diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index fdb4246265a5..f089ae375f6b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -641,9 +641,6 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 	def_bool y
 
-config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
-	def_bool y
-
 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	def_bool y if SPARSEMEM