diff --git a/tools/targets/REALTEK_RTL8195AM.py b/tools/targets/REALTEK_RTL8195AM.py
index 0333b29dc1..b26c2ee530 100644
--- a/tools/targets/REALTEK_RTL8195AM.py
+++ b/tools/targets/REALTEK_RTL8195AM.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import hashlib
 import shutil
 import time
 import binascii
+import elftools
 
 from tools.paths import TOOLS_BOOTLOADERS
 from tools.toolchains import TOOLCHAIN_PATHS
@@ -100,120 +101,18 @@ def find_symbol(toolchain, mapfile, symbol):
 
     return int(ret,16) | 1
 
-def parse_load_segment_gcc(image_elf):
-    # Program Headers:
-    #   Type           Offset   VirtAddr   PhysAddr   FileSiz MemSiz  Flg Align
-    #   LOAD           0x000034 0x10006000 0x10006000 0x026bc 0x026bc RW  0x8
-    #   LOAD           0x0026f0 0x30000000 0x30000000 0x06338 0x06338 RWE 0x4
-    segment_list = []
-    cmd = os.path.join(TOOLCHAIN_PATHS['GCC_ARM'], 'arm-none-eabi-readelf')
-    cmd = '"' + cmd + '"' + ' -l ' + image_elf
-    for line in subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, universal_newlines=True).split("\n"):
-        if not line.startswith("  LOAD"):
-            continue
-        segment = line.split()
-        if len(segment) != 8:
-            continue
-        offset = int(segment[1][2:], 16)
-        addr   = int(segment[2][2:], 16)
-        size   = int(segment[4][2:], 16)
-        if addr != 0 and size != 0:
-            segment_list.append((offset, addr, size))
-    return segment_list
-
-def parse_load_segment_armcc(image_elf):
-    # ====================================
-    #
-    # ** Program header #2
-    #
-    #     Type          : PT_LOAD (1)
-    #     File Offset   : 52 (0x34)
-    #     Virtual Addr  : 0x30000000
-    #     Physical Addr : 0x30000000
-    #     Size in file  : 27260 bytes (0x6a7c)
-    #     Size in memory: 42168 bytes (0xa4b8)
-    #     Flags         : PF_X + PF_W + PF_R + PF_ARM_ENTRY (0x80000007)
-    #     Alignment     : 8
-    #
-    (offset, addr, size) = (0, 0, 0)
-    segment_list = []
-    in_segment = False
-    cmd = os.path.join(TOOLCHAIN_PATHS['ARM'], 'bin', 'fromelf')
-    cmd = '"' + cmd + '"' + ' --text -v --only=none ' + image_elf
-    for line in subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, universal_newlines=True).split("\n"):
-        if line == "":
-            pass
-        elif line.startswith("** Program header"):
-            in_segment = True
-        elif in_segment == False:
-            pass
-        elif line.startswith("============"):
-            if addr != 0 and size != 0:
-                segment_list.append((offset, addr, size))
-            in_segment = False
-            (offset, addr, size) = (0, 0, 0)
-        elif line.startswith("    Type"):
-            if not re.match(r'\s+Type\s+:\s+PT_LOAD\s.*$', line):
-                in_segment = False
-        elif line.startswith("    File Offset"):
-            match = re.match(r'^\s+File Offset\s+:\s+(?P<offset>\d+).*$', line)
-            if match:
-                offset = int(match.group("offset"))
-        elif line.startswith("    Virtual Addr"):
-            match = re.match(r'^\s+Virtual Addr\s+:\s+0x(?P<addr>[0-9a-f]+).*$', line)
-            if match:
-                addr = int(match.group("addr"), 16)
-        elif line.startswith("    Size in file"):
-            match = re.match(r'^\s+Size in file\s+:.*\(0x(?P<size>[0-9a-f]+)\).*$', line)
-            if match:
-                size = int(match.group("size"), 16)
-    return segment_list
-
-
-def parse_load_segment_iar(image_elf):
-    #   SEGMENTS:
-    #
-    #      Type Offset    Virtual   Physical File Sz Mem Sz Flags   Align
-    #      ---- ------    -------   -------- ------- ------ -----   -----
-    #   0: load   0x34 0x10006000 0x10006000  0x26bc 0x26bc 0x6  WR   0x8
-    #   1: load 0x26f0 0x30000000 0x30000000  0x6338 0x6338 0x7 XWR   0x4
-    #
-    #   SECTIONS:
-    #
-    #       Name            Type     Addr         Offset    Size Aln Lnk Inf  ESz Flags
-    #       ----            ----     ----         ------    ---- --- --- ---  --- -----
-    #    1: .shstrtab       strtab               0xfc4d8    0x60 0x4
-    #    2: .strtab         strtab               0xfc538  0xbb3f 0x4
-
-    segment_list = []
-    in_segment = False
-    cmd = os.path.join(TOOLCHAIN_PATHS['IAR'], 'bin', 'ielfdumparm')
-    cmd = '"' + cmd + '"' + ' ' + image_elf
-    for line in subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, universal_newlines=True).split("\n"):
-        if line.startswith("  SEGMENTS:"):
-            in_segment = True
-        elif in_segment == False:
-            pass
-        elif line.startswith("  SECTIONS:"):
-            break
-        elif re.match(r'^\s+\w+:\s+load\s+.*$', line):
-            segment = line.split()
-            offset = int(segment[2][2:], 16)
-            addr   = int(segment[3][2:], 16)
-            size   = int(segment[5][2:], 16)
-            if addr != 0 and size != 0:
-                segment_list.append((offset, addr, size))
-    return segment_list
+def _parse_load_segment_inner(image_elf):
+    with open(image_elf, "rb") as fd:
+        elffile = elftools.elf.elffile.ELFFile(fd)
+        for segment in elffile.iter_segments():
+            offset = segment['p_offset']
+            addr = segment['p_vaddr']
+            size = segment['p_filesz']
+            if (addr != 0 and size != 0 and segment['p_type'] == 'PT_LOAD'):
+                yield offset, addr, size
 
 def parse_load_segment(toolchain, image_elf):
-    if toolchain == "GCC_ARM":
-        return parse_load_segment_gcc(image_elf)
-    elif toolchain in ["ARM_STD", "ARM", "ARM_MICRO"]:
-        return parse_load_segment_armcc(image_elf)
-    elif toolchain == "IAR":
-        return parse_load_segment_iar(image_elf)
-    else:
-        return []
+    return list(_parse_load_segment_inner(image_elf))
 
 def create_payload(image_elf, ram2_bin, entry, segment):
     file_elf = open(image_elf, "rb")