diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_nano_33_iot/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_nano_33_iot/mpconfigboard.mk
index 7ef2af6ddb..a53261995d 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_nano_33_iot/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_nano_33_iot/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ LONGINT_IMPL = NONE
 CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD = 0
 
 CIRCUITPY_RAINBOWIO = 0
+CIRCUITPY_NVM = 0