diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index b4398e432822..f349823a12ad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y
 # CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y
-CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y