diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/central_bas/prj.conf b/samples/bluetooth/central_bas/prj.conf
index 3deae57b598a..4fa9c91a29a5 100644
--- a/samples/bluetooth/central_bas/prj.conf
+++ b/samples/bluetooth/central_bas/prj.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_NCS_SAMPLES_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BT=y
 CONFIG_BT_CENTRAL=y
 CONFIG_BT_SMP=y
+CONFIG_BT_SMP_SC_PAIR_ONLY=n
 CONFIG_BT_GATT_CLIENT=y
 CONFIG_BT_GATT_DM=y
 CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE=1024
diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/central_hids/prj.conf b/samples/bluetooth/central_hids/prj.conf
index e808fae71579..293ff0d4db3a 100644
--- a/samples/bluetooth/central_hids/prj.conf
+++ b/samples/bluetooth/central_hids/prj.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_NCS_SAMPLES_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BT=y
 CONFIG_BT_CENTRAL=y
 CONFIG_BT_SMP=y
+CONFIG_BT_SMP_SC_PAIR_ONLY=n
 CONFIG_BT_ATT_TX_COUNT=5
 CONFIG_BT_GATT_CLIENT=y
 CONFIG_BT_GATT_DM=y
diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/central_uart/prj.conf b/samples/bluetooth/central_uart/prj.conf
index 5c38e44ff614..f64860db7d6f 100644
--- a/samples/bluetooth/central_uart/prj.conf
+++ b/samples/bluetooth/central_uart/prj.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_BT=y
 CONFIG_BT_CENTRAL=y
 CONFIG_BT_SMP=y
+CONFIG_BT_SMP_SC_PAIR_ONLY=n
 CONFIG_BT_GATT_CLIENT=y
 
 # Enable the BLE modules from NCS