diff --git a/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config b/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config
index fede432f8d..7405e715bb 100644
--- a/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config
+++ b/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ CONFIG_PCCARD_NONSTATIC=m
 CONFIG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_PCI_ATMEL=m
 CONFIG_PCI_HERMES=m
-CONFIG_PCMCIA=m
+# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
 # CONFIG_PCMCIA_AHA152X is not set
 # CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_PCMCIA_FDOMAIN is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config-diff b/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config-diff
index 9ab17e56fc..30c500e847 100644
--- a/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config-diff
+++ b/target/linux/atheros-2.6/config-diff
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_SPIFLASH=y
 CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_4KB=y
 # CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_64KB is not set
 # CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_8KB is not set
+# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
 # CONFIG_PCCARD is not set
 # CONFIG_PMC_YOSEMITE is not set
 # CONFIG_PNX8550_JBS is not set