diff --git a/plat/intel/soc/n5x/platform.mk b/plat/intel/soc/n5x/platform.mk
index f139848..722694d 100644
--- a/plat/intel/soc/n5x/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/intel/soc/n5x/platform.mk
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@
 BL2_AT_EL3			:= 1
 BL2_INV_DCACHE			:= 0
 MULTI_CONSOLE_API		:= 1
+SIMICS_BUILD			:= 0
 USE_COHERENT_MEM		:= 1