diff --git a/board/stmicroelectronics/stm32f769-disco/uclibc-fragment.config b/board/stmicroelectronics/stm32f769-disco/uclibc-fragment.config
deleted file mode 100644
index fb8fa9ee01c3..000000000000
--- a/board/stmicroelectronics/stm32f769-disco/uclibc-fragment.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# MALLOC is not set
-MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
diff --git a/configs/stm32f769_disco_sd_defconfig b/configs/stm32f769_disco_sd_defconfig
index 602d3e8018ae..a025bd780270 100644
--- a/configs/stm32f769_disco_sd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f769_disco_sd_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_m7=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_15=y
-BR2_UCLIBC_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="board/stmicroelectronics/stm32f769-disco/uclibc-fragment.config"
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/stmicroelectronics/stm32f769-disco/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/stmicroelectronics/stm32f769-disco/post-build.sh"