diff --git a/ports/espressif/mpconfigport.mk b/ports/espressif/mpconfigport.mk
index e935f3057dcf4..da32d33d4a730 100644
--- a/ports/espressif/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/ports/espressif/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_ESPULP ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_FRAMEBUFFERIO ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_FREQUENCYIO ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_HASHLIB ?= 1
-CIRCUITPY_I2CTARGET ?= 1
+CIRCUITPY_I2CTARGET ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_IMAGECAPTURE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_MEMORYMAP ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_NVM ?= 1