diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
index 428da175d0734..31b91602f0550 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config MN10300
 	def_bool y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+	select HAVE_UID16
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
@@ -37,9 +38,6 @@ config HIGHMEM
 config NUMA
 	def_bool n
 
-config UID16
-	def_bool y
-
 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 	def_bool y