diff --git a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/knsh32/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/knsh32/defconfig
index 75d6d9ab5cf..22406ef884c 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/knsh32/defconfig
+++ b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/knsh32/defconfig
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_USE_S_MODE=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_EXECUTABLE=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=6366
 CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
 CONFIG_ELF=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=m
@@ -58,7 +62,6 @@ CONFIG_INIT_MOUNT_FSTYPE="hostfs"
 CONFIG_INIT_MOUNT_SOURCE=""
 CONFIG_INIT_MOUNT_TARGET="/system"
 CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=3072
-CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_PERROR_STDOUT=y