diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 209feb89e..18359db9a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ programmer = {
     'groups'  : [ group_jlink, group_external ],
     'srcs'    : files('jlink_spi.c'),
     'flags'   : [ '-DCONFIG_JLINK_SPI=1' ],
-    'default' : false,
   },
   'linux_mtd' : {
     'systems' : [ 'linux' ],