diff --git a/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/project_include/OpenThreadConfig.h b/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/project_include/OpenThreadConfig.h
index 5ea4dc62bdc2ac..e563f31d638b40 100644
--- a/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/project_include/OpenThreadConfig.h
+++ b/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/project_include/OpenThreadConfig.h
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@
 
 #define OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_DETERMINISTIC_ECDSA_ENABLE 0
 
-// Enabling this config temporarly to fix a build issue until
-// official fix is pushed
-#define OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_CSL_RECEIVER_ENABLE 1
-
 // Use the SiLabs-supplied default platform configuration for remainder
 // of OpenThread config options.
 //
diff --git a/third_party/silabs/efr32_sdk.gni b/third_party/silabs/efr32_sdk.gni
index 66177a7bea5936..e928870cc7fba6 100644
--- a/third_party/silabs/efr32_sdk.gni
+++ b/third_party/silabs/efr32_sdk.gni
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@ template("efr32_sdk") {
       #"__STACK_SIZE=0",
     ]
 
+    if (!(use_silabs_thread_lib || use_silabs_thread_lib)) {
+      #Enabling this config temporarly to fix a build issue until
+      #official fix is pushed
+
+      defines += [ "OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_CSL_RECEIVER_ENABLE=1" ]
+    }
+
     # Temporary configuration to enable COAP specific configurations
     if (use_thread_coap_lib) {
       defines += [ "SL_USE_COAP_CONFIG=1" ]