diff --git a/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_1M/mpconfigboard.h b/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_1M/mpconfigboard.h
index 10e8adcda7..cf5127686c 100644
--- a/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_1M/mpconfigboard.h
+++ b/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_1M/mpconfigboard.h
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
 #define MICROPY_VFS                     (1)
 
 #define MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS             (0)
+#define MICROPY_PY_REVERSE_SPECIAL_METHODS (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UASYNCIO             (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UCRYPTOLIB           (1)
diff --git a/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_512K/mpconfigboard.h b/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_512K/mpconfigboard.h
index ef37e22fb6..b0adb7081c 100644
--- a/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_512K/mpconfigboard.h
+++ b/ports/esp8266/boards/GENERIC_512K/mpconfigboard.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS             (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_SLICE_ATTRS (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_ALL_SPECIAL_METHODS  (0)
+#define MICROPY_PY_REVERSE_SPECIAL_METHODS (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_STDIO_BUFFER     (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UASYNCIO             (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_URE_SUB              (0)
diff --git a/ports/esp8266/mpconfigport.h b/ports/esp8266/mpconfigport.h
index c78ae3ce0b..7727f7845a 100644
--- a/ports/esp8266/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/esp8266/mpconfigport.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_PARTITION       (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_SPLITLINES      (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_SLICE_INDICES       (0)
-#define MICROPY_PY_REVERSE_SPECIAL_METHODS      (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_COMPILE             (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_EXECFILE            (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_NOTIMPLEMENTED      (0)