diff --git a/configs/example/arm/baremetal.py b/configs/example/arm/baremetal.py
index 094434495b..44e3fd1799 100644
--- a/configs/example/arm/baremetal.py
+++ b/configs/example/arm/baremetal.py
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ def create(args):
     system.realview.gic.gicv4 = False
 
     system.highest_el_is_64 = True
-    system.release.add(ArmExtension('SECURITY'))
-    system.release.add(ArmExtension('VIRTUALIZATION'))
 
     workload_class = workloads.workload_list.get(args.workload)
     system.workload = workload_class(
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py b/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py
index 9755e0d54e..f9df791045 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py
+++ b/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class ArmRelease(SimObject):
 
 class Armv8(ArmRelease):
     extensions = [
-        'LPAE'
+        'LPAE', 'VIRTUALIZATION', 'SECURITY'
     ]
 
 class ArmDefaultRelease(Armv8):