diff --git a/cmake/extensions.cmake b/cmake/extensions.cmake
index 4093a0e525c..cf2db3c098a 100644
--- a/cmake/extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/extensions.cmake
@@ -3859,13 +3859,13 @@ endfunction()
 # EXPR <expr>  : Expression that defines the symbol. Due to linker limitations
 #                all expressions should only contain simple math, such as
 #                `+, -, *` and similar. The expression will go directly into the
-#                linker, and all `%<symbol>%` will be replaced with the referred
+#                linker, and all `@<symbol>@` will be replaced with the referred
 #                symbol.
 #
 # Example:
 #   To create a new symbol `bar` pointing to the start VMA address of section
 #   `foo` + 1024, one can write:
-#     zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL bar EXPR "(%foo% + 1024)")
+#     zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL bar EXPR "(@foo@ + 1024)")
 #
 function(zephyr_linker_symbol)
   set(single_args "EXPR;SYMBOL")
diff --git a/cmake/linker/armlink/scatter_script.cmake b/cmake/linker/armlink/scatter_script.cmake
index f0ebe86741d..071ae1ef980 100644
--- a/cmake/linker/armlink/scatter_script.cmake
+++ b/cmake/linker/armlink/scatter_script.cmake
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ function(symbol_to_string)
   get_property(subalign GLOBAL PROPERTY ${STRING_SYMBOL}_SUBALIGN)
 
   string(REPLACE "\\" "" expr "${expr}")
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "%([^%]*)%" match_res ${expr})
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "@([^@]*)@" match_res ${expr})
 
   foreach(match ${match_res})
-    string(REPLACE "%" "" match ${match})
+    string(REPLACE "@" "" match ${match})
     get_property(symbol_val GLOBAL PROPERTY SYMBOL_TABLE_${match})
-    string(REPLACE "%${match}%" "ImageBase(${symbol_val})" expr ${expr})
+    string(REPLACE "@${match}@" "ImageBase(${symbol_val})" expr ${expr})
   endforeach()
 
   if(DEFINED subalign)
diff --git a/cmake/linker/ld/ld_script.cmake b/cmake/linker/ld/ld_script.cmake
index 033835bbdb6..20cfc02e019 100644
--- a/cmake/linker/ld/ld_script.cmake
+++ b/cmake/linker/ld/ld_script.cmake
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ function(symbol_to_string)
   get_property(subalign GLOBAL PROPERTY ${STRING_SYMBOL}_SUBALIGN)
 
   string(REPLACE "\\" "" expr "${expr}")
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "%([^%]*)%" match_res ${expr})
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "@([^@]*)@" match_res ${expr})
 
   foreach(match ${match_res})
-    string(REPLACE "%" "" match ${match})
-    string(REPLACE "%${match}%" "${match}" expr ${expr})
+    string(REPLACE "@" "" match ${match})
+    string(REPLACE "@${match}@" "${match}" expr ${expr})
   endforeach()
 
   set(${STRING_STRING} "${${STRING_STRING}}\n${symbol} = ${expr};\n" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/cmake/linker_script/arm/linker.cmake b/cmake/linker_script/arm/linker.cmake
index 8f091a271a2..768075ae6ea 100644
--- a/cmake/linker_script/arm/linker.cmake
+++ b/cmake/linker_script/arm/linker.cmake
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ if(NOT CONFIG_USERSPACE)
   zephyr_linker_section_configure(SECTION .noinit INPUT ".kernel_noinit.*")
 endif()
 
-zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL __kernel_ram_start EXPR "(%__bss_start%)")
+zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL __kernel_ram_start EXPR "(@__bss_start@)")
 zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL __kernel_ram_end  EXPR "(${RAM_ADDR} + ${RAM_SIZE})")
-zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL __kernel_ram_size EXPR "(%__kernel_ram_end% - %__bss_start%)")
+zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL __kernel_ram_size EXPR "(@__kernel_ram_end@ - @__bss_start@)")
 zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL _image_ram_start  EXPR "(${RAM_ADDR})" SUBALIGN 32) # ToDo calculate 32 correctly
 zephyr_linker_symbol(SYMBOL ARM_LIB_STACKHEAP EXPR "(${RAM_ADDR} + ${RAM_SIZE})" SIZE -0x1000)