diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index 5b7b14a7494..86b515a9726 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -16,21 +16,6 @@ config IRQ_OFFLOAD_INTNUM
 	  Please note that in order for IRQ offload to work correctly the selected
 	  interrupt shall have its priority shall not exceed XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL.
 
-config XTENSA_OMIT_HIGH_INTERRUPTS
-	bool "Skip generation of vectors for high priority interrupts"
-	help
-	  Setting this to y causes the interrupt vectors for "high
-	  priority" Xtensa interrupts (those not masked by the EXCM bit
-	  in PS) to be left ungenerated, so they can be handled by
-	  application code instead.  Note that high priority interrupts
-	  cannot safely be handled by C code anyway (they will interrupt
-	  register window exceptions, which cannot be made reentrant, so
-	  the code under the handler must not emit them), though some
-	  devices might still want to use built-in handling for things
-	  like watchdogs which do not need to return into interrupted
-	  code.  Default is "n" for legacy compatibility. Consider
-	  changing to "y" in the future.
-
 endmenu
 
 config ARCH
diff --git a/tests/arch/xtensa_asm2/prj.conf b/tests/arch/xtensa_asm2/prj.conf
index 4c70f0f1254..3981afea9a0 100644
--- a/tests/arch/xtensa_asm2/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/arch/xtensa_asm2/prj.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_MULTITHREADING=n
 CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=8192
-CONFIG_XTENSA_OMIT_HIGH_INTERRUPTS=y