diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkr1300/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkr1300/mpconfigboard.mk
index d31d1f54a4..36d463697d 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkr1300/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkr1300/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ INTERNAL_FLASH_FILESYSTEM = 1
 LONGINT_IMPL = NONE
 CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD = 0
 SUPEROPT_GC = 0
+SUPEROPT_VM = 0