diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/libcxxtest/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/libcxxtest/defconfig
index 0b52f2b1488..86df52f1db1 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/libcxxtest/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/libcxxtest/defconfig
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_IOB_NOTIFIER=y
 CONFIG_LIBCXX=y
+CONFIG_LIBCXXABI=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_LOCALE=y
diff --git a/libs/libxx/Kconfig b/libs/libxx/Kconfig
index 2706720a71e..62618e15bb6 100644
--- a/libs/libxx/Kconfig
+++ b/libs/libxx/Kconfig
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ if !LIBCXXMINI
 
 choice
 	prompt "C++ low level library select"
-	default LIBCXXABI if ARCH_SIM && HOST_MACOS
 	default LIBSUPCXX_TOOLCHAIN
 
 config LIBCXXABI