diff --git a/config/tizen/chip-gn/args.gni b/config/tizen/chip-gn/args.gni
index 3bd4f2592fd5c7..7cd1033eecc268 100644
--- a/config/tizen/chip-gn/args.gni
+++ b/config/tizen/chip-gn/args.gni
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 
 import("//build_overrides/chip.gni")
 
-declare_args() {
-  # Location of the Tizen SDK.
-  tizen_sdk_root = ""
-}
-
 chip_device_platform = "tizen"
 
 chip_build_tests = false
diff --git a/examples/light-switch-app/efr32/args.gni b/examples/light-switch-app/efr32/args.gni
index 1a0052682125a4..96b6262f50b93e 100644
--- a/examples/light-switch-app/efr32/args.gni
+++ b/examples/light-switch-app/efr32/args.gni
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import("${chip_root}/src/platform/EFR32/args.gni")
 
 efr32_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
 
 pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"
diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/bouffalolab/bl602/args.gni b/examples/lighting-app/bouffalolab/bl602/args.gni
index 6ac49b227fe402..ab5fb2b420693f 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/bouffalolab/bl602/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/bouffalolab/bl602/args.gni
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"
 
 chip_enable_openthread = false
-declare_args() {
-  # Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
-  # INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
-  chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
-}
+
+# Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
+# INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
+chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/efr32/args.gni b/examples/lighting-app/efr32/args.gni
index 1a0052682125a4..96b6262f50b93e 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/efr32/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/efr32/args.gni
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import("${chip_root}/src/platform/EFR32/args.gni")
 
 efr32_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
 
 pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"
diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni b/examples/lighting-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
index 8bbd1e952f5ab9..5f4766d8429e64 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import("${chip_root}/examples/platform/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni")
 # SDK target. This is overridden to add our SDK app_config.h & defines.
 k32w0_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-  chip_stack_lock_tracking = "fatal"
-  chip_enable_ble = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
+chip_stack_lock_tracking = "fatal"
+chip_enable_ble = true
diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/qpg/args.gni b/examples/lighting-app/qpg/args.gni
index d62d91402aa283..90189de5731270 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/qpg/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/qpg/args.gni
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ import("${chip_root}/examples/platform/qpg/args.gni")
 
 qpg_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-  chip_openthread_ftd = true
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
+chip_openthread_ftd = true
 
-  # Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
-  # INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
-  chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
-}
+# Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
+# INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
+chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
 
 pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"
diff --git a/examples/lock-app/efr32/args.gni b/examples/lock-app/efr32/args.gni
index a32b60b7164b44..de1a2fd4f0e9f4 100644
--- a/examples/lock-app/efr32/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lock-app/efr32/args.gni
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import("${chip_root}/src/platform/EFR32/args.gni")
 
 efr32_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
 
 chip_enable_openthread = true
 pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
diff --git a/examples/lock-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni b/examples/lock-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
index aac1d79a737a71..2ace8356337891 100644
--- a/examples/lock-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lock-app/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
@@ -18,7 +18,5 @@ import("${chip_root}/examples/platform/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni")
 # SDK target. This is overridden to add our SDK app_config.h & defines.
 k32w0_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_stack_lock_tracking = "fatal"
-  chip_enable_ble = true
-}
+chip_stack_lock_tracking = "fatal"
+chip_enable_ble = true
diff --git a/examples/lock-app/qpg/args.gni b/examples/lock-app/qpg/args.gni
index e6c39ccee5331a..03c7000100c47f 100644
--- a/examples/lock-app/qpg/args.gni
+++ b/examples/lock-app/qpg/args.gni
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ import("${chip_root}/examples/platform/qpg/args.gni")
 
 qpg_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-  chip_openthread_ftd = false
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
+chip_openthread_ftd = false
 
-  # Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
-  # INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
-  chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
-}
+# Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
+# INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
+chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
 
 pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/cyw30739/args.gni b/examples/ota-requestor-app/cyw30739/args.gni
index b56162c2ce097e..28971944353082 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/cyw30739/args.gni
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/cyw30739/args.gni
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ chip_openthread_ftd = true
 chip_progress_logging = false
 chip_error_logging = false
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/efr32/args.gni b/examples/ota-requestor-app/efr32/args.gni
index 6a39a339cf61ea..fde26ca7395bb4 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/efr32/args.gni
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/efr32/args.gni
@@ -27,6 +27,4 @@ chip_openthread_ftd = false
 # Example will not be maintained in the long term and will be depraceted now that OTA is beeing intagrated into our examples
 chip_stack_lock_tracking = "None"
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/args.gni b/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/args.gni
index 511f14b2cbbe7b..87c6eb3c1f59de 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/args.gni
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/args.gni
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ chip_project_config_include_dirs =
     [ "${chip_root}/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/include" ]
 chip_project_config_include_dirs += [ "${chip_root}/config/standalone" ]
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/p6/args.gni b/examples/ota-requestor-app/p6/args.gni
index 43c58836f60ddf..8505c08a26d719 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/p6/args.gni
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/p6/args.gni
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ import("//build_overrides/chip.gni")
 import("//build_overrides/pigweed.gni")
 import("${chip_root}/src/platform/P6/args.gni")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
-}
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = true
 
 p6_target_project =
     get_label_info(":ota_requestor_app_sdk_sources", "label_no_toolchain")
diff --git a/examples/persistent-storage/qpg/args.gni b/examples/persistent-storage/qpg/args.gni
index c798cd33d785fa..68e1d67d9f4230 100644
--- a/examples/persistent-storage/qpg/args.gni
+++ b/examples/persistent-storage/qpg/args.gni
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ chip_with_lwip = true
 
 lwip_debug = false
 
-declare_args() {
-  # Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
-  # INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
-  chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
-}
+# Disable lock tracking, since our FreeRTOS configuration does not set
+# INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder
+chip_stack_lock_tracking = "none"
diff --git a/examples/shell/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni b/examples/shell/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
index 5f68faa6512372..5c0a2522c3d51d 100644
--- a/examples/shell/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
+++ b/examples/shell/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@ import("${chip_root}/src/platform/nxp/k32w/k32w0/args.gni")
 
 k32w0_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  chip_enable_ble = true
-}
+chip_enable_ble = true
diff --git a/examples/window-app/efr32/args.gni b/examples/window-app/efr32/args.gni
index 8db1cfbfb54ef0..4fbeec81fd8e05 100644
--- a/examples/window-app/efr32/args.gni
+++ b/examples/window-app/efr32/args.gni
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ import("${chip_root}/src/platform/EFR32/args.gni")
 
 efr32_sdk_target = get_label_info(":sdk", "label_no_toolchain")
 
-declare_args() {
-  # TODO fix me
-  chip_enable_ota_requestor = false
-}
+# TODO fix me
+chip_enable_ota_requestor = false
 
 pw_log_BACKEND = "${chip_root}/src/lib/support/pw_log_chip"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"