diff --git a/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
index 342d1ca39d..e71ada1de6 100644
--- a/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ CIRCUITPY_ROTARYIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_RTC = 1
 CIRCUITPY_TOUCHIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_ULAB = 0
-CIRCUITPY_USB_HID = 0
 
 # Enable micropython.native
 #CIRCUITPY_ENABLE_MPY_NATIVE = 1