diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 7884af8beee..243605e0cd0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ config 	ARC_HAS_STACK_CHECKING
 config	ARC_CONNECT
 	bool "ARC has ARC connect"
 	select SCHED_IPI_SUPPORTED
-	default n
 	help
 	  ARC is configured with ARC CONNECT which is a hardware for connecting
 	  multi cores.