diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
index 6319369cca89..55bc4f2926b1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 menuconfig STAGING
 	bool "Staging drivers"
-	default n
 	---help---
 	  This option allows you to select a number of drivers that are
 	  not of the "normal" Linux kernel quality level.  These drivers
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig
index e02026999161..d6d605d5cbde 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ if ANDROID
 
 config ASHMEM
 	bool "Enable the Anonymous Shared Memory Subsystem"
-	default n
 	depends on SHMEM
 	help
 	  The ashmem subsystem is a new shared memory allocator, similar to
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ config ASHMEM
 
 config ANDROID_VSOC
 	tristate "Android Virtual SoC support"
-	default n
 	depends on PCI_MSI
 	help
 	  This option adds support for the Virtual SoC driver needed to boot
diff --git a/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/Kconfig
index 89e0d4db808d..3fffe4d6f327 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 config XIL_AXIS_FIFO
 	tristate "Xilinx AXI-Stream FIFO IP core driver"
 	depends on OF
-	default n
 	help
 	  This adds support for the Xilinx AXI-Stream FIFO IP core driver.
 	  The AXI Streaming FIFO allows memory mapped access to a AXI Streaming
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gs_fpgaboot/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/gs_fpgaboot/Kconfig
index 232788def2c0..968a153c4ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gs_fpgaboot/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/gs_fpgaboot/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 #
 config GS_FPGABOOT
 	tristate "Xilinx FPGA firmware download module"
-	default n
 	help
 	  Xilinx FPGA firmware download module
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/rockchip/vpu/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/rockchip/vpu/Kconfig
index 208f0379b31f..fc54bbf6753d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/rockchip/vpu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/rockchip/vpu/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ config VIDEO_ROCKCHIP_VPU
 	select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG
 	select VIDEOBUF2_VMALLOC
 	select V4L2_MEM2MEM_DEV
-	default n
 	help
 	  Support for the Video Processing Unit present on Rockchip SoC,
 	  which accelerates video and image encoding and decoding.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
index 8b3da2b00cb3..11528d17bb3c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 config RTLLIB
 	tristate "Support for rtllib wireless devices"
 	depends on WLAN && m
-	default n
 	select LIB80211
 	help
 	  If you have a wireless card that uses rtllib, say
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Kconfig
index 81d052a46e57..59e58550d139 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Kconfig
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ config WILC1000_SPI
 config WILC1000_HW_OOB_INTR
 	bool "WILC1000 out of band interrupt"
 	depends on WILC1000_SDIO
-	default n
 	help
 	  This option enables out-of-band interrupt support for the WILC1000
 	  chipset. This OOB interrupt is intended to provide a faster interrupt
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/Kconfig
index b796bfd429c4..ac136663fa8e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config PRISM2_USB
 	depends on WLAN && USB && CFG80211
 	select WIRELESS_EXT
 	select WEXT_PRIV
-	default n
 	help
 	  This is the wlan-ng prism 2.5/3 USB driver for a wide range of
 	  old USB wireless devices.