diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 4986ecc49e65..ffcdad793f14 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -908,7 +908,6 @@ endif
 
 config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 	bool "Optimize for size"
-	default y
 	help
 	  Enabling this option will pass "-Os" instead of "-O2" to gcc
 	  resulting in a smaller kernel.