diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_bt_cpuapp/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_bt_cpuapp/defconfig
index 34c10bf321d..06c2aae0618 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_bt_cpuapp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_bt_cpuapp/defconfig
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=524288
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_LOCAL_CPUNAME="cpuapp"
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SIG_EVTHREAD=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_nimble_cpuapp/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_nimble_cpuapp/defconfig
index e6cddda5a2c..5a0d8fa8cda 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_nimble_cpuapp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_nimble_cpuapp/defconfig
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=524288
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_LOCAL_CPUNAME="cpuapp"
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SIG_EVTHREAD=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_sdc_cpunet/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_sdc_cpunet/defconfig
index dbdf033d65f..5c07e33436b 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_sdc_cpunet/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rpmsghci_sdc_cpunet/defconfig
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=65535
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x21000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_LOCAL_CPUNAME="cpunet"
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpuapp/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpuapp/defconfig
index a2de714a731..4076ef0fd17 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpuapp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpuapp/defconfig
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=524288
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPMSG_UART=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_LOCAL_CPUNAME="cpuapp"
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=26
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpunet/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpunet/defconfig
index 79a5e9adba2..cc10d99420e 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpunet/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/rptun_cpunet/defconfig
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=65535
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x21000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPMSG_UART=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_LOCAL_CPUNAME="cpunet"
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm4_rptun/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm4_rptun/defconfig
index 0a007ba689f..1ab9c3a7299 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm4_rptun/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm4_rptun/defconfig
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=245760
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x10000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPMSG_UART=y
 CONFIG_RPMSG_UART_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=6
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm7_rptun/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm7_rptun/defconfig
index 610788cbe34..28e1e82ac5e 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm7_rptun/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32h7/nucleo-h745zi/configs/nsh_cm7_rptun/defconfig
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=245760
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20010000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_PING=y
 CONFIG_RPMSG_UART=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN=y
-CONFIG_RPTUN_PING=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=6