diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig
index 86b3708f72c..bdf53f21f99 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ CONFIG_ESP32_WIFI=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_WIFI_BT_COEXIST=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_WIFI_SAVE_PARAM=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLE_POWER_SAVE_MIN_MODEM=y
-CONFIG_FS_LARGEFILE=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_SPIFFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
diff --git a/fs/spiffs/Kconfig b/fs/spiffs/Kconfig
index c9929d1a3e8..a3e95096053 100644
--- a/fs/spiffs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/spiffs/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config FS_SPIFFS
 	bool "SPIFFS File System"
 	default n
 	depends on !DISABLE_MOUNTPOINT && ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS
+	select FS_LARGEFILE
 	---help---
 		Build the SPIFFS file system.  This is a port of version 0.3.7 of
 		the SPIFFS file system by  Peter Andersson.  It was originally