diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 8ea2db865fa7..b5dbcaa1ec41 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=18
 CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=13
 CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING=y
-CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_MEMCG=y
 CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP=y