diff --git a/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Kconfig
index 5d297dabc2..d7fd1a5a4c 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	select BOARD_ROMSIZE_KB_16384	# Birman actually has a 32MiB ROM
 	select EC_ACPI
 	select SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_USE_ESPI if !SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_SIMNOW_BUILD
-	select AMD_SOC_CONSOLE_UART if !SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_SIMNOW_BUILD
 	select DRIVERS_PCIE_RTD3_DEVICE
 	select MAINBOARD_HAS_CHROMEOS
 	select PCIEXP_ASPM
@@ -48,6 +47,9 @@ config BIRMAN_MCHP_SIG_FILE
 	  The first 4 bytes form a pointer (with CRC) to where the EC firmware
 	  is located
 
+config AMD_SOC_CONSOLE_UART
+	default y if !SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_SIMNOW_BUILD
+
 config BIRMAN_MCHP_FW_FILE
 	string "Microchip EC firmware file"
 	depends on BIRMAN_HAVE_MCHP_FW