diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 4e87783c90ad..14c97acea351 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config ALPHA
 	select FORCE_PCI if !ALPHA_JENSEN
 	select PCI_DOMAINS if PCI
 	select PCI_SYSCALL if PCI
-	select HAVE_AOUT
 	select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
 	select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index 936e1803c7c7..268b3860d40d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ config M68K
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
-	select HAVE_AOUT if MMU
 	select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS if !CPU_HAS_NO_UNALIGNED