diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nxscope/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nxscope/defconfig
index 986931983e..691dd1b45a 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nxscope/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nxscope/defconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE_RXBUF_LEN=64
-CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE_SERIAL_PATH="./ttySIM0"
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE_SERIAL_PATH="/dev/ttySIM0"
 CONFIG_FS_BINFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_RAMMAP=y
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_BACKTRACE=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
-CONFIG_SIM_UART0_NAME="./ttySIM0"
 CONFIG_SIM_UART_BUFFER_SIZE=1024
 CONFIG_SIM_UART_NUMBER=1
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=6