diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 2599bc21c1b2..8bbcf699fe3b 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ config RD_LZ4
 config RD_ZSTD
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using ZSTD"
 	default y
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	select DECOMPRESS_ZSTD
 	help
 	  Support loading of a ZSTD encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer.