diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 6a1a092db1461f3413defc6d11ca74ce68b9d282..c7795096d43bc22c4450ba8b6c88a88a9be1c19e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -2,24 +2,14 @@
 # Misc strange devices
 #
 
-# This one has to live outside of the MISC_DEVICES conditional,
-# because it may be selected by drivers/platform/x86/hp_accel.
+menu "Misc devices"
+
 config SENSORS_LIS3LV02D
 	tristate
 	depends on INPUT
 	select INPUT_POLLDEV
 	default n
 
-menuconfig MISC_DEVICES
-	bool "Misc devices"
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various
-	  different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
-
-	  If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
-
-if MISC_DEVICES
-
 config AD525X_DPOT
 	tristate "Analog Devices Digital Potentiometers"
 	depends on (I2C || SPI) && SYSFS
@@ -516,5 +506,4 @@ source "drivers/misc/ti-st/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/carma/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig"
-
-endif # MISC_DEVICES
+endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
index cf444b0ca2cc8144367c8232a3075cd006e7d6ae..00fcbed1afd28b416bff41ec30c34ec0f69b1d91 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ config MMC_SDHI
 config MMC_CB710
 	tristate "ENE CB710 MMC/SD Interface support"
 	depends on PCI
-	select MISC_DEVICES
 	select CB710_CORE
 	help
 	  This option enables support for MMC/SD part of ENE CB710/720 Flash
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig
index 1ea811cf515bd11e9bd1fa0f6d46fd5bce444c0b..fe42fc00d8d314d6011d621c23c64370b93fe304 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ config KS8851
 	select NET_CORE
 	select MII
 	select CRC32
-	select MISC_DEVICES
 	select EEPROM_93CX6
 	---help---
 	  SPI driver for Micrel KS8851 SPI attached network chip.