diff --git a/configs/ethernut5_defconfig b/configs/ethernut5_defconfig
index 256f652..796b717 100644
--- a/configs/ethernut5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ethernut5_defconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y
 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE=y
 CONFIG_CMD_RARP=y
+CONFIG_SYS_DISABLE_AUTOLOAD=y
 CONFIG_CMD_MII=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_MDIO is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_PING=y