diff --git a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig
index 11e78a7dbd2ce88..338614873394e39 100644
--- a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ endif
 
 menuconfig SECURE_STORAGE_ITS_STORE_MODULE
 	bool "ITS store module"
-	imply FLASH # for FLASH_HAS_DRIVER_ENABLED
+	depends on FLASH # for FLASH_HAS_DRIVER_ENABLED
 	help
 	  The module that handles the storage/retrieval of the ITS data to/from NVM.
 	  Zephyr's ITS implementation calls into it.
diff --git a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store
index 9e4d9b650205931..a986ee07c525541 100644
--- a/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store
+++ b/subsys/secure_storage/Kconfig.its_store
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config SECURE_STORAGE_ITS_STORE_IMPLEMENTATION_SETTINGS
 		&& $(dt_node_has_compat,$(dt_node_parent,$(DT_STORAGE_PARTITION)),fixed-partitions)
 	imply FLASH_MAP
 	imply NVS
-	select SETTINGS
+	depends on SETTINGS
 
 config SECURE_STORAGE_ITS_STORE_IMPLEMENTATION_NONE
 	bool "No ITS store module implementation"