diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/mte/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/mte/defconfig
index b389d2fe9f..43b96c8549 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/mte/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/mte/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