diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/controller_hci_uart/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/bluetooth/controller_hci_uart/sdkconfig.defaults
index 51fe6ac902..16ef072ee7 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/controller_hci_uart/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/controller_hci_uart/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_MODE_BTDM=y
 CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_BLE_MAX_CONN=9
 CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_BR_EDR_MAX_ACL_CONN=7
 CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_BR_EDR_MAX_SYNC_CONN=3
-CONFIG_BLUEDROID_ENABLED=n
-CONFIG_BT_HCI_UART=y
+CONFIG_BT_CONTROLLER_ONLY=y
+CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_HCI_MODE_UART_H4=y
 CONFIG_BT_HCI_UART_NO_DEFAULT=1
 CONFIG_BT_HCI_UART_BAUDRATE_DEFAULT=921600
+CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_MODEM_SLEEP=n