diff --git a/src/soc/cavium/cn81xx/Kconfig b/src/soc/cavium/cn81xx/Kconfig
index 4bf2e65516..9119bcc152 100644
--- a/src/soc/cavium/cn81xx/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/cavium/cn81xx/Kconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ if SOC_CAVIUM_CN81XX
 
 config VBOOT
 	select VBOOT_SEPARATE_VERSTAGE
-	select VBOOT_RETURN_FROM_VERSTAGE
 	select VBOOT_STARTS_IN_BOOTBLOCK
 
 config ARM64_BL31_EXTERNAL_FILE