diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index 4ca51d8add..c305f30d95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ jobs:
       TREZOR_MODEL: ${{ matrix.model }}
       ADDRESS_SANITIZER: ${{ matrix.asan == 'asan' && '1' || '0' }}
       LSAN_OPTIONS: "suppressions=../../asan_suppressions.txt"
+      DISABLE_TROPIC: 0
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index dd231ec7d4..a81f70dac4 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BITCOIN_ONLY ?= 0
 BOOTLOADER_QA ?= 0
 BOOTLOADER_DEVEL ?= 0
 DISABLE_OPTIGA ?= 0
+DISABLE_TROPIC ?= 1
 TREZOR_MODEL ?= T2T1
 TREZOR_MEMPERF ?= 0
 ADDRESS_SANITIZER ?= 0
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ SCONS_VARS = \
 	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" \
 	CMAKELISTS="$(CMAKELISTS)" \
 	DISABLE_OPTIGA="$(DISABLE_OPTIGA)" \
+	DISABLE_TROPIC="$(DISABLE_TROPIC)" \
 	LOG_STACK_USAGE="$(LOG_STACK_USAGE)" \
 	PRODUCTION="$(PRODUCTION)" \
 	PYOPT="$(PYOPT)" \
diff --git a/core/SConscript.unix b/core/SConscript.unix
index b6800ea886..87470fc35c 100644
--- a/core/SConscript.unix
+++ b/core/SConscript.unix
@@ -11,17 +11,20 @@ TREZOR_MODEL = ARGUMENTS.get('TREZOR_MODEL', 'T2T1')
 CMAKELISTS = int(ARGUMENTS.get('CMAKELISTS', 0))
 HW_REVISION ='emulator'
 THP = ARGUMENTS.get('THP', '0') == '1' # Trezor-Host Protocol
+DISABLE_TROPIC = ARGUMENTS.get('DISABLE_TROPIC', '0') == '1'
 BENCHMARK = ARGUMENTS.get('BENCHMARK', '0') == '1'
 PYOPT = ARGUMENTS.get('PYOPT', '1')
 FROZEN = ARGUMENTS.get('TREZOR_EMULATOR_FROZEN', 0)
 RASPI = os.getenv('TREZOR_EMULATOR_RASPI') == '1'
 
-
 if BENCHMARK and PYOPT != '0':
   print("BENCHMARK=1 works only with PYOPT=0.")
   exit(1)
 
-FEATURES_WANTED = ["input", "sd_card", "dma2d", "optiga", "tropic"]
+FEATURES_WANTED = ["input", "sd_card", "dma2d", "optiga"]
+
+if not DISABLE_TROPIC:
+    FEATURES_WANTED.append('tropic')
 
 if not models.has_emulator(TREZOR_MODEL):
     # skip unix build