diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index c686f4adc124..ee365b7402f1 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -539,13 +539,7 @@ config CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
 	  stack overflow.
 
 config FORCE_NR_CPUS
-       bool "Set number of CPUs at compile time"
-       depends on SMP && EXPERT && !COMPILE_TEST
-       help
-         Say Yes if you have NR_CPUS set to an actual number of possible
-         CPUs in your system, not to a default value. This forces the core
-         code to rely on compile-time value and optimize kernel routines
-         better.
+	def_bool !SMP
 
 config CPU_RMAP
 	bool