diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 26ab6f5bbaaf..8fc95c7809ef 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -300,9 +300,6 @@ config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
 	def_bool y
 	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 
-config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
-	def_bool y if SPARC64
-
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y if SPARC64
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE