diff --git a/configs/efm32-g8xx-stk/nsh/defconfig b/configs/efm32-g8xx-stk/nsh/defconfig
index 4ada1f017a8..fbddb464f2b 100644
--- a/configs/efm32-g8xx-stk/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/efm32-g8xx-stk/nsh/defconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y
 #
 # Build Configuration
 #
-#CONFIG_APPS_DIR="../apps"
+# CONFIG_APPS_DIR="../apps"
 CONFIG_BUILD_FLAT=y
 # CONFIG_BUILD_2PASS is not set
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ CONFIG_DEV_NULL=y
 # CONFIG_SENSORS is not set
 # CONFIG_SERCOMM_CONSOLE is not set
 CONFIG_SERIAL=y
-CONFIG_DEV_LOWCONSOLE=y
+# CONFIG_DEV_LOWCONSOLE is not set
 # CONFIG_16550_UART is not set
 # CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_UART is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_UART0=y
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_UART0=y
 # USART Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_MCU_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_STANDARD_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_UART0_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_NO_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set