diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig b/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig
index d9ce8ff55d0c..467cf2bdbd42 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 menuconfig RC_CORE
 	tristate "Remote Controller support"
 	depends on INPUT
-	default y
 	---help---
 	  Enable support for Remote Controllers on Linux. This is
 	  needed in order to support several video capture adapters,