diff --git a/arch/Config.in.sparc b/arch/Config.in.sparc
index 4e502d5288..cc10e8d0ef 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.sparc
+++ b/arch/Config.in.sparc
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ config BR2_ARCH
 config BR2_ENDIAN
 	default "BIG"
 
-config BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
-	default y
-
 config BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU
 	default "leon3"		if BR2_sparc_leon3
 	default "v8"		if BR2_sparc_v8