diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
index 6f0b66e353de..7e9524fcc7f0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
@@ -1144,7 +1144,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ=y
-CONFIG_TIMER_STATS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y