diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ddcbefe535e9..5cddb9ba0eef 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ config CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH
 	  See the man page for more details.
 
 config USELIB
-	bool "uselib syscall"
-	def_bool ALPHA || M68K || SPARC || X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
+	bool "uselib syscall (for libc5 and earlier)"
+	default ALPHA || M68K || SPARC
 	help
 	  This option enables the uselib syscall, a system call used in the
 	  dynamic linker from libc5 and earlier.  glibc does not use this