diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 184a603ad72b..714597c6f842 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -738,12 +738,6 @@ config SYSCTL
 config ANON_INODES
 	bool
 
-config PANIC_TIMEOUT
-	int "Default panic timeout"
-	default 0
-	help
-	  Set default panic timeout.
-
 menuconfig EMBEDDED
 	bool "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)"
 	help
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 5fc6031d1958..96b45d0b4ba5 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ static int pause_on_oops;
 static int pause_on_oops_flag;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pause_on_oops_lock);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT
-#define CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT 0
-#endif
-int panic_timeout = CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT;
+int panic_timeout;
 
 ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(panic_notifier_list);