diff --git a/variants/rp2040/rp2040-minipill-lora/platformio.ini b/variants/rp2040/rp2040-minipill-lora/platformio.ini
index 9dc098e23..298b855eb 100644
--- a/variants/rp2040/rp2040-minipill-lora/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/rp2040/rp2040-minipill-lora/platformio.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [env:rp2040-minipill-lora]
 extends = rp2040_base
 board = rpipico
+board_level = extra
 upload_protocol = picotool
 
 # add our variants files to the include and src paths