diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
index 1c7616815a86ab80fa81ffacbb509a2408554cfa..63af6234c1b69a20b763470a8a73a989e1d7f747 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
-CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y