diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/ptdump.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/ptdump.rst
index 5dcfc5d7cddf..61ca040a885b 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/ptdump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/ptdump.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ offlining of memory being accessed by the ptdump code.
 In order to dump the kernel page tables, enable the following
 configurations and mount debugfs::
 
- CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
  CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
  CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS=y
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index fcdd0ed3eca8..1f516bed81dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
 	select GENERIC_LIB_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
-	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
+	select PTDUMP_CORE
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
index ead632ad01b4..fe17d7f5b061 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ config PTDUMP_STAGE2_DEBUGFS
 	depends on KVM
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	depends on DEBUG_FS
-	depends on GENERIC_PTDUMP
-	select PTDUMP_CORE
+	depends on PTDUMP_CORE
 	default n
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to show the stage-2 kernel pagetables
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 424f188e62d9..97312440f715 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ config PPC
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP		if PCI
-	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
@@ -314,6 +313,7 @@ config PPC
 	select PCI_MSI_ARCH_FALLBACKS		if PCI_MSI
 	select PCI_SYSCALL			if PCI
 	select PPC_DAWR				if PPC64
+	select PTDUMP_CORE
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if STRICT_MODULE_RWX
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig
index 77306be62e9e..ea6f836407d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig
@@ -78,4 +78,3 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_BDI_SWITCH=y
 CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 7612c52e9b1e..bdaf08c1e1da 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
 	select GENERIC_LIB_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
-	select GENERIC_PTDUMP if MMU
+	select PTDUMP_CORE if MMU
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if MMU && 64BIT
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 9c9ec08d78c7..ecf6b4cb3e33 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ config S390
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
 	select GENERIC_ENTRY
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
-	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
+	select PTDUMP_CORE
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 87198d957e2f..b6097b6178de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ config X86
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_RESERVATION_MODE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ		if SMP
-	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
+	select PTDUMP_CORE
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 1eb4d23cdaae..090c44d7e1a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC
 config EFI_PGT_DUMP
 	bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
 	depends on EFI
-	select PTDUMP_CORE
+	depends on PTDUMP_CORE
 	help
 	  Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
 	  enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
diff --git a/kernel/configs/debug.config b/kernel/configs/debug.config
index 20552f163930..8aafd050b754 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/debug.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/debug.config
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_RB=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE=y
-CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
 CONFIG_KASAN=y
 CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE=y
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 41a58536531d..b206e5a11f96 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ config DEBUG_WX
 	bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
 	depends on ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
 	depends on MMU
-	select PTDUMP_CORE
+	depends on PTDUMP_CORE
 	help
 	  Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
 
@@ -212,9 +212,6 @@ config DEBUG_WX
 
 	  If in doubt, say "Y".
 
-config GENERIC_PTDUMP
-	bool
-
 config PTDUMP_CORE
 	bool
 
@@ -222,8 +219,7 @@ config PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
 	bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	depends on DEBUG_FS
-	depends on GENERIC_PTDUMP
-	select PTDUMP_CORE
+	depends on PTDUMP_CORE
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
 	  debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
