diff --git a/config/tftf-base.yaml b/config/tftf-base.yaml
index f5fcfbbb60cb73fff6fc431c2ae4e405e2d47dea..b0ab6678f22661c8e527a9c3d50d028cc62a2a57 100644
--- a/config/tftf-base.yaml
+++ b/config/tftf-base.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ build:
 
     params:
       PLAT: fvp
+      ENABLE_REALM_PAYLOAD_TESTS: 1
 
     build:
       # TODO: tfa-tests has makefile dependency bug that prevents parallel make (-j > 1).
-      - make BUILD_BASE=${param:builddir} ${param:join_equal} all pack_realm
+      - make BUILD_BASE=${param:builddir} ${param:join_equal} all
 
     clean:
       - make BUILD_BASE=${param:builddir} realclean