diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf54l09pdk/nrf54l09pdk_nrf54l09_cpuapp_defconfig b/boards/nordic/nrf54l09pdk/nrf54l09pdk_nrf54l09_cpuapp_defconfig
index 02796a1361e..80996ce11ad 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf54l09pdk/nrf54l09pdk_nrf54l09_cpuapp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf54l09pdk/nrf54l09pdk_nrf54l09_cpuapp_defconfig
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@ CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable hardware stack protection
 CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION=y
-
-# MPU-based null-pointer dereferencing detection cannot
-# be applied as the (0x0 - 0x400) is unmapped for this target.
-CONFIG_NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION_NONE=y
-
-# Enable Cache
-CONFIG_CACHE_MANAGEMENT=y
-CONFIG_EXTERNAL_CACHE=y
-
-# Start SYSCOUNTER on driver init
-CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER=y
diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l05_cpuapp_defconfig b/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l05_cpuapp_defconfig
index 02796a1361e..80996ce11ad 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l05_cpuapp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l05_cpuapp_defconfig
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@ CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable hardware stack protection
 CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION=y
-
-# MPU-based null-pointer dereferencing detection cannot
-# be applied as the (0x0 - 0x400) is unmapped for this target.
-CONFIG_NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION_NONE=y
-
-# Enable Cache
-CONFIG_CACHE_MANAGEMENT=y
-CONFIG_EXTERNAL_CACHE=y
-
-# Start SYSCOUNTER on driver init
-CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER=y
diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l10_cpuapp_defconfig b/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l10_cpuapp_defconfig
index 02796a1361e..80996ce11ad 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l10_cpuapp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l10_cpuapp_defconfig
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@ CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable hardware stack protection
 CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION=y
-
-# MPU-based null-pointer dereferencing detection cannot
-# be applied as the (0x0 - 0x400) is unmapped for this target.
-CONFIG_NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION_NONE=y
-
-# Enable Cache
-CONFIG_CACHE_MANAGEMENT=y
-CONFIG_EXTERNAL_CACHE=y
-
-# Start SYSCOUNTER on driver init
-CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER=y
diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l15_cpuapp_defconfig b/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l15_cpuapp_defconfig
index 02796a1361e..80996ce11ad 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l15_cpuapp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15dk_nrf54l15_cpuapp_defconfig
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@ CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable hardware stack protection
 CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION=y
-
-# MPU-based null-pointer dereferencing detection cannot
-# be applied as the (0x0 - 0x400) is unmapped for this target.
-CONFIG_NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION_NONE=y
-
-# Enable Cache
-CONFIG_CACHE_MANAGEMENT=y
-CONFIG_EXTERNAL_CACHE=y
-
-# Start SYSCOUNTER on driver init
-CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER=y
diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf54l20pdk/nrf54l20pdk_nrf54l20_cpuapp_defconfig b/boards/nordic/nrf54l20pdk/nrf54l20pdk_nrf54l20_cpuapp_defconfig
index 02796a1361e..80996ce11ad 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf54l20pdk/nrf54l20pdk_nrf54l20_cpuapp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf54l20pdk/nrf54l20pdk_nrf54l20_cpuapp_defconfig
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@ CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable hardware stack protection
 CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION=y
-
-# MPU-based null-pointer dereferencing detection cannot
-# be applied as the (0x0 - 0x400) is unmapped for this target.
-CONFIG_NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION_NONE=y
-
-# Enable Cache
-CONFIG_CACHE_MANAGEMENT=y
-CONFIG_EXTERNAL_CACHE=y
-
-# Start SYSCOUNTER on driver init
-CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER=y
diff --git a/soc/nordic/nrf54l/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/nordic/nrf54l/Kconfig.defconfig
index b6ba2a07a87..03a93d4cda8 100644
--- a/soc/nordic/nrf54l/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/nordic/nrf54l/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -12,9 +12,26 @@ if ARM
 config CORTEX_M_SYSTICK
 	default !NRF_GRTC_TIMER
 
+# Start SYSCOUNTER on driver init
+config NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER
+	default NRF_GRTC_TIMER
+
 config CACHE_NRF_CACHE
 	default y if EXTERNAL_CACHE
 
+config CACHE_MANAGEMENT
+	default y
+
+choice CACHE_TYPE
+	default EXTERNAL_CACHE
+endchoice
+
+# MPU-based null-pointer dereferencing detection cannot
+# be applied as the (0x0 - 0x400) is unmapped for this target.
+choice NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION
+	default NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION_DETECTION_NONE
+endchoice
+
 endif # ARM
 
 if RISCV