diff --git a/boards.txt b/boards.txt
index aaffef0b1a..5b6bf365b0 100644
--- a/boards.txt
+++ b/boards.txt
@@ -3811,7 +3811,7 @@ gen4iod.menu.VTable.heap.build.vtable_flags=-DVTABLES_IN_DRAM
 gen4iod.menu.VTable.iram=IRAM
 gen4iod.menu.VTable.iram.build.vtable_flags=-DVTABLES_IN_IRAM
 gen4iod.upload.resetmethod=nodemcu
-gen4iod.build.flash_mode=qio
+gen4iod.build.flash_mode=dio
 gen4iod.build.flash_freq=80
 gen4iod.menu.FlashSize.512K0=512K (no SPIFFS)
 gen4iod.menu.FlashSize.512K0.build.flash_size=512K
diff --git a/tools/boards.txt.py b/tools/boards.txt.py
index d6820c79a6..483f7b2052 100755
--- a/tools/boards.txt.py
+++ b/tools/boards.txt.py
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
             },
         'macro': [
             'resetmethod_nodemcu',
-            'flashmode_qio',
+            'flashmode_dio',
             'flashfreq_80',
             '512K',
             ],