diff --git a/py/builtintables.c b/py/builtintables.c
index 8b4df931770692ba44ab5825f3ca27660b937ec6..c42cdf89bbe1af2ef155d2a4ebdd89c9905743ba 100644
--- a/py/builtintables.c
+++ b/py/builtintables.c
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_builtin_object_table[] = {
     // built-in types
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_bool), (mp_obj_t)&mp_type_bool },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_bytes), (mp_obj_t)&mp_type_bytes },
+#if MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_BYTEARRAY
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_bytearray), (mp_obj_t)&mp_type_bytearray },
+#endif
 #if MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_COMPLEX
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_complex), (mp_obj_t)&mp_type_complex },
 #endif
@@ -160,7 +162,9 @@ STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_builtin_module_table[] = {
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR___main__), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module___main__ },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_micropython), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_micropython },
 
+#if MICROPY_PY_ARRAY
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_array },
+#endif
 #if MICROPY_PY_IO
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR__io), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_io },
 #endif
diff --git a/py/modarray.c b/py/modarray.c
index 3ff567f1d94973e86fea410e06ba80457d0d6824..c0fe331643ed257edc4d61bb434272b2127fc273 100644
--- a/py/modarray.c
+++ b/py/modarray.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "obj.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 
+#if MICROPY_PY_ARRAY
+
 STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_array_globals_table[] = {
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array) },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array), (mp_obj_t)&mp_type_array },
@@ -51,3 +53,5 @@ const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_array = {
     .name = MP_QSTR_array,
     .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t*)&mp_module_array_globals,
 };
+
+#endif
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index d7504c1402338d8c2c33b32a334f5a67d6d202f3..5b27b910e7f41f4250d758cfd31bf865ed7912b3 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /* Fine control over Python builtins, classes, modules, etc                  */
 
+// Whether to support bytearray object
+#ifndef MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_BYTEARRAY
+#define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_BYTEARRAY (1)
+#endif
+
 // Whether to support set object
 #ifndef MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_SET
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_SET (1)
@@ -269,6 +274,13 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_PROPERTY (1)
 #endif
 
+// Whether to provide "array" module. Note that large chunk of the
+// underlying code is shared with "bytearray" builtin type, so to
+// get real savings, it should be disabled too.
+#ifndef MICROPY_PY_ARRAY
+#define MICROPY_PY_ARRAY (1)
+#endif
+
 // Whether to provide "collections" module
 #ifndef MICROPY_PY_COLLECTIONS
 #define MICROPY_PY_COLLECTIONS (1)
diff --git a/py/objarray.c b/py/objarray.c
index 05821e8de44a2eb6a1822ef91d4aa402d90d979e..b13df2bdba6983c01bac31a81b4aef624ab65ca8 100644
--- a/py/objarray.c
+++ b/py/objarray.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include "runtime.h"
 #include "binary.h"
 
+#if MICROPY_PY_ARRAY || MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_BYTEARRAY
+
 typedef struct _mp_obj_array_t {
     mp_obj_base_t base;
     machine_uint_t typecode : 8;
@@ -310,3 +312,5 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t array_iterator_new(mp_obj_t array_in) {
     o->cur = 0;
     return o;
 }
+
+#endif // MICROPY_PY_ARRAY || MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_BYTEARRAY