diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k118evb/scripts/flash.ld b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k118evb/scripts/flash.ld
index a6af6a403ae..94c238fcf6e 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k118evb/scripts/flash.ld
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k118evb/scripts/flash.ld
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     _stext = ABSOLUTE(.);
     *(.vectors)
+    . = 0x0000410;    /* Skip over flash configuration field */
     *(.text .text.*)
     *(.fixup)
     *(.gnu.warning)
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ SECTIONS
     _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .init_section :
   {
     _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ SECTIONS
     _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .ARM.extab :
   {
     *(.ARM.extab*)
   } >flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
   .ARM.exidx :
   {
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ SECTIONS
   } >flash
   __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .data :
   {
     _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/README.txt b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/README.txt
index e6f30294481..bcb673dd99f 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/README.txt
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/README.txt
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ Configurations
     nsh:
     ---
       Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at apps/examples/nsh.  Support
-      for builtin applications is enabled, but in the base configuration no
-      builtin applications are selected.
+      for builtin applications is enabled, but in the base configuration but
+      the builtin applications selected is the "Hello, World!" example.
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 8a1e24ec690..141dcbe9427 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 # You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
 # modifications.
 #
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLEBG is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_EXEC is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_EXIT is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_HEXDUMP is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_PS is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_XD is not set
+# CONFIG_ARCH_FPU is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_ARGCAT is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDOPT_HEXDUMP is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDPARMS is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="s32k146evb"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_S32K146EVB=y
@@ -19,34 +17,26 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K146=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K14X=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K1XX=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
-CONFIG_BINFMT_DISABLE=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=2988
-CONFIG_DEFAULT_SMALL=y
-CONFIG_DISABLE_MOUNTPOINT=y
-CONFIG_DISABLE_MQUEUE=y
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_LPUART1_RXBUFSIZE=64
 CONFIG_LPUART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_LPUART1_TXBUFSIZE=64
-CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=8
+CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=16
 CONFIG_MAX_WDOGPARMS=2
-CONFIG_MM_SMALL=y
 CONFIG_MOTOROLA_SREC=y
-CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=6
-CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=6
-CONFIG_NPTHREAD_KEYS=0
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_CD=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_CP=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_MKDIR=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_MOUNT=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_RM=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_RMDIR=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_UMOUNT=y
-CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=64
-CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN=80
-CONFIG_NUNGET_CHARS=0
-CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=0
-CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=4
-CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT=1536
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=8
+CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=8
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
+CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=4
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=16
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=23552
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x1ffffc00
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
@@ -59,8 +49,5 @@ CONFIG_START_YEAR=2019
 CONFIG_STDIO_DISABLE_BUFFERING=y
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
-CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE=0
-CONFIG_TASK_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=1536
-CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE=1536
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
-CONFIG_WDOG_INTRESERVE=0
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/flash.ld b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/flash.ld
index 421c10beb42..1d02106268f 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/flash.ld
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/flash.ld
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     _stext = ABSOLUTE(.);
     *(.vectors)
+    . = 0x0000410;    /* Skip over flash configuration field */
     *(.text .text.*)
     *(.fixup)
     *(.gnu.warning)
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ SECTIONS
     _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .init_section :
   {
     _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ SECTIONS
     _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .ARM.extab :
   {
     *(.ARM.extab*)
   } >flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
   .ARM.exidx :
   {
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ SECTIONS
   } >flash
   __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .data :
   {
     _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/sram.ld b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/sram.ld
index e8f8b432fb4..8888c05a4da 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/sram.ld
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k146evb/scripts/sram.ld
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ SECTIONS
     _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > sram
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .init_section :
   {
     _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -81,13 +80,11 @@ SECTIONS
     _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > sram
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .ARM.extab :
   {
     *(.ARM.extab*)
   } >sram
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
   .ARM.exidx :
   {
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ SECTIONS
   } >sram
   __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .data :
   {
     _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/README.txt b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/README.txt
index f4b81c78be2..3f13e70411a 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/README.txt
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/README.txt
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ Configurations
     nsh:
     ---
       Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at apps/examples/nsh.  Support
-      for builtin applications is enabled, but in the base configuration no
-      builtin applications are selected.
+      for builtin applications is enabled, but in the base configuration but
+      the builtin applications selected is the "Hello, World!" example.
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 0b669c7273c..cb76dd2f999 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 # You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
 # modifications.
 #
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLEBG is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_EXEC is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_EXIT is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_HEXDUMP is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_PS is not set
-# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_XD is not set
+# CONFIG_ARCH_FPU is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_ARGCAT is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDOPT_HEXDUMP is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDPARMS is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="s32k148evb"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_S32K148EVB=y
@@ -19,34 +17,26 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K148=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K14X=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K1XX=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
-CONFIG_BINFMT_DISABLE=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=2988
-CONFIG_DEFAULT_SMALL=y
-CONFIG_DISABLE_MOUNTPOINT=y
-CONFIG_DISABLE_MQUEUE=y
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_LPUART1_RXBUFSIZE=64
 CONFIG_LPUART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_LPUART1_TXBUFSIZE=64
-CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=8
+CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=16
 CONFIG_MAX_WDOGPARMS=2
-CONFIG_MM_SMALL=y
 CONFIG_MOTOROLA_SREC=y
-CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=6
-CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=6
-CONFIG_NPTHREAD_KEYS=0
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_CD=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_CP=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_MKDIR=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_MOUNT=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_RM=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_RMDIR=y
-CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_UMOUNT=y
-CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=64
-CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN=80
-CONFIG_NUNGET_CHARS=0
-CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=0
-CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=4
-CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT=1536
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=8
+CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=8
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
+CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=4
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=16
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=23552
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x1ffffc00
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
@@ -59,8 +49,5 @@ CONFIG_START_YEAR=2019
 CONFIG_STDIO_DISABLE_BUFFERING=y
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
-CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE=0
-CONFIG_TASK_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=1536
-CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE=1536
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
-CONFIG_WDOG_INTRESERVE=0
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/flash.ld b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/flash.ld
index 6edc1a916b2..bc8f305440d 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/flash.ld
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/flash.ld
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     _stext = ABSOLUTE(.);
     *(.vectors)
+    . = 0x0000410;    /* Skip over flash configuration field */
     *(.text .text.*)
     *(.fixup)
     *(.gnu.warning)
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ SECTIONS
     _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .init_section :
   {
     _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ SECTIONS
     _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .ARM.extab :
   {
     *(.ARM.extab*)
   } >flash
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
   .ARM.exidx :
   {
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ SECTIONS
   } >flash
   __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .data :
   {
     _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/sram.ld b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/sram.ld
index 5c023cfb627..f2f1b07115b 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/sram.ld
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/s32k148evb/scripts/sram.ld
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ SECTIONS
     _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > sram
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .init_section :
   {
     _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
@@ -81,13 +80,11 @@ SECTIONS
     _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > sram
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .ARM.extab :
   {
     *(.ARM.extab*)
   } >sram
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   __exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
   .ARM.exidx :
   {
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ SECTIONS
   } >sram
   __exidx_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
-  . = ALIGN(4);
   .data :
   {
     _sdata = ABSOLUTE(.);