diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
index 176883cf2827b..bfc0cd5ec4231 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ config MLX5_CORE
 	  Core driver for low level functionality of the ConnectX-4 and
 	  Connect-IB cards by Mellanox Technologies.
 
-config MLX5_ACCEL
-	bool
-
 config MLX5_FPGA
 	bool "Mellanox Technologies Innova support"
 	depends on MLX5_CORE
@@ -147,7 +144,6 @@ config MLX5_EN_IPSEC
 	depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
 	depends on XFRM_OFFLOAD
 	depends on INET_ESP_OFFLOAD || INET6_ESP_OFFLOAD
-	select MLX5_ACCEL
 	help
 	  Build support for IPsec cryptography-offload acceleration in the NIC.
 
@@ -156,7 +152,6 @@ config MLX5_EN_TLS
 	depends on TLS_DEVICE
 	depends on TLS=y || MLX5_CORE=m
 	depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
-	select MLX5_ACCEL
 	help
 	Build support for TLS cryptography-offload acceleration in the NIC.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
index f7aafbfcdb61e..81620c25c77e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN) += en/rqt.o en/tir.o en/rss.o en/rx_res.o \
 		en_selftest.o en/port.o en/monitor_stats.o en/health.o \
 		en/reporter_tx.o en/reporter_rx.o en/params.o en/xsk/pool.o \
 		en/xsk/setup.o en/xsk/rx.o en/xsk/tx.o en/devlink.o en/ptp.o \
-		en/qos.o en/trap.o en/fs_tt_redirect.o en/selq.o
+		en/qos.o en/trap.o en/fs_tt_redirect.o en/selq.o lib/crypto.o
 
 #
 # Netdev extra
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB) += ipoib/ipoib.o ipoib/ethtool.o ipoib/ipoib
 #
 # Accelerations & FPGA
 #
-mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_ACCEL) += lib/crypto.o
-
 mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_FPGA) += fpga/cmd.o fpga/core.o fpga/conn.o fpga/sdk.o
 
 mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_EN_IPSEC) += en_accel/ipsec.o en_accel/ipsec_rxtx.o \