diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
index e10e57b5c7e254dfdc7f9fe5a0108a4ae46f046d..48c69c75136b52caacc8c127df86948fd76a3617 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 CONFIG_PPC64=y
-CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2048
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index ee626d3c5ba804a70adc7c551448b412fc259988..a5bd462bc61f3a8c58823b76d82362fb5c0d2f37 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 CONFIG_PPC64=y
-CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 7f8f9f7314c2b0764919ce91270e0a1cabd2d0d0..08cf7bb142339f7ef2c93a13320f3641b93a9a25 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 CONFIG_PPC64=y
-CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2048
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y