diff --git a/tests/gnrc_netif/Makefile b/tests/gnrc_netif/Makefile
index 7ec9bc56a440f51d90b020585788b6bea57bdd8b..8492c657f2c0d63d047cda81d0c761eec0fa11f8 100644
--- a/tests/gnrc_netif/Makefile
+++ b/tests/gnrc_netif/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ USEMODULE += netdev_ieee802154
 USEMODULE += netdev_test
 USEMODULE += od
 
+# deactivate automatically emitted packets from IPv6 neighbor discovery
+CFLAGS += -DGNRC_IPV6_NIB_CONF_ARSM=0
+CFLAGS += -DGNRC_IPV6_NIB_CONF_SLAAC=0
+CFLAGS += -DGNRC_IPV6_NIB_CONF_NO_RTR_SOL=1
 CFLAGS += -DGNRC_NETIF_NUMOF=4
 CFLAGS += -DGNRC_NETIF_ADDRS_NUMOF=16
 CFLAGS += -DGNRC_NETIF_GROUPS_NUMOF=8