diff --git a/config/nrfconnect/chip-module/CMakeLists.txt b/config/nrfconnect/chip-module/CMakeLists.txt
index 269a4c179e7007..43149d2306e3c1 100644
--- a/config/nrfconnect/chip-module/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/config/nrfconnect/chip-module/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,7 +194,10 @@ matter_build(chip
 )
 
 set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY ZEPHYR_INTERFACE_LIBS chip)
+# Enable visibility of POSIX.1-2008 functions, such as strnlen
 target_compile_definitions(chip INTERFACE _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809)
+# Make sure that kernel symbols that are only referenced by the Matter libraries are resolved.
+target_link_libraries(chip INTERFACE $<TARGET_FILE:kernel>)
 
 if (CONFIG_CHIP_MALLOC_SYS_HEAP_OVERRIDE)
     target_link_options(chip INTERFACE
diff --git a/examples/chef/chef.py b/examples/chef/chef.py
index b663a49f495676..7e8de18787458e 100755
--- a/examples/chef/chef.py
+++ b/examples/chef/chef.py
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ def load_config() -> None:
                     "for the vendor's SDK")
         configStream = open(configFile, 'w')
         config["nrfconnect"]["ZEPHYR_BASE"] = os.environ.get('ZEPHYR_BASE')
+        config["nrfconnect"]["ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR"] = os.environ.get(
+            'ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR')
         config["nrfconnect"]["TTY"] = None
         config["esp32"]["IDF_PATH"] = os.environ.get('IDF_PATH')
         config["esp32"]["TTY"] = None
@@ -374,9 +376,6 @@ def main() -> int:
                 flush_print(
                     f"{device_name} in CICD config but not {_DEVICE_FOLDER}!")
                 exit(1)
-            if options.build_target == "nrfconnect":
-                shell.run_cmd(
-                    "export GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=\"$PW_ARM_CIPD_INSTALL_DIR\"")
             shell.run_cmd(f"cd {_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH}")
             command = f"./chef.py -cbr -d {device_name} -t {options.build_target}"
             flush_print(f"Building {command}", with_border=True)
@@ -412,8 +411,6 @@ def main() -> int:
                     command += " ".join(args)
                     flush_print(f"Building {command}", with_border=True)
                     shell.run_cmd(f"cd {_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH}")
-                    shell.run_cmd(
-                        "export GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=\"$PW_ARM_CIPD_INSTALL_DIR\"")
                     try:
                         shell.run_cmd(command)
                     except RuntimeError as build_fail_error:
@@ -469,11 +466,29 @@ def main() -> int:
     elif options.build_target == "nrfconnect":
         if config['nrfconnect']['ZEPHYR_BASE'] is None:
             flush_print(
-                'Path for nrfconnect SDK was not found. Make sure nrfconnect.ZEPHYR_BASE is set on your config.yaml file')
+                'The path for nrfconnect SDK was not found. Make sure nrfconnect.ZEPHYR_BASE is set on your config.yaml file. This is typically <NCS INSTALL PATH>/ncs/vX.X.X/zephyr')
             exit(1)
-        shell.run_cmd(
-            f'source {config["nrfconnect"]["ZEPHYR_BASE"]}/zephyr-env.sh')
-        shell.run_cmd("export ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=gnuarmemb")
+        if config['nrfconnect']['ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR'] is None:
+            flush_print(
+                'The path for nrfconnect toolchain was not found. Make sure nrfconnect.ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR is set on your config.yaml file. This is typically <NCS INSTALL PATH>/ncs/toolchains/vX.X.X/opt/zephyr-sdk')
+            exit(1)
+        zephyr_sdk_dir = config['nrfconnect']['ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR']
+        shell.run_cmd("export ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=zephyr")
+        shell.run_cmd(f"export ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR={zephyr_sdk_dir}")
+        shell.run_cmd(f"export ZEPHYR_BASE={config['nrfconnect']['ZEPHYR_BASE']}")
+        shell.run_cmd(f'source {config["nrfconnect"]["ZEPHYR_BASE"]}/zephyr-env.sh')
+        # QUIRK:
+        # When the Zephyr SDK is installed as a part of the NCS toolchain, the build system will use
+        # build tools from the NCS toolchain, but it will not update the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        # and hence the build will fail. This ideally, should be handled automatically by the NCS
+        # build system but until it is fixed, set the variables manually.
+        ncs_toolchain_dir = os.path.abspath(f"{zephyr_sdk_dir}/../..")
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(ncs_toolchain_dir, 'manifest.json')):
+            shell.run_cmd(f"export PATH=$PATH:{ncs_toolchain_dir}/usr/bin")
+            shell.run_cmd(f"export PATH=$PATH:{ncs_toolchain_dir}/usr/local/bin")
+            shell.run_cmd(f"export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:{ncs_toolchain_dir}/usr/lib")
+            shell.run_cmd(
+                f"export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:{ncs_toolchain_dir}/usr/local/lib")
     elif options.build_target == "linux":
         pass
     elif options.build_target == "silabs-thread":
diff --git a/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt
index 4249001f35a0ec..c813a314a74264 100644
--- a/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ set(CHIP_CFLAGS "${CHIP_CFLAGS} -DCHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_DEVICE_PRODUCT_ID=${CONFIG_
 if(NOT ${CONFIG_DEVICE_PRODUCT_NAME} STREQUAL "")
     set(CHIP_CFLAGS "${CHIP_CFLAGS} -DCHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_DEVICE_PRODUCT_NAME=\"${CONFIG_DEVICE_PRODUCT_NAME}\"")
 endif()
-set(CHIP_CFLAGS "${CHIP_CFLAGS} -DCHIP_PLATFORM_NRFCONNECT=1")
 if(NOT ${CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_DEVICE_SOFTWARE_VERSION_STRING} STREQUAL "")
   set(CHIP_CFLAGS "${CHIP_CFLAGS} -DCHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_DEVICE_SOFTWARE_VERSION_STRING=\"${CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_DEVICE_SOFTWARE_VERSION_STRING}\"")
 endif()
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ target_include_directories(app PRIVATE
                            ${NRFCONNECT_COMMON}/app/include
 )
 
-if (CONFIG_ENABLE_CHIP_SHELL)
+if (CONFIG_CHIP_LIB_SHELL)
   target_sources(app PRIVATE
     ${CHEF}/shell_common/globals.cpp
     ${CHEF}/shell_common/cmd_misc.cpp
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ if (CONFIG_ENABLE_CHIP_SHELL)
   target_include_directories(app PRIVATE
     ${CHEF}/shell_common/include
   )
-endif (CONFIG_ENABLE_CHIP_SHELL)
+endif()
 
 target_sources(app PRIVATE
     ${CHEF}/nrfconnect/main.cpp
diff --git a/examples/chef/nrfconnect/main.cpp b/examples/chef/nrfconnect/main.cpp
index 17e207ead026cc..c4157798567e5b 100644
--- a/examples/chef/nrfconnect/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/chef/nrfconnect/main.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int main()
         ChipLogError(AppServer, "OpenBasicCommissioningWindow() failed");
     }
 
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_CHIP_SHELL || CONFIG_CHIP_LIB_SHELL
+#if CONFIG_CHIP_LIB_SHELL
     int rc = Engine::Root().Init();
     if (rc != 0)
     {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int main()
     cmd_app_server_init();
 #endif
 
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_CHIP_SHELL || CONFIG_CHIP_LIB_SHELL
+#if CONFIG_CHIP_LIB_SHELL
     Engine::Root().RunMainLoop();
 #endif