diff --git a/build/native.rs b/build/native.rs
index e53960416a1..094c73cf806 100644
--- a/build/native.rs
+++ b/build/native.rs
@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ fn build_cargo_first() -> Result<EspIdfBuildOutput> {
 
     env::set_var("PATH", &idf.exported_path);
 
+    // Remove the sdkconfig file generated by the esp-idf so that potential changes
+    // in the user provided sdkconfig and sdkconfig.defaults don't get ignored.
+    // Note: I'm really not sure why we have to do this.
+    let _ = fs::remove_file(path_buf![&out_dir, "sdkconfig"]);
+
     // Create cmake project.
     copy_file_if_different(
         manifest_dir.join(path_buf!("resources", "cmake_project", "CMakeLists.txt")),
@@ -378,7 +383,6 @@ fn build_cargo_first() -> Result<EspIdfBuildOutput> {
     )?;
 
     let mut cmake_config = cmake::Config::new(&out_dir);
-
     cmake_config
         .generator(cmake_generator.name())
         .out_dir(&out_dir)