diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wamr_wasi_debug/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wamr_wasi_debug/defconfig
index b2b7e76dee..92e266cd9b 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wamr_wasi_debug/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wamr_wasi_debug/defconfig
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=4
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
-CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_SOFTLINKS=y
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=114688
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000