diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template b/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template
index 9668cd498c..997eb40d76 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
 # CONFIG_MTD_NAND is not set
 CONFIG_MTD_ROOTFS_ROOT_DEV=y
 CONFIG_MTD_ROOTFS_SPLIT=y
-CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_ROOTFS=y
 # CONFIG_MYRI10GE is not set
 # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
 CONFIG_NET=y