diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index ec21f8999249..25dd4c5a8ef5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2669,7 +2669,6 @@ config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	bool
-	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if !SGI_IP27
 
 config NUMA
 	bool "NUMA Support"