diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/telink/src/AppTask.cpp b/examples/lighting-app/telink/src/AppTask.cpp
index 63a5cb7d910e0c..9e419150712c3c 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/telink/src/AppTask.cpp
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/telink/src/AppTask.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ void AppTask::PowerOnFactoryResetTimerEvent(struct k_timer * timer)
 
 void AppTask::LinkLeds(LedManager & ledManager)
 {
-#if (!CONFIG_PWM)
-    ledManager.linkLed(LedManager::EAppLed_App0, 0);
-#endif // !CONFIG_PWM
+#if CONFIG_CHIP_ENABLE_APPLICATION_STATUS_LED
+    ledManager.linkLed(LedManager::EAppLed_Status, 0);
+#endif
+
+#if !CONFIG_PWM
+    ledManager.linkLed(LedManager::EAppLed_App0, 1);
+#endif /* !CONFIG_PWM */
 }
diff --git a/examples/platform/telink/common.cmake b/examples/platform/telink/common.cmake
index edb77e18a72cab..ffba8fff6133bb 100644
--- a/examples/platform/telink/common.cmake
+++ b/examples/platform/telink/common.cmake
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #    limitations under the License.
 
 string(REPLACE "_retention" "" BASE_BOARD ${BOARD})
+string(REGEX REPLACE "_v[0-9]+" "" BASE_BOARD ${BASE_BOARD})
 
 if(NOT FLASH_SIZE)
-  if(${BASE_BOARD} MATCHES "tlsr9118bdk40d" OR ${BASE_BOARD} MATCHES "tlsr9118bdk40d_v1"
-    OR ${BASE_BOARD} MATCHES "tlsr9118bdk40d_v2")
+  if(${BASE_BOARD} MATCHES "tlsr9118bdk40d")
     set(FLASH_SIZE "3m")
   else()
     set(FLASH_SIZE "2m")
@@ -99,11 +99,8 @@ endif()
 
 set(FLASH_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE "${CHIP_ROOT}/src/platform/telink/${BASE_BOARD}_${FLASH_SIZE}_flash.overlay")
 if(NOT EXISTS "${FLASH_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE}")
-  if(${BASE_BOARD} MATCHES "tlsr9118bdk40d_v1" OR ${BASE_BOARD} MATCHES "tlsr9118bdk40d_v2")
-    set(FLASH_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE "${CHIP_ROOT}/src/platform/telink/tlsr9118bdk40d_${FLASH_SIZE}_flash.overlay")
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "${FLASH_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE} doesn't exist")
-  endif()
+  message(STATUS "${FLASH_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE} doesn't exist")
+  unset(FLASH_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE)
 endif()
 
 if(DTC_OVERLAY_FILE)
diff --git a/examples/platform/telink/common/src/AppTaskCommon.cpp b/examples/platform/telink/common/src/AppTaskCommon.cpp
index 052e6f40e59124..13036743a5db65 100644
--- a/examples/platform/telink/common/src/AppTaskCommon.cpp
+++ b/examples/platform/telink/common/src/AppTaskCommon.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,9 @@ void AppTaskCommon::InitPwms()
 
 void AppTaskCommon::LinkPwms(PwmManager & pwmManager)
 {
-#if CONFIG_WS2812_STRIP
+#if CONFIG_BOARD_TLSR9118BDK40D_V1 && CONFIG_PWM // TLSR9118BDK40D_V1 EVK supports single LED PWM channel
+    pwmManager.linkPwm(PwmManager::EAppPwm_Red, 0);
+#elif CONFIG_WS2812_STRIP
     pwmManager.linkPwm(PwmManager::EAppPwm_Red, 0);
     pwmManager.linkPwm(PwmManager::EAppPwm_Green, 1);
     pwmManager.linkPwm(PwmManager::EAppPwm_Blue, 2);