diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig.debug b/arch/sh/Kconfig.debug
index 8ece0b5bd0282495f872bc71f0ad56227d312b12..39224b57c6efe5ae5d37a45c68d34811fbc0f047 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig.debug
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK
 	  select both the EARLY_SCIF_CONSOLE and SH_STANDARD_BIOS, using
 	  the kernel command line option to toggle back and forth.
 
-config DEBUG_BOOTMEM
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-	bool "Debug BOOTMEM initialization"
-
 config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 	bool "Check for stack overflows"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SUPERH32