diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig
index 8d869e952b44..851b27e45cfc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_BUG=y
 CONFIG_ELF_CORE=y
-CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y
+# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y
 CONFIG_FUTEX=y
 CONFIG_ANON_INODES=y