diff --git a/scripts/generate_config_tests.py b/scripts/generate_config_tests.py
index 3f6a77abb..131e9b487 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_config_tests.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_config_tests.py
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ def dependencies_of_setting(cfg: config_common.Config,
             return 'MBEDTLS_SSL_CLI_C:MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C:MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS'
         if name.startswith('MBEDTLS_SSL_'):
             return 'MBEDTLS_SSL_CLI_C:MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C'
+        if name == 'MBEDTLS_ECDH_VARIANT_EVEREST_ENABLED' and \
+           not build_tree.is_mbedtls_3_6():
+            # In 1.x the module ecdh.c is removed. This option remains, with its
+            # historical name for compatibility. It is still only relevant when
+            # the built-in implementation of ECDH is enabled, but this condition
+            # is no longer expressed as MBEDTLS_ECDH_C.
+            return 'MBEDTLS_PSA_BUILTIN_ALG_ECDH'
         for pos in re.finditer(r'_', name):
             super_name = name[:pos.start()] + '_C'
             if cfg.known(super_name):