diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/init/rc.board_defaults b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/init/rc.board_defaults
index 022431fe31..e233c38da3 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/init/rc.board_defaults
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/init/rc.board_defaults
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ param set-default SYS_DM_BACKEND 1
 # Ignore that there is no SD card
 param set-default COM_ARM_SDCARD 0
 
-# W25N NAND flash with littlefs (128 MB): larger buffer, auto-rotate
-set LOGGER_BUF 32
-param set-default SDLOG_DIRS_MAX 3
+# W25N NAND flash with littlefs (128 MB): small log file size so we can keep
+# a few recent logs, and fill up to 95%.
+param set-default SDLOG_ROTATE 95
+param set-default SDLOG_MAX_SIZE 40
diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/src/board_config.h b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/src/board_config.h
index 292dc706ce..c8ec2fabe1 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/src/board_config.h
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7v2/src/board_config.h
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@
 #  define BOARD_HAS_NBAT_V              1
 #  define BOARD_HAS_NBAT_I              1
 
-/* Enable small flash logging support (for W25N NAND flash) */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_W25N
-#  define BOARD_SMALL_FLASH_LOGGING 1
-#endif
-
 /* Holybro KakuteH7 GPIOs ************************************************************************/
 
 /* LEDs are driven with push open drain to support Anode to 5V or 3.3V */