diff --git a/arch/portduino/portduino.ini b/arch/portduino/portduino.ini
index 312b52e9d..b39974853 100644
--- a/arch/portduino/portduino.ini
+++ b/arch/portduino/portduino.ini
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ lib_deps =
 build_flags =
   ${arduino_base.build_flags}
   -fPIC
-  -Isrc/platform/portduino
-  -lpigpio
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+  -Isrc/platform/portduino
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diff --git a/variants/portduino/platformio.ini b/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
index 13f298440..323609d0e 100644
--- a/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ board = linux_hardware
 lib_deps = ${portduino_base.lib_deps}
 build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter}
 
-; The Portduino based sim environment on top of a linux OS and touching linux hardware devices
+; The Raspberry Pi actually has accessible SPI and GPIO, so we can support real hardware there.
 [env:raspbian]
 extends = portduino_base
-build_flags = ${portduino_base.build_flags} -O0 -lgpiod -I variants/portduino -DARCH_RASPBERRY_PI -DRADIOLIB_DEBUG -DRADIOLIB_VERBOSE
+build_flags = ${portduino_base.build_flags} -O0 -lgpiod -I variants/portduino -DARCH_RASPBERRY_PI -DRADIOLIB_DEBUG -lpigpio
 board = linux_arm
 lib_deps = ${portduino_base.lib_deps}
-build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter}
+build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter}
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