diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk
index 143910318d..ab6c4ed99d 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ LONGINT_IMPL = NONE
 CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD = 0
 
 SUPEROPT_GC = 0
+SUPEROPT_VM = 0
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk
index 0345417a98..e1c0f4b9a7 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(TRANSLATION), de_DE)
 RELEASE_NEEDS_CLEAN_BUILD = 1
 CFLAGS_INLINE_LIMIT = 35
+SUPEROPT_VM = 0
 endif