diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 49f98bf9e89d1c30bfbc180773ebf2e6b7fff426..cd8fed8eb9ea2924267cd7da15c8133c8907da69 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ config POWERTV
 	select CSRC_POWERTV
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select HW_HAS_PCI
-	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R2
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN