diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index c88a48d622fc..604caf652e2a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1519,9 +1519,6 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	bool
 	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC
 
-config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
-	def_bool ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
-
 config HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID
 	def_bool ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL || !SPARSEMEM