diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index c1a868d398bd..d22c6b46601c 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ config AVR32
 	  http://avr32linux.org/.
 
 config GENERIC_GPIO
-	def_bool y
+	def_bool n
 
 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 	def_bool y