diff --git a/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig b/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
index 427ea47387..f47700f4ab 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE=y
 
 # Bootloader
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
-BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_USE_PLAT=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="qemu/virt"
 
 # host-qemu for gitlab testing
diff --git a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
index 2125324aff..659a6046ed 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE=y
 
 # Bootloader
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
-BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_USE_PLAT=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="qemu/virt"
 
 # host-qemu for gitlab testing