https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/128314/no-merged-hex-file-when-using-ncs-v3-3-0-without-partition-managerHello everyone, I’m currently porting my old projects from NCS version 2.9.0 to 3.3.0. In doing so, I no longer want to use the outdated Partition Manager; instead, I want to use Zephyr’s default device tree-based memory partitioning. I converteden-USTelligent Community 13Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:50:49 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/570229?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:50:49 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:5d5f8528-3629-4d5b-8fd1-2c8af9fc96feAchim Kraus<p>That results in with NCS 3.4.0:</p> <p>&quot;../merged_nrf9160dk_0_14_0_nrf9160.hex&quot;</p> <p>is there a way to go back to &quot;merged.hex&quot;?</p> <p>Edited:</p> <p>Even worser, I don&#39;t see the &quot;merged.hex&quot; from before, there are now two&nbsp;</p> <p>merged_nrf9160dk_0_14_0_nrf9160_ns.hex</p> <p>merged_nrf9160dk_0_14_0_nrf9160.hex</p> <p>I guess, it&#39;s now intended to have them merged by the customer ...&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/567260?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:25:00 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:86453c72-8566-4bba-93c7-5db36e2293d5Chris__H<p>Perfect!<br /><br />That is exactly what I needed.<br /><br /><br /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/567256?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:58:28 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:3bb3a94a-0cab-4462-94c4-85d8c8b7aaebBertL<p>You have to add this config to your sysbuild.conf:<br /><br /></p> <div> <div><strong><span style="font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;, courier;">SB_CONFIG_MERGED_HEX_FILES=y</span></strong></div> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div>