diff --git a/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace15_mtpm.conf b/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace15_mtpm.conf
index 0348c9da5aa9..ed4c0f596d19 100644
--- a/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace15_mtpm.conf
+++ b/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace15_mtpm.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CONFIG_IPC4_BASE_FW_INTEL=y
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC=y
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC_IPC4_FULL_MATRIX=y
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC_LITE=y
-CONFIG_COMP_DRC=y
+CONFIG_COMP_DRC=m
 CONFIG_COMP_CROSSOVER=y
 CONFIG_COMP_MULTIBAND_DRC=y
 
diff --git a/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace20_lnl.conf b/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace20_lnl.conf
index 42dea6d096ee..7fdd37ab63c4 100644
--- a/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace20_lnl.conf
+++ b/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace20_lnl.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CONFIG_IPC4_BASE_FW_INTEL=y
 
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC=y
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC_IPC4_FULL_MATRIX=y
-CONFIG_COMP_DRC=y
+CONFIG_COMP_DRC=m
 
 # power settings
 CONFIG_PM=y