diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 9a40a9c665c7..f0df9a2e19e1 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -999,20 +999,6 @@ config HUGETLBFS
 config HUGETLB_PAGE
 	def_bool HUGETLBFS
 
-config RAMFS
-	bool
-	default y
-	---help---
-	  Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
-	  read and write access.
-
-	  It is more of an programming example than a useable file system.  If
-	  you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
-	  tmpfs.
-
-	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
-	  ramfs.
-
 config CONFIGFS_FS
 	tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 720c29d57a62..500cf15cdb4b 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_JBD)		+= jbd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_JBD2)		+= jbd2/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS)		+= ext2/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRAMFS)		+= cramfs/
-obj-$(CONFIG_RAMFS)		+= ramfs/
+obj-y				+= ramfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS)		+= hugetlbfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CODA_FS)		+= coda/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MINIX_FS)		+= minix/
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/Makefile b/fs/ramfs/Makefile
index 5a0236e02ee1..c71e65dcad25 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ramfs/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux ramfs routines.
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_RAMFS) += ramfs.o
+obj-y += ramfs.o
 
 file-mmu-y := file-nommu.o
 file-mmu-$(CONFIG_MMU) := file-mmu.o