diff --git a/prj.conf b/prj.conf
index 8db10831..7d2101da 100644
--- a/prj.conf
+++ b/prj.conf
@@ -108,7 +108,5 @@ CONFIG_LOCATION_LOG_LEVEL_WRN=y
 
 # Default cloud transport service
 CONFIG_NRF_CLOUD_MQTT=y
-CONFIG_NRF_CLOUD_SEND_DEVICE_STATUS_SIM=y
-CONFIG_NRF_CLOUD_DEVICE_STATUS_ENCODE_VOLTAGE=n
 CONFIG_HW_ID_LIBRARY=y
 CONFIG_HW_ID_LIBRARY_SOURCE_IMEI=y
diff --git a/src/modules/Kconfig.cloud_module b/src/modules/Kconfig.cloud_module
index ada9515b..8a456299 100644
--- a/src/modules/Kconfig.cloud_module
+++ b/src/modules/Kconfig.cloud_module
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ config MQTT_CLEAN_SESSION
 # Kconfig options that are specific to the nRF Cloud MQTT transport service library.
 if NRF_CLOUD_MQTT
 
+config NRF_CLOUD_SEND_DEVICE_STATUS_SIM
+	default y
+
+config NRF_CLOUD_DEVICE_STATUS_ENCODE_VOLTAGE
+	default n
+
 choice NRF_CLOUD_SEND_SOCKET
 	default NRF_CLOUD_SEND_TIMEOUT
 endchoice