diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02202d3249624251485e63982a8c59476cbc8f71..58afa07bdf404b3d861ac53745a89276a38c2773 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -316,12 +316,9 @@ SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ \
 # CROSS_COMPILE can be set on the command line
 # make CROSS_COMPILE=ia64-linux-
 # Alternatively CROSS_COMPILE can be set in the environment.
-# A third alternative is to store a setting in .config so that plain
-# "make" in the configured kernel build directory always uses that.
 # Default value for CROSS_COMPILE is not to prefix executables
 # Note: Some architectures assign CROSS_COMPILE in their arch/*/Makefile
 ARCH		?= $(SUBARCH)
-CROSS_COMPILE	?= $(CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE:"%"=%)
 
 # Architecture as present in compile.h
 UTS_MACHINE 	:= $(ARCH)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 18b151f0ddc1fba93777e1ca9f40b9f0fd072711..15aae32e07190e2bbc78348a23c176ffe390ac8e 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ config INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT
 	  Maximum of each of the number of arguments and environment
 	  variables passed to init from the kernel command line.
 
-
-config CROSS_COMPILE
-	string "Cross-compiler tool prefix"
-	help
-	  Same as running 'make CROSS_COMPILE=prefix-' but stored for
-	  default make runs in this kernel build directory.  You don't
-	  need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
-	  directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
-
 config COMPILE_TEST
 	bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
 	depends on !UML