diff --git a/boards/x86/minnowboard/minnowboard_defconfig b/boards/x86/minnowboard/minnowboard_defconfig
index 55933a125ea..2e7972f0520 100644
--- a/boards/x86/minnowboard/minnowboard_defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86/minnowboard/minnowboard_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,3 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_UART_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=25000000
-
-# According to INTEL-SA-00115, series E of Atom(tm) processors
-# are affected.
-CONFIG_X86_NO_SPECTRE_V4=n