diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a9cc15fb..23f8c4861 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ extremedebug:
 	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set/CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y/' config-nodebug
 
 debug:
-	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set/CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y/' config-nodebug
 	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_LOCK_STAT is not set/CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y/' config-nodebug
 	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set/CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y/' config-nodebug
 	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set/CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y/' config-nodebug
diff --git a/Makefile.release b/Makefile.release
index 4cd25f2d0..bac0e4dbb 100644
--- a/Makefile.release
+++ b/Makefile.release
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # Anything that changes kernel.spec itself should go in the main Makefile.
 
 config-release:
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y/# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set/' config-nodebug
 	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y/# CONFIG_LOCK_STAT is not set/' config-nodebug
 	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set/' config-nodebug
 	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set/' config-nodebug
diff --git a/config-debug b/config-debug
index 8000b4e86..e22532600 100644
--- a/config-debug
+++ b/config-debug
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER=y
 CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT=y
 CONFIG_FAIL_MMC_REQUEST=y
 
-CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y
-
 CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y
 
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y
diff --git a/config-generic b/config-generic
index 67b0d2840..9a4bb0d53 100644
--- a/config-generic
+++ b/config-generic
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y
 CONFIG_SLUB=y
 CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL=y
 # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
 
 # CONFIG_AD525X_DPOT is not set
 # CONFIG_ATMEL_PWM is not set
diff --git a/config-nodebug b/config-nodebug
index be9e1aa85..9d4b2e91f 100644
--- a/config-nodebug
+++ b/config-nodebug
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER=y
 CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT=y
 CONFIG_FAIL_MMC_REQUEST=y
 
-CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y
-
 CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y
 
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y