diff --git a/arch/Config.in b/arch/Config.in
index 5cee0d7839..6bcafd42bf 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in
+++ b/arch/Config.in
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ config BR2_GCC_TARGET_MODE
 config BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 	bool
 	default y if !BR2_arc
-	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC_INTRINSICS
 
 # Set up target binary format
 choice
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-common.in b/toolchain/toolchain-common.in
index 2fa4f61a09..82ac26abad 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-common.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-common.in
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SHADOW_PASSWORDS
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP
 	bool
 
-config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC_INTRINSICS
-	bool
-
 config BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE
 	bool "Purge unwanted locales"
 	help