diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_versatile_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_versatile_defconfig
index 280c313407..6dc212397c 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm_versatile_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm_versatile_defconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # Image
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/qemu/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="$(BR2_DEFCONFIG)"
-# Qemu >= 5.1 requires SD card size to be a power of 2, e.g. 64 MiB.
-BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="64M"
 
 # Linux headers same as kernel, a 5.4 series
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_4=y