diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
index 025eb333dcaa6bda40db13571cbf75798e20f59d..3540fb241dd531ab90c0b017e6cbd25a377de84c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
@@ -474,5 +474,4 @@ CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 # CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
-CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y
 # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set