diff --git a/components/esp-tls/Kconfig b/components/esp-tls/Kconfig
index 297a357b6d..8ccd90f53f 100644
--- a/components/esp-tls/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp-tls/Kconfig
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ menu "ESP-TLS"
             with a server which has a fake identity, provided that the server certificate
             is not provided either through API or other mechanism like ca_store etc.
 
-    config ESP_WOLFSSL_SMALL_CERT_VERIFY
-        bool "Enable SMALL_CERT_VERIFY"
-        depends on ESP_TLS_USING_WOLFSSL
-        default y
-        help
-            Enables server verification with Intermediate CA cert, does not authenticate full chain
-            of trust upto the root CA cert (After Enabling this option client only needs to have Intermediate
-            CA certificate of the server to authenticate server, root CA cert is not necessary).
-
     config ESP_DEBUG_WOLFSSL
         bool "Enable debug logs for wolfSSL"
         depends on ESP_TLS_USING_WOLFSSL