diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/Config.in b/payloads/libpayload/Config.in
index 377b7bafb6..9d083ea239 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/Config.in
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/Config.in
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ config TINYCURSES
 
 config PDCURSES
 	bool "PDCurses"
-	default y
 	help
 	  libpayload's PDCurses port provides a full features curses
 	  implementation, including libpanel, libmenu and libform (which