diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7mini/init/rc.board_defaults b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7mini/init/rc.board_defaults
index f9562dba85..307c29d763 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7mini/init/rc.board_defaults
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7mini/init/rc.board_defaults
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ param set-default CBRK_BUZZER 782090
 
 param set-default IMU_GYRO_RATEMAX 2000
 
+# Ignore that there is no SD card
+param set-default COM_ARM_SDCARD 0
+
 # W25N NAND flash with littlefs (128 MB): small log file size so we can keep
 # a few recent logs. Default SDLOG_ROTATE=90 keeps at least 10% free during
 # writing (no bad block management yet, so avoid hammering the flash near full).