diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.aarch64 b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.aarch64
index 2538214948848..fa8ecf626c73e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.aarch64
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.aarch64
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_9P_FS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT=y
 CONFIG_ARM_SMMU_V3=y
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
 CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
-CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU=y
 CONFIG_DRM=y
 CONFIG_DUMMY=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_KRETPROBES=y
 CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
-CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_HZ_100=y
 CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING=y
@@ -99,8 +96,6 @@ CONFIG_MEMCG=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
-CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
-CONFIG_NET_9P=y
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_BPF=y
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_GACT=y
 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
@@ -140,7 +135,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y
 CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
 CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y
 CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y
-CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y
@@ -167,16 +161,6 @@ CONFIG_UPROBES=y
 CONFIG_USELIB=y
 CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_VETH=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_FS=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON=y
 CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q=y
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS=y
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS_LOOPBACK=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.s390x b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.s390x
index 2ba92167be358..e933303828494 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.s390x
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.s390x
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_9P_FS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y
@@ -84,8 +83,6 @@ CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
-CONFIG_NET_9P=y
-CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_BPF=y
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_GACT=y
 CONFIG_NET_KEY=y
@@ -114,7 +111,6 @@ CONFIG_SAMPLE_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_SAMPLES=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
-CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK=y
 CONFIG_STACK_TRACER=y
 CONFIG_STATIC_KEYS_SELFTEST=y
@@ -136,11 +132,6 @@ CONFIG_UPROBES=y
 CONFIG_USELIB=y
 CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_VETH=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON=y
 CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q=y
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS=y
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS_LOOPBACK=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.vm b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.vm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a9746ca787773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+CONFIG_9P_FS=y
+CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
+CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_VIRTIO=y
+CONFIG_NET_9P=y
+CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.x86_64 b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.x86_64
index 2e70a60482784..f7bfb2b09c82b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.x86_64
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.x86_64
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_9P_FS=y
-CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
-CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_AGP=y
 CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y
 CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLAKE2B=y
-CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEQIV=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_XXHASH=y
 CONFIG_DCB=y
@@ -145,8 +141,6 @@ CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE=y
 CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
-CONFIG_NET_9P=y
-CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_BPF=y
 CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP=y
 CONFIG_NET_EMATCH=y
@@ -228,12 +222,6 @@ CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_VALIDATE_FS_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_VETH=y
 CONFIG_VIRT_DRIVERS=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
-CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON=y
 CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q=y
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS=y
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS_LOOPBACK=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh
index 6850345280184..65d14f3bbe301 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ DEFAULT_COMMAND="./test_progs"
 MOUNT_DIR="mnt"
 ROOTFS_IMAGE="root.img"
 OUTPUT_DIR="$HOME/.bpf_selftests"
-KCONFIG_REL_PATHS=("tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config" "tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.${ARCH}")
+KCONFIG_REL_PATHS=("tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config"
+	"tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.vm"
+	"tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config.${ARCH}")
 INDEX_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbpf/ci/master/INDEX"
 NUM_COMPILE_JOBS="$(nproc)"
 LOG_FILE_BASE="$(date +"bpf_selftests.%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")"