGS_STANDALONE
-export CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
diff --git a/examples/standalone/Makefile b/examples/standalone/Makefile
index 559170dd5c9..9b57f1c0c66 100644
--- a/examples/standalone/Makefile
+++ b/examples/standalone/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ extra-y        := hello_world
 extra-$(CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_ATMEL)    += atmel_df_pow2
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC)                += sched
 
+# Environment variable loadaddr is set from CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR.
+# Run the examples 4 MiB above this address.
+LOAD_ADDR:=${shell printf 0x%X $$(( $(CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR) + 0x400000 ))}
+
 #
 # Some versions of make do not handle trailing white spaces properly;
 # leading to build failures. The problem was found with GNU Make 3.80.
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ endif
 # source file.
 ccflags-y += $(call cc-option,-fno-toplevel-reorder)
 
-LDFLAGS_STANDALONE	+= -Ttext $(CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR)
+LDFLAGS_STANDALONE	+= -Ttext $(LOAD_ADDR)
 
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