diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 4a85ccf8d4cf..a7e40a7c8214 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 menuconfig BLOCK
        bool "Enable the block layer" if EXPERT
        default y
-       select PERCPU_RWSEM
        help
 	 Provide block layer support for the kernel.