diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2f925ccb3e5bf7751fa9d767cf63e1d5e15d2c5f..1d14cc6b79ad399d1ad293030c9f2271d9e5df1d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if !DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)