diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index d850feb5cc0a..0c55aa199c67 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1622,9 +1622,6 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 	def_bool ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 
-config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
-	def_bool ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
-
 config HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID
 	def_bool ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL || !SPARSEMEM