diff --git a/subsys/tracing/Kconfig b/subsys/tracing/Kconfig
index 20b51627782..21ea8308ac9 100644
--- a/subsys/tracing/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/tracing/Kconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ if TRACING
 
 choice
 	prompt "Tracing Format"
-	default TRACING_CTF
+	default TRACING_NONE
+
+config TRACING_NONE
+	bool "No tracing format selected"
+	help
+	  None of the available tracing formats is selected.
 
 config SEGGER_SYSTEMVIEW
 	bool "Segger SystemView support"
@@ -34,10 +39,18 @@ config TRACING_SYSTEMVIEW
 
 config TRACING_CTF
 	bool "Tracing via Common Trace Format support"
-
 	help
 	  Enable tracing to a Common Trace Format stream.
 
+config TRACING_CPU_STATS
+	bool "Enable CPU usage tracing"
+	help
+	  Module provides information about percent of CPU usage based on
+	  tracing hooks for threads switching in and out, interrupts enters
+	  and exits (only distinguishes between idle thread, non idle thread
+	  and scheduler). Use provided API or enable automatic logging to
+	  get values.
+
 config TRACING_TEST
 	bool "Tracing for test usage"
 	help
@@ -55,6 +68,19 @@ config TRACING_CTF_TIMESTAMP
 	  Timestamp prefix will be added to the beginning of CTF
 	  event internally.
 
+config TRACING_CPU_STATS_LOG
+	bool "Enable current CPU usage logging"
+	depends on TRACING_CPU_STATS
+	help
+	  Periodically displays information about CPU usage.
+
+config TRACING_CPU_STATS_INTERVAL
+	int "Logging interval for CPU measurements [ms]"
+	default 2000
+	depends on TRACING_CPU_STATS_LOG
+	help
+	  Time period of displaying information about CPU usage.
+
 
 choice
 	prompt "Tracing Method"
@@ -175,28 +201,4 @@ config TRACING_ISR
 
 endif
 
-config TRACING_CPU_STATS
-	bool "Enable CPU usage tracing"
-	select TRACING
-	help
-	  Module provides information about percent of CPU usage based on
-	  tracing hooks for threads switching in and out, interrupts enters
-	  and exits (only distinguishes between idle thread, non idle thread
-	  and scheduler). Use provided API or enable automatic logging to
-	  get values.
-
-config TRACING_CPU_STATS_LOG
-	bool "Enable current CPU usage logging"
-	depends on TRACING_CPU_STATS
-	help
-	  Periodically displays information about CPU usage.
-
-config TRACING_CPU_STATS_INTERVAL
-	int "Logging interval for CPU measurements [ms]"
-	default 2000
-	depends on TRACING_CPU_STATS_LOG
-	help
-	  Time period of displaying information about CPU usage.
-
-
 source "subsys/tracing/sysview/Kconfig"