diff --git a/group/spm-l2-boot-tests/fvp-disable_assertions,fvp-spm,fvp-default:fvp-spm b/group/spm-l2-boot-tests/fvp-disable_assertions,fvp-spm,fvp-default:fvp-spm
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/group/spm-l2-boot-tests/fvp-disable_assertions,fvp-spm,fvp-default:fvp-spm
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
diff --git a/spm_config/fvp-disable_assertions b/spm_config/fvp-disable_assertions
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+++ b/spm_config/fvp-disable_assertions
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+PROJECT=reference
+ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=0