diff --git a/src/platform/EFR32/efr32-chip-mbedtls-config.h b/src/platform/EFR32/efr32-chip-mbedtls-config.h
index f0e88347011007..b3f2a76704d711 100644
--- a/src/platform/EFR32/efr32-chip-mbedtls-config.h
+++ b/src/platform/EFR32/efr32-chip-mbedtls-config.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include "em_device.h"
 #include "em_se.h"
 
-#define SL_CATALOG_FREERTOS_KERNEL_PRESENT
-
 /**
  * Enable H Crypto and Entropy modules
  */
diff --git a/third_party/efr32_sdk/efr32_sdk.gni b/third_party/efr32_sdk/efr32_sdk.gni
index c4a37d7bbebb40..be6877976e479c 100644
--- a/third_party/efr32_sdk/efr32_sdk.gni
+++ b/third_party/efr32_sdk/efr32_sdk.gni
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ template("efr32_sdk") {
       "CHIP_KVS_BASE_SECTOR_INDEX=((FLASH_SIZE/FLASH_PAGE_SIZE)-(CHIP_KVS_SECTOR_COUNT))",
       "CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_THREAD_ENABLE_CLI=1",
       "__HEAP_SIZE=0",
+      "SL_CATALOG_FREERTOS_KERNEL_PRESENT=1",
 
       #"__STACK_SIZE=0",
     ]