diff --git a/arch/sim/src/Makefile b/arch/sim/src/Makefile
index d49c1e5354..7160d569ee 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sim/src/Makefile
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION),y)
   CSRCS += up_checkstack.c
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_COVERAGE),y)
-  STDLIBS += -lgcov
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPINLOCK),y)
   HOSTSRCS += up_testset.c
 endif
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs b/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
index 1ff305e567..a2fde55e7e 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_STACK_CANARIES),y)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_COVERAGE),y)
-  ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
+  ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fprofile-generate -ftest-coverage
 endif
 
 # Add -fno-common because macOS "ld -r" doesn't seem to pick objects