diff --git a/samples/philosophers/prj.conf b/samples/philosophers/prj.conf
index ef7f1ec..c1d5ccc 100644
--- a/samples/philosophers/prj.conf
+++ b/samples/philosophers/prj.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 CONFIG_MDEF=n
-CONFIG_INIT_STACKS=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SEC=100
 CONFIG_ASSERT=y
 CONFIG_ASSERT_LEVEL=2
diff --git a/samples/philosophers/src/main.c b/samples/philosophers/src/main.c
index b636359..2bc895a 100644
--- a/samples/philosophers/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/philosophers/src/main.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 /* end - control behaviour of the demo */
 /***************************************/
 
-#define STACK_SIZE 1024
+#define STACK_SIZE 768
 
 /*
  * There are multiple tasks doing printfs and they may conflict.
diff --git a/samples/philosophers/testcase.ini b/samples/philosophers/testcase.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a59fa37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/philosophers/testcase.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[test]
+build_only = true
+tags = apps