diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 619ab046744a..71c35178e017 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if ARM64_4K_PAGES || (ARM64_16K_PAGES && !ARM64_VA_BITS_36)
-	select ARCH_WANT_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
 	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if ARM64_4K_PAGES