diff --git a/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c b/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c
index 6745c496d5..a0c2b915fa 100644
--- a/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c
+++ b/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ static void make_empty_file(FATFS *fatfs, const char *path) {
 
 
 static void make_sample_code_file(FATFS *fatfs) {
-    #if CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD == 0
-    make_empty_file(fatfs, "/code.py");
-
-    #else
+    #if CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD == 1
     FIL fs;
     UINT char_written = 0;
     const byte buffer[] = "print('Hello World!')\n";