diff --git a/boards/snps/hsdk/hsdk_arc_hsdk_2cores_defconfig b/boards/snps/hsdk/hsdk_arc_hsdk_2cores_defconfig
index 711d759a8fd..bc0a91f60be 100644
--- a/boards/snps/hsdk/hsdk_arc_hsdk_2cores_defconfig
+++ b/boards/snps/hsdk/hsdk_arc_hsdk_2cores_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_ARCV2_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL=y
-CONFIG_UART_INTERRUPT_DRIVEN=y
-CONFIG_ARC_MPU_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS=2