diff --git a/config/efr32/lib/pw_rpc/pw_rpc.gni b/config/efr32/lib/pw_rpc/pw_rpc.gni
index 29b571dc9f24f0..b0ef83d19dabd6 100644
--- a/config/efr32/lib/pw_rpc/pw_rpc.gni
+++ b/config/efr32/lib/pw_rpc/pw_rpc.gni
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ pw_log_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_log_basic"
 pw_assert_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_assert_log"
 pw_sys_io_BACKEND =
     "${chip_root}/examples/platform/efr32/pw_sys_io:pw_sys_io_efr32"
-pw_trace_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_trace_tokenized"
 
 pw_build_LINK_DEPS = [
   "$dir_pw_assert:impl",
diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/efr32/with_pw_rpc.gni b/examples/lighting-app/efr32/with_pw_rpc.gni
index 4fe28822d4adb5..c705b92b12f6fd 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/efr32/with_pw_rpc.gni
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/efr32/with_pw_rpc.gni
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ chip_enable_openthread = true
 chip_build_pw_trace_lib = true
 
 cpp_standard = "gnu++17"
+
+# Light app on EFR enables tracing server
+pw_trace_BACKEND = "$dir_pw_trace_tokenized"