diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/mcuboot_update_agent/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/mcuboot_update_agent/defconfig
index 7e4a46965b7..6c82428d8ee 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/mcuboot_update_agent/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/mcuboot_update_agent/defconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_IEEE80211=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_WIRELESS=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_APP_FORMAT_MCUBOOT=y
+CONFIG_ESP32_BOOTLOADER_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_SPIFLASH=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_UART0=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_WIFI=y
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ CONFIG_EXAMPLES_MCUBOOT_UPDATE_AGENT_DL_BUFFER_SIZE=4096
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
-CONFIG_HOST_MACOS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y