diff --git a/drivers/pps/Kconfig b/drivers/pps/Kconfig
index 4b29a7182d7bafd8fc0de8630c60e83bcb07af9c..c6008f296605587660a0c6c4baad34bd18c78403 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pps/Kconfig
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ menuconfig PPS
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
 	  will be called pps_core.ko.
 
+if PPS
+
 config PPS_DEBUG
 	bool "PPS debugging messages"
-	depends on PPS
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want the PPS support to produce a bunch of debug
 	  messages to the system log.  Select this if you are having a
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ config PPS_DEBUG
 
 config NTP_PPS
 	bool "PPS kernel consumer support"
-	depends on PPS && !NO_HZ_COMMON
+	depends on !NO_HZ_COMMON
 	help
 	  This option adds support for direct in-kernel time
 	  synchronization using an external PPS signal.
@@ -39,3 +40,5 @@ config NTP_PPS
 source drivers/pps/clients/Kconfig
 
 source drivers/pps/generators/Kconfig
+
+endif # PPS
diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/Kconfig b/drivers/pps/clients/Kconfig
index efec021ce662d8b9bb487376108a4c309011c483..7f02a9b1a1fd14bf1e145020076f2dfd45e89fbb 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/clients/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pps/clients/Kconfig
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 #
 
 comment "PPS clients support"
-	depends on PPS
 
 config PPS_CLIENT_KTIMER
 	tristate "Kernel timer client (Testing client, use for debug)"
-	depends on PPS
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for a PPS debugging client
 	  which uses a kernel timer to generate the PPS signal.
@@ -17,21 +15,20 @@ config PPS_CLIENT_KTIMER
 
 config PPS_CLIENT_LDISC
 	tristate "PPS line discipline"
-	depends on PPS && TTY
+	depends on TTY
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for a PPS source connected
 	  with the CD (Carrier Detect) pin of your serial port.
 
 config PPS_CLIENT_PARPORT
 	tristate "Parallel port PPS client"
-	depends on PPS && PARPORT
+	depends on PARPORT
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for a PPS source connected
 	  with the interrupt pin of your parallel port.
 
 config PPS_CLIENT_GPIO
 	tristate "PPS client using GPIO"
-	depends on PPS
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for a PPS source using
 	  GPIO. To be useful you must also register a platform device
diff --git a/drivers/pps/generators/Kconfig b/drivers/pps/generators/Kconfig
index 86b59378e71fc85b2b3c8926df36981a7567e99d..e4c4f3dc0728fc5c495b2283d08c180210a29379 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/generators/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pps/generators/Kconfig
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 #
 
 comment "PPS generators support"
-	depends on PPS
 
 config PPS_GENERATOR_PARPORT
 	tristate "Parallel port PPS signal generator"
-	depends on PPS && PARPORT && BROKEN
+	depends on PARPORT && BROKEN
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for a PPS signal generator which
 	  utilizes STROBE pin of a parallel port to send PPS signals. It uses