diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 541944894734..2a80c9de6eaf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -79,16 +79,11 @@ endif
 EXTRA_CFLAGS  := -fpic -fno-builtin
 EXTRA_AFLAGS  := -Wa,-march=all
 
-# Supply ZRELADDR and PARAMS_PHYS to the decompressor via linker symbols.  We
-# only define params_phys if the machine class defined the corresponding
-# makefile variable.
+# Supply ZRELADDR to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --defsym zreladdr=$(ZRELADDR)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --be8
 endif
-ifneq ($(PARAMS_PHYS),)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --defsym params_phys=$(PARAMS_PHYS)
-endif
 # ?
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -p
 # Report unresolved symbol references
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index f61c76e43f7f..d27faa131796 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ LC1:		.word	reloc_end - reloc_start
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RPC
 		.globl	params
-params:		ldr	r0, =params_phys
+params:		ldr	r0, =0x10000100		@ params_phys for RPC
 		mov	pc, lr
 		.ltorg
 		.align