diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig
index db83de70ed..3a4c7449d3 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TIME64=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
-CONFIG_TESTING_KASAN=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_UART1_BASE=0x9000000
 CONFIG_UART1_IRQ=33
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
index cd9f46b031..9eed123c18 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TASKSET=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TIME64=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
-CONFIG_TESTING_KASAN=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST_STACKSIZE=16384
 CONFIG_TESTING_SMP=y