diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 8b18a875867751cc9a95bdf85a9f6f9935b6b68d..12002775d299bbb70a6445e0764095811240bc0c 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1696,7 +1696,6 @@ config NFSD
 	select EXPORTFS
 	select NFSD_V2_ACL if NFSD_V3_ACL
 	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
-	select NFSD_TCP if NFSD_V4
 	select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
 	select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
 	select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
@@ -1755,15 +1754,6 @@ config NFSD_V4
 	  should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config NFSD_TCP
-	bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
-	depends on NFSD
-	default y
-	help
-	  If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
-	  TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
-	  the network is lossy or congested.  If unsure, say Y.
-
 config ROOT_NFS
 	bool "Root file system on NFS"
 	depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 9647b0f7bc0c0d52610bf1419c9bafcd466b57dc..941041f4b1365fb72f77558aa93b376f9d5818fb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ static int nfsd_init_socks(int port)
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_TCP
 	error = lockd_up(IPPROTO_TCP);
 	if (error >= 0) {
 		error = svc_create_xprt(nfsd_serv, "tcp", port,
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ static int nfsd_init_socks(int port)
 	}
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
-#endif
 	return 0;
 }