diff --git a/soc/arm/silabs_exx32/efr32bg22/Kconfig.defconfig.efr32bg22 b/soc/arm/silabs_exx32/efr32bg22/Kconfig.defconfig.efr32bg22
index 4b9da4d5fa9..80c9904a1a2 100644
--- a/soc/arm/silabs_exx32/efr32bg22/Kconfig.defconfig.efr32bg22
+++ b/soc/arm/silabs_exx32/efr32bg22/Kconfig.defconfig.efr32bg22
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 config GPIO_GECKO
 	default y
 
-config I2C_GECKO
-	default n
-
 config SOC_FLASH_GECKO
 	default n