'default n' is the default value for any bool or tristate Kconfig setting so there is no need to write it explicitly. Also since commit f467c5640c29 ("kconfig: only write '# CONFIG_FOO is not set' for visible symbols") the Kconfig behavior is the same regardless of 'default n' being present or not: ... One side effect of (and the main motivation for) this change is making the following two definitions behave exactly the same: config FOO bool config FOO bool default n With this change, neither of these will generate a '# CONFIG_FOO is not set' line (assuming FOO isn't selected/implied). That might make it clearer to people that a bare 'default n' is redundant. ... Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/ata/Kconfig =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig 2018-10-09 15:58:37.319122897 +0200 +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig 2018-10-09 16:43:07.823190149 +0200 @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if ATA config ATA_NONSTANDARD bool - default n config ATA_VERBOSE_ERROR bool "Verbose ATA error reporting" @@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ config ATA_ACPI config SATA_ZPODD bool "SATA Zero Power Optical Disc Drive (ZPODD) support" depends on ATA_ACPI && PM - default n help This option adds support for SATA Zero Power Optical Disc Drive (ZPODD). It requires both the ODD and the platform