diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/netnsh/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/netnsh/defconfig
index c9096607e2..03e6ed3981 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/netnsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/netnsh/defconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
 CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN=64
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
-CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=4
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=16
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=114688