diff --git a/boards/ark/can-gps/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig b/boards/ark/can-gps/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig
index fed3c49605..bb7562c63e 100644
--- a/boards/ark/can-gps/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/ark/can-gps/nuttx-config/nsh/defconfig
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ CONFIG_PRIORITY_INHERITANCE=y
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST=y
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_MIN=512
 CONFIG_RAMTRON_SETSPEED=y
-CONFIG_RAMTRON_WRITEWAIT=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=262144
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y