diff --git a/sw/sw.mk b/sw/sw.mk
index 0c55342..097e646 100644
--- a/sw/sw.mk
+++ b/sw/sw.mk
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ CHS_SW_INCLUDES += -I$(CHIM_SW_DIR)/include
 
 # SCHEREMO: use im for platform-level SW, as the smallest common denominator between CVA6 and the Snitch cluster.
 # CVA6's bootrom however needs imc, so override that for this specific case.
-CHS_SW_FLAGS += -falign-functions=64 -march=rv32im
+CHS_SW_FLAGS += -falign-functions=64 -march=rv32im -mno-relax
 CHS_BROM_FLAGS += -march=rv32imc
 
-CHS_SW_LDFLAGS += -L$(CHIM_SW_DIR)/lib
+CHS_SW_LDFLAGS += -L$(CHIM_SW_DIR)/lib -mno-relax
 
 CHIM_SW_LIB_SRCS_C  = $(wildcard $(CHIM_SW_DIR)/lib/*.c $(CHIM_SW_DIR)/lib/**/*.c)
 CHIM_SW_LIB_SRCS_O  = $(CHIM_SW_DEPS_SRCS:.c=.o) $(CHIM_SW_LIB_SRCS_S:.S=.o) $(CHIM_SW_LIB_SRCS_C:.c=.o)