diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 9fa23eb320ff5acd856fce7f31589fb09a17027e..51abc59c3334e0517e0ddbca4ad9c4ee301e633b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -859,12 +859,8 @@ config PPC_DENORMALISATION
 	  Add support for handling denormalisation of single precision
 	  values.  Useful for bare metal only.  If unsure say Y here.
 
-config CMDLINE_BOOL
-	bool "Default bootloader kernel arguments"
-
 config CMDLINE
-	string "Initial kernel command string" if CMDLINE_BOOL
-	default "console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 root=/dev/sda2" if CMDLINE_BOOL
+	string "Initial kernel command string"
 	default ""
 	help
 	  On some platforms, there is currently no way for the boot loader to