diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 81b4226463ae0635c87b87ad0e946fd307e250e3..e0744d142c77e1d0eabd2aa197514513906212fd 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ menu "Boot images"
 
 config FIT
 	bool "Support Flattened Image Tree"
+	select MD5
 	help
 	  This option allows you to boot the new uImage structure,
 	  Flattened Image Tree.  FIT is formally a FDT, which can include
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index 1e686b76d3eb0090b502253687b1d445e1f80970..23725189602966de4f67407139302d13b9d29b92 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ struct lmb;
 #  endif
 # else
 #  define CONFIG_CRC32		/* FIT images need CRC32 support */
-#  define CONFIG_MD5		/* and MD5 */
 #  define CONFIG_SHA1		/* and SHA1 */
 #  define CONFIG_SHA256		/* and SHA256 */
 #  define IMAGE_ENABLE_CRC32	1