diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index fed81b576f29..18a98c893d07 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -301,20 +301,6 @@ config AUDIT_TREE
 	depends on AUDITSYSCALL
 	select FSNOTIFY
 
-config AUDIT_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE
-	bool "Make audit loginuid immutable"
-	depends on AUDIT
-	help
-	  The config option toggles if a task setting its loginuid requires
-	  CAP_SYS_AUDITCONTROL or if that task should require no special permissions
-	  but should instead only allow setting its loginuid if it was never
-	  previously set.  On systems which use systemd or a similar central
-	  process to restart login services this should be set to true.  On older
-	  systems in which an admin would typically have to directly stop and
-	  start processes this should be set to false.  Setting this to true allows
-	  one to drop potentially dangerous capabilites from the login tasks,
-	  but may not be backwards compatible with older init systems.
-
 source "kernel/irq/Kconfig"
 source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 72684679e8bd..b55788bf1607 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1968,15 +1968,13 @@ static atomic_t session_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 static int audit_set_loginuid_perm(kuid_t loginuid)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE
 	/* if we are unset, we don't need privs */
 	if (!audit_loginuid_set(current))
 		return 0;
-#else	/* CONFIG_AUDIT_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE */
-	if (capable(CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
-		return 0;
-#endif /* CONFIG_AUDIT_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE */
-	return -EPERM;
+	/* it is set, you need permission */
+	if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
+		return -EPERM;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void audit_log_set_loginuid(kuid_t koldloginuid, kuid_t kloginuid,