diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index ccf5b9408d7a5..d8aa7fac8c56f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ config THERMAL_STATISTICS
 
 config THERMAL_EMERGENCY_POWEROFF_DELAY_MS
 	int "Emergency poweroff delay in milli-seconds"
-	depends on THERMAL
 	default 0
 	help
 	  Thermal subsystem will issue a graceful shutdown when
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ config CPU_THERMAL
 	bool "generic cpu cooling support"
 	depends on CPU_FREQ
 	depends on THERMAL_OF
-	depends on THERMAL=y
 	help
 	  This implements the generic cpu cooling mechanism through frequency
 	  reduction. An ACPI version of this already exists
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/intel/Kconfig
index 2e013eeb4a1d9..2c727a820759c 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config INTEL_POWERCLAMP
 	tristate "Intel PowerClamp idle injection driver"
-	depends on THERMAL
 	depends on X86
 	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/qcom/Kconfig
index cdb455ffd5752..3ce20fec86a2b 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/qcom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config QCOM_TSENS
 	tristate "Qualcomm TSENS Temperature Alarm"
-	depends on THERMAL
 	depends on QCOM_QFPROM
 	depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
 	help