diff --git a/boards/avr/atmega/arduino-mega2560/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/avr/atmega/arduino-mega2560/configs/nsh/defconfig
index aa65a6a660..31e836a0b2 100644
--- a/boards/avr/atmega/arduino-mega2560/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/avr/atmega/arduino-mega2560/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ CONFIG_DISABLE_MOUNTPOINT=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=128
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=768
-CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS_PER_BLOCK=4
 CONFIG_NUNGET_CHARS=0
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=768