diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index 0ac66f67521f..35a4e5f6e71c 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ config OPENRISC
 config MMU
 	def_bool y
 
-config SYMBOL_PREFIX
-        string
-        default ""
-
 config HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	def_bool y