diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index bf680c26a33c..897ed73acb5f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ config S390
 	select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
 	select ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_PMD_MKWRITE
 	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
-	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS2