diff --git a/boards/nxp/fmuk66-e/nuttx-config/socketcan/defconfig b/boards/nxp/fmuk66-e/nuttx-config/socketcan/defconfig
index c5ea415648..4ef6c3549f 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/fmuk66-e/nuttx-config/socketcan/defconfig
+++ b/boards/nxp/fmuk66-e/nuttx-config/socketcan/defconfig
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=50
 CONFIG_PRIORITY_INHERITANCE=y
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_MIN=512
 CONFIG_RAMTRON_SETSPEED=y
-CONFIG_RAMTRON_WRITEWAIT=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=262144
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x1fff0000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y