diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/reef/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/google/reef/Kconfig
index de4df6213b..76a864062f 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/reef/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/reef/Kconfig
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ config MAINBOARD_FAMILY
 	default "Google_Coral" if BOARD_GOOGLE_CORAL
 	default "Google_Reef"
 
-config MAX_CPUS
-	int
-	default 4
-
 config UART_FOR_CONSOLE
 	int
 	default 2
diff --git a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_apl1/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_apl1/Kconfig
index 705351f742..ac85670644 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_apl1/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_apl1/Kconfig
@@ -40,8 +40,4 @@ config MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER
 config UART_FOR_CONSOLE
 	default 2
 
-config MAX_CPUS
-	int
-	default 4
-
 endif # BOARD_SIEMENS_BASEBOARD_MC_APL1
diff --git a/src/mainboard/up/squared/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/up/squared/Kconfig
index 836c5bb0f9..25e751c04a 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/up/squared/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/up/squared/Kconfig
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ config PXE_ROM_ID
 	string
 	default "10ec,8168"
 
-config MAX_CPUS
-	int
-	default 4
-
 config LINUX_COMMAND_LINE
 	string
 	default "console=ttyS4,115200 earlyprintk=ttyS4,115200,keep" if PAYLOAD_LINUXBOOT && UART_FOR_CONSOLE=0
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/apollolake/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/apollolake/Kconfig
index f5d932396b..a30333bb68 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/apollolake/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/apollolake/Kconfig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ config CPU_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 
 config MAX_CPUS
 	int
-	default 4 if SOC_INTEL_GEMINILAKE
+	default 4
 
 config CHROMEOS
 	select CHROMEOS_RAMOOPS_DYNAMIC