diff --git a/tools/gen_usb_descriptor.py b/tools/gen_usb_descriptor.py
index 89bb8a8177..9c4efaca3d 100644
--- a/tools/gen_usb_descriptor.py
+++ b/tools/gen_usb_descriptor.py
@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ configuration = standard.ConfigurationDescriptor(
         standard.ConfigurationDescriptor.bLength + sum([len(bytes(x)) for x in descriptor_list])
     ),
     bNumInterfaces=len(interfaces),
+    # bus powered (bit 6), remote wakeup (bit 5),
+    # bit 7 is always 1 and 0-4 are always 0
+    # Turn off remote wakeup until we handle it in CircuitPython.
+    bmAttributes=0x80,
+
 )
 descriptor_list.insert(0, configuration)