diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig
index 116286227b..a65ae674d8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_FANCY_PROMPT=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_WINCH is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_ASK_TERMINAL is not set
 # CONFIG_LOCALE_SUPPORT is not set
-CONFIG_UNICODE_SUPPORT=y
+# CONFIG_UNICODE_SUPPORT is not set
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_USING_LOCALE is not set
-CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_UNICODE_IN_ENV=y
-CONFIG_SUBST_WCHAR=63
-CONFIG_LAST_SUPPORTED_WCHAR=767
-CONFIG_UNICODE_COMBINING_WCHARS=y
-CONFIG_UNICODE_WIDE_WCHARS=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_UNICODE_IN_ENV is not set
+CONFIG_SUBST_WCHAR=0
+CONFIG_LAST_SUPPORTED_WCHAR=0
+# CONFIG_UNICODE_COMBINING_WCHARS is not set
+# CONFIG_UNICODE_WIDE_WCHARS is not set
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_BIDI_SUPPORT is not set
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_NEUTRAL_TABLE is not set
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_PRESERVE_BROKEN is not set