diff --git a/tools/building.py b/tools/building.py
index cbb69d3dc13929b97b41b685b6f47b6fb1d978cd..ff8f289e13e638b4b518a7839dc01fe351496bcc 100644
--- a/tools/building.py
+++ b/tools/building.py
@@ -291,16 +291,6 @@ def PrepareBuilding(env, root_directory, has_libcpu=False, remove_components = [
             LINKCOMSTR = 'LINK $TARGET'
         )
 
-    AddOption('--menuconfig',
-                      dest='menuconfig',
-                      action='store_true',
-                      default=False,
-                      help='do the system configuration')
-
-    if GetOption('menuconfig'):
-        from menuconfig import config
-        config()
-
     # we need to seperate the variant_dir for BSPs and the kernels. BSPs could
     # have their own components etc. If they point to the same folder, SCons
     # would find the wrong source code to compile.