diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig
index 65299b2846bb2fe3495a08b71cae22b5e2665c22..c6fb2092af383538d0f008fd18ed75f55202be86 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ CONFIG_GEN_RTC=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS=y
 CONFIG_NUMA=y
-CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index a5bd462bc61f3a8c58823b76d82362fb5c0d2f37..c3ff99646dcddf5160c64f16d0b071837deb9bce 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE=y
 CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS=y
-CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_KSM=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y