diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
index 31ad75d..e3f88b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ KVM_NVHE_ALIAS_HYP(__memcpy, __pi_memcpy);
 KVM_NVHE_ALIAS_HYP(__memset, __pi_memset);
 #endif
 
-/* Kernel memory sections */
-KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__start_rodata);
-KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__end_rodata);
-KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__bss_start);
-KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__bss_stop);
-
 /* Hyp memory sections */
 KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__hyp_idmap_text_start);
 KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__hyp_idmap_text_end);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
index 5a371ab..5cdf3fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
@@ -144,23 +144,15 @@ static int recreate_hyp_mappings(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long size,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Map the host's .bss and .rodata sections RO in the hypervisor, but
-	 * transfer the ownership from the host to the hypervisor itself to
-	 * make sure it can't be donated or shared with another entity.
+	 * Map the host sections RO in the hypervisor, but transfer the
+	 * ownership from the host to the hypervisor itself to make sure they
+	 * can't be donated or shared with another entity.
 	 *
 	 * The ownership transition requires matching changes in the host
 	 * stage-2. This will be done later (see finalize_host_mappings()) once
 	 * the hyp_vmemmap is addressable.
 	 */
 	prot = pkvm_mkstate(PAGE_HYP_RO, PKVM_PAGE_SHARED_OWNED);
-	ret = pkvm_create_mappings(__start_rodata, __end_rodata, prot);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = pkvm_create_mappings(__hyp_bss_end, __bss_stop, prot);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	ret = pkvm_create_mappings(&kvm_vgic_global_state,
 				   &kvm_vgic_global_state + 1, prot);
 	if (ret)