diff --git a/iop/config b/iop/config
index 00902fa5c..dca7220f1 100644
--- a/iop/config
+++ b/iop/config
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ CONFIG_PACKAGE_xl2tpd=y
 CONFIG_PACKAGE_zoneinfo-core=y
 CONFIG_PACKAGE_zoneinfo-europe=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_CUSTOMER="IOPSYS"
-CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_TARGZ=y
 # CONFIG_USE_SSTRIP is not set
 CONFIG_USE_STRIP=y
 CONFIG_BUILD_LOG=y