diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/nucleo-f412zg/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/nucleo-f412zg/configs/nsh/defconfig
index faaa043036b..bb3efa90f2d 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/nucleo-f412zg/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/nucleo-f412zg/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=262144
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_EXIT_KILL_CHILDREN=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y