diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index bf680c26a33c..145ca23c2fff 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -710,7 +710,6 @@ menu "Memory setup"
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
-	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 	def_bool y