diff --git a/arch/x86/core/Kconfig.ia32 b/arch/x86/core/Kconfig.ia32
index 310b2dd9142..03e2af8cdfb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/core/Kconfig.ia32
+++ b/arch/x86/core/Kconfig.ia32
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ endif # CPU_HAS_FPU
 
 config X86_FP_USE_SOFT_FLOAT
 	bool
-	prompt "Use Software Floating Point Operations" if !(NEWLIB_LIBC && !FPU)
-	default y if NEWLIB_LIBC && !FPU
+	default y if !FPU
 	help
 	  Enable using software floating point operations.