diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 797041b5109a..e402fa964f23 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ config KEXEC
 config KEXEC_FILE
 	bool "kexec file based system call"
 	select KEXEC_CORE
-	select BUILD_BIN2C
 	depends on CRYPTO
 	depends on CRYPTO_SHA256
 	depends on CRYPTO_SHA256_S390