diff --git a/build.config.gki-debug.aarch64 b/build.config.gki-debug.aarch64
index 54c8e15b1e27..f22aaaa437e2 100644
--- a/build.config.gki-debug.aarch64
+++ b/build.config.gki-debug.aarch64
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 . ${ROOT_DIR}/common/build.config.gki.aarch64
 TRIM_NONLISTED_KMI=""
+KMI_WHITELIST_STRICT_MODE=""
diff --git a/build.config.gki-debug.x86_64 b/build.config.gki-debug.x86_64
index 136620fd536f..20dfbf396d7a 100644
--- a/build.config.gki-debug.x86_64
+++ b/build.config.gki-debug.x86_64
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 . ${ROOT_DIR}/common/build.config.gki.x86_64
 TRIM_NONLISTED_KMI=""
+KMI_WHITELIST_STRICT_MODE=""