diff --git a/samples/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf b/samples/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf
index 3473ae389101ab5..112986420a8a749 100644
--- a/samples/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf
+++ b/samples/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C=y
 # On top of that, the ITS implementation uses the stack for buffers.
 CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=3072
 
+CONFIG_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_FLASH_MAP=y
+CONFIG_NVS=y
+CONFIG_SETTINGS=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_STORAGE=y
diff --git a/samples/psa/persistent_key/overlay-secure_storage.conf b/samples/psa/persistent_key/overlay-secure_storage.conf
index 3473ae389101ab5..112986420a8a749 100644
--- a/samples/psa/persistent_key/overlay-secure_storage.conf
+++ b/samples/psa/persistent_key/overlay-secure_storage.conf
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C=y
 # On top of that, the ITS implementation uses the stack for buffers.
 CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=3072
 
+CONFIG_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_FLASH_MAP=y
+CONFIG_NVS=y
+CONFIG_SETTINGS=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_STORAGE=y
diff --git a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig
index 11e78a7dbd2ce88..86c589e81a4ffb8 100644
--- a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ endif
 
 menuconfig SECURE_STORAGE_ITS_STORE_MODULE
 	bool "ITS store module"
-	imply FLASH # for FLASH_HAS_DRIVER_ENABLED
 	help
 	  The module that handles the storage/retrieval of the ITS data to/from NVM.
 	  Zephyr's ITS implementation calls into it.
diff --git a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store
index 9e4d9b650205931..da9f2999ec195a1 100644
--- a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store
+++ b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ config SECURE_STORAGE_ITS_STORE_IMPLEMENTATION_SETTINGS
 	depends on FLASH_HAS_DRIVER_ENABLED \
 		&& $(dt_path_enabled,$(DT_STORAGE_PARTITION)) \
 		&& $(dt_node_has_compat,$(dt_node_parent,$(DT_STORAGE_PARTITION)),fixed-partitions)
-	imply FLASH_MAP
-	imply NVS
-	select SETTINGS
+	depends on SETTINGS
 
 config SECURE_STORAGE_ITS_STORE_IMPLEMENTATION_NONE
 	bool "No ITS store module implementation"
diff --git a/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/crypto/overlay-secure_storage.conf b/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/crypto/overlay-secure_storage.conf
index e076008277b6641..b9320c450cd565f 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/crypto/overlay-secure_storage.conf
+++ b/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/crypto/overlay-secure_storage.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ CONFIG_TIMER_RANDOM_GENERATOR=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_LIBC_MALLOC_ARENA_SIZE=2048
 CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C=y
 
+CONFIG_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_FLASH_MAP=y
+CONFIG_NVS=y
+CONFIG_SETTINGS=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_STORAGE=y
 # For testing isolation between the different callers of the ITS.
 CONFIG_SECURE_STORAGE_PS_IMPLEMENTATION_ITS=y
diff --git a/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf b/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf
index 3ca9fdabcf25eb1..db6285b525ac366 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf
+++ b/tests/subsys/secure_storage/psa/its/overlay-secure_storage.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 CONFIG_ZTEST_STACK_SIZE=3072
 CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=2048
 
+CONFIG_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_FLASH_MAP=y
+CONFIG_NVS=y
+CONFIG_SETTINGS=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_STORAGE=y