diff --git a/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
index e34739c0f3..704881b3c4 100644
--- a/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_RTC = 1
 CIRCUITPY_TOUCHIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_ULAB = 0
 CIRCUITPY_WATCHDOG = 1
+CIRCUITPY_BUSDEVICE = 0
 
 # Enable micropython.native
 #CIRCUITPY_ENABLE_MPY_NATIVE = 1