diff --git a/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h b/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
index dd73f61e24..cb389d9a53 100644
--- a/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #ifndef MICROPY_OPT_MAP_LOOKUP_CACHE
 #define MICROPY_OPT_MAP_LOOKUP_CACHE            (1)
 #endif
-#define MICROPY_ENABLE_FINALISER                (1)
 #define MICROPY_STACK_CHECK                     (1)
 #define MICROPY_KBD_EXCEPTION                   (1)
 #define MICROPY_HELPER_REPL                     (1)
@@ -124,6 +123,7 @@
 #ifndef MICROPY_GC_SPLIT_HEAP_N_HEAPS
 #define MICROPY_GC_SPLIT_HEAP_N_HEAPS (1)
 #endif
+#define MICROPY_ENABLE_FINALISER    (1)
 #define MICROPY_MALLOC_USES_ALLOCATED_SIZE (1)
 #define MICROPY_MEM_STATS           (1)
 #define MICROPY_DEBUG_PRINTERS      (1)
diff --git a/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h b/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h
index 2e2c1de0cc..d9d2a6c48e 100644
--- a/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h
+++ b/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 #define MICROPY_ALLOC_PARSE_CHUNK_INIT (64)
 #define MICROPY_ALLOC_PATH_MAX      (PATH_MAX)
 #define MICROPY_ENABLE_GC           (1)
+#define MICROPY_ENABLE_FINALISER    (1)
 #define MICROPY_GC_ALLOC_THRESHOLD  (0)
-#define MICROPY_ENABLE_FINALISER    (0)
 #define MICROPY_STACK_CHECK         (0)
 #define MICROPY_COMP_CONST          (0)
 #define MICROPY_MEM_STATS           (0)