diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 33687dddd86a7e04dfa7e7829788b4a0442ae61a..9092e0ffe4d30bf07e837968f2eed42d7da6a3ff 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
 	bool
 
 config 64BIT_TIME
-	def_bool ARCH_HAS_64BIT_TIME
+	def_bool y
 	help
 	  This should be selected by all architectures that need to support
 	  new system calls with a 64-bit time_t. This is relevant on all 32-bit