diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig
index f0c89ccd95..4f26a749af 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_BOARDCTL_POWEROFF=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=0
 CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMEXTSRAM=y
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
-CONFIG_CPUFREQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_THERMAL=y
@@ -72,7 +71,5 @@ CONFIG_START_YEAR=2008
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_DUMPSTACK=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_THERMAL=y
-CONFIG_THERMAL_CDEV_CPUFREQ=y
 CONFIG_THERMAL_DUMMY=y
-CONFIG_THERMAL_DUMMY_CPUFREQ=y
 CONFIG_THERMAL_PROCFS=y