diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e00d94b16658..c3c142dc5c06 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ config ARCH_S3C24XX
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_MULTI_HANDLER
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
-	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select NEED_MACH_IO_H
 	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
index f185cd3d4c62..d2d249706ebb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ menuconfig ARCH_EXYNOS
 	select HAVE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER if ARCH_EXYNOS5
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
-	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_EXYNOS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig
index ac3e3563487f..e208c2b48853 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ menuconfig ARCH_S3C64XX
 	select GPIO_SAMSUNG if ATAGS
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
-	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_TCM
 	select PLAT_SAMSUNG
 	select PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS if PM
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ config MACH_SMDK6410
 	bool "SMDK6410"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	select CPU_S3C6410
-	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select S3C64XX_SETUP_FB_24BPP
 	select S3C64XX_SETUP_I2C1
 	select S3C64XX_SETUP_IDE
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
index 03984a791879..b3db1191e437 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ config ARCH_S5PV210
 	select COMMON_CLK_SAMSUNG
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
-	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_EXYNOS
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
index cd58f8495c45..d235b27cf372 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ config ARCH_EXYNOS
 	select EXYNOS_CHIPID
 	select EXYNOS_PM_DOMAINS if PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS
 	select EXYNOS_PMU
-	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_EXYNOS
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index ab7aad5a1e69..e4dd49895567 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -478,16 +478,10 @@ config IXP4XX_WATCHDOG
 
 	  Say N if you are unsure.
 
-config HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG
-	bool
-	help
-	  This will include watchdog timer support for Samsung SoCs. If
-	  you want to include watchdog support for any machine, kindly
-	  select this in the respective mach-XXXX/Kconfig file.
-
 config S3C2410_WATCHDOG
 	tristate "S3C2410 Watchdog"
-	depends on HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG || COMPILE_TEST
+	depends on ARCH_S3C24XX || ARCH_S3C64XX || ARCH_S5PV210 || ARCH_EXYNOS || \
+		   COMPILE_TEST
 	select WATCHDOG_CORE
 	select MFD_SYSCON if ARCH_EXYNOS
 	help