diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52832-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52832-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig
index dbc02cf8e03..1f39e0380e0 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52832-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52832-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # CONFIG_ARCH_FPU is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_IPv4 is not set
+# CONFIG_NIMBLE_PORTING_EXAMPLE is not set
 # CONFIG_WIRELESS_BLUETOOTH_HOST is not set
 CONFIG_ALLOW_BSDNORDIC_COMPONENTS=y
 CONFIG_ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS=y
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=5500
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NIMBLE=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_NETDEV_LATEINIT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_NIMBLE=y
+CONFIG_NIMBLE_ROLE_PERIPHERAL=y
 CONFIG_NRF52_SOFTDEVICE_CONTROLLER=y
 CONFIG_NRF52_UART0=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52840-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52840-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig
index 2b0c8ca10ba..055a582d4d2 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52840-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf52/nrf52840-dk/configs/sdc_nimble/defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # CONFIG_ARCH_FPU is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_IPv4 is not set
+# CONFIG_NIMBLE_PORTING_EXAMPLE is not set
 # CONFIG_WIRELESS_BLUETOOTH_HOST is not set
 CONFIG_ALLOW_BSDNORDIC_COMPONENTS=y
 CONFIG_ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS=y
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=5500
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NIMBLE=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_NETDEV_LATEINIT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_NIMBLE=y
+CONFIG_NIMBLE_ROLE_PERIPHERAL=y
 CONFIG_NRF52_SOFTDEVICE_CONTROLLER=y
 CONFIG_NRF52_UART0=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/sdc_nimble_cpunet/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/sdc_nimble_cpunet/defconfig
index 5e350bb0b2f..2ad5138884c 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/sdc_nimble_cpunet/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/configs/sdc_nimble_cpunet/defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # CONFIG_DISABLE_PTHREAD is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_IPv4 is not set
+# CONFIG_NIMBLE_PORTING_EXAMPLE is not set
 # CONFIG_NRF53_SDC_DLE is not set
 # CONFIG_NRF53_SDC_LE_2M_PHY is not set
 # CONFIG_NRF53_SDC_SCANNING is not set
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARDCTL_MKRD=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=5500
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_SMALL=y
 CONFIG_DISABLE_MQUEUE_SYSV=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NIMBLE=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_FILE_STREAM=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nimble_main"
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ CONFIG_NETUTILS_NETINIT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_NET_PREALLOC_DEVIF_CALLBACKS=16
 CONFIG_NIMBLE=y
+CONFIG_NIMBLE_ROLE_PERIPHERAL=y
 CONFIG_NRF53_SOFTDEVICE_CONTROLLER=y
 CONFIG_NRF53_UART0=y
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_IRQ_MSGS=8
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32wb/nucleo-wb55rg/configs/nimble/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32wb/nucleo-wb55rg/configs/nimble/defconfig
index d674a490e4e..37c21842b13 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32wb/nucleo-wb55rg/configs/nimble/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32wb/nucleo-wb55rg/configs/nimble/defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # modifications.
 #
 # CONFIG_NET_IPv4 is not set
+# CONFIG_NIMBLE_PORTING_EXAMPLE is not set
 # CONFIG_WIRELESS_BLUETOOTH_HOST is not set
 CONFIG_ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_WIRELESS=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NIMBLE=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_NET_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS=y
 CONFIG_NIMBLE=y
+CONFIG_NIMBLE_ROLE_PERIPHERAL=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nimble/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nimble/defconfig
index 2a9364fa160..0a1cc0045a5 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nimble/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nimble/defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # CONFIG_NDEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
 # CONFIG_NET_IPv4 is not set
+# CONFIG_NIMBLE_PORTING_EXAMPLE is not set
 # CONFIG_NSH_CMDOPT_HEXDUMP is not set
 # CONFIG_WIRELESS_BLUETOOTH_HOST is not set
 CONFIG_ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS=y
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_WIRELESS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NIMBLE=y
 CONFIG_FAT_LCNAMES=y
 CONFIG_FAT_LFN=y
 CONFIG_FSUTILS_PASSWD=y
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ CONFIG_NETINIT_NETLOCAL=y
 CONFIG_NET_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS=y
 CONFIG_NIMBLE=y
+CONFIG_NIMBLE_ROLE_PERIPHERAL=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHROMFS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y