diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/nx/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/nx/defconfig
index f0470d9331..5b94819aeb 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/nx/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/nx/defconfig
@@ -74,6 +74,5 @@ CONFIG_STM32_USB=y
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE=15
-CONFIG_USART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE_NRECORDS=32
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/usbnsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/usbnsh/defconfig
index 186102a6ce..40e20cbb1d 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/usbnsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/maple/configs/usbnsh/defconfig
@@ -57,6 +57,5 @@ CONFIG_STM32_USB=y
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE=0
-CONFIG_USART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE_NRECORDS=32