diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/mt6816/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/mt6816/defconfig
index 722c5b12b9f..609bf1e8f07 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/mt6816/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/mt6816/defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="stm32"
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_STM32=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_STM32F407VG=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
-CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=16717
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y