diff --git a/src/core/cpu_patches.cpp b/src/core/cpu_patches.cpp
index 2788cfe58..e303417c3 100644
--- a/src/core/cpu_patches.cpp
+++ b/src/core/cpu_patches.cpp
@@ -790,11 +790,12 @@ static bool PatchesIllegalInstructionHandler(void* context) {
                 Common::Decoder::Instance()->decodeInstruction(instruction, operands, code_address);
             if (ZYAN_SUCCESS(status) && instruction.mnemonic == ZydisMnemonic::ZYDIS_MNEMONIC_UD2)
                 [[unlikely]] {
-                UNREACHABLE_MSG("ud2 at code address {:#x}", (u64)code_address);
+                UNREACHABLE_MSG("ud2 at code address {:#x}", reinterpret_cast<u64>(code_address));
             }
-            LOG_ERROR(Core, "Failed to patch address {:x} -- mnemonic: {}", (u64)code_address,
-                      ZYAN_SUCCESS(status) ? ZydisMnemonicGetString(instruction.mnemonic)
-                                           : "Failed to decode");
+            UNREACHABLE_MSG("Failed to patch address {:x} -- mnemonic: {}",
+                            reinterpret_cast<u64>(code_address),
+                            ZYAN_SUCCESS(status) ? ZydisMnemonicGetString(instruction.mnemonic)
+                                                 : "Failed to decode");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/linker.cpp b/src/core/linker.cpp
index ac6b37769..8d7f9207e 100644
--- a/src/core/linker.cpp
+++ b/src/core/linker.cpp
@@ -104,17 +104,6 @@ void Linker::Execute(const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
 
     memory->SetupMemoryRegions(fmem_size, use_extended_mem1, use_extended_mem2);
 
-    // Simulate sceKernelInternalMemory mapping, a mapping usually performed during libkernel init.
-    // Due to the large size of this mapping, failing to emulate it causes issues in some titles.
-    // This mapping belongs in the system reserved area, which starts at address 0x880000000.
-    static constexpr VAddr KernelAllocBase = 0x880000000ULL;
-    static constexpr s64 InternalMemorySize = 0x1000000;
-    void* addr_out{reinterpret_cast<void*>(KernelAllocBase)};
-
-    s32 ret = Libraries::Kernel::sceKernelMapNamedFlexibleMemory(&addr_out, InternalMemorySize, 3,
-                                                                 0, "SceKernelInternalMemory");
-    ASSERT_MSG(ret == 0, "Unable to perform sceKernelInternalMemory mapping");
-
     main_thread.Run([this, module, &args](std::stop_token) {
         Common::SetCurrentThreadName("GAME_MainThread");
         if (auto& ipc = IPC::Instance()) {