diff --git a/tests/arch/arm/arm_irq_vector_table/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay b/tests/arch/arm/arm_irq_vector_table/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb5b279d9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/arch/arm/arm_irq_vector_table/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/* The test is setting up a custom interrupt table which only allows a very
+		 * limited number of platform IRQs and that is not the "standard" table generated
+		 * by CONFIG_GEN_ISR_TABLES. The problem is that NRF5 entropy driver would enable
+		 * an IRQ which is not in this list, therefore causing a runtime crash in the
+		 * test. As a consequence we need to disable this driver.
+		 */
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/kernel/context/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay b/tests/kernel/context/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/context/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/kernel/context/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay b/tests/kernel/context/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/context/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay b/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay b/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay b/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/sched/deadline/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay b/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/nrf52_bsim_native.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay b/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/nrf5340bsim_nrf5340_cpunet.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay b/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84e1f86f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/p4workq/boards/qemu_cortex_m0_nrf51822.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		/delete-property/ zephyr,entropy;
+	};
+};