diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 125edd4221b2..feb96cbb3940 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -683,7 +683,6 @@ config SNI_RM
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_HIGHMEM
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-	select USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
 	help
 	  The SNI RM200/300/400 are MIPS-based machines manufactured by
 	  Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (SNI), parent company of Pyramid