diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.ubsan b/lib/Kconfig.ubsan
index 1d4aa7a83b3a..37655f58b855 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.ubsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.ubsan
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ config UBSAN_UNREACHABLE
 
 config UBSAN_SIGNED_WRAP
 	bool "Perform checking for signed arithmetic wrap-around"
-	default UBSAN
 	depends on !COMPILE_TEST
 	# The no_sanitize attribute was introduced in GCC with version 8.
 	depends on !CC_IS_GCC || GCC_VERSION >= 80000