diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/Kconfig b/sound/soc/imx/Kconfig
index 738391757f2ccb1a5aa6a8883de0ba127fedea68..91b66eff531e02b231cb886ecd8113df9e21e126 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 menuconfig SND_IMX_SOC
 	tristate "SoC Audio for Freescale i.MX CPUs"
 	depends on ARCH_MXC
-	select SND_PCM
 	select FIQ
 	select SND_SOC_AC97_BUS
 	help
diff --git a/sound/soc/mxs/Kconfig b/sound/soc/mxs/Kconfig
index e4ba8d5f25fa40eb3052ec02d3ae6aa93067a6d6..21d20f3e0264c6764752eb93d0a585d8bbc78d5d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mxs/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/mxs/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 menuconfig SND_MXS_SOC
 	tristate "SoC Audio for Freescale MXS CPUs"
 	depends on ARCH_MXS
-	select SND_PCM
 	help
 	  Say Y or M if you want to add support for codecs attached to
 	  the MXS SAIF interface.