diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 4178065ca27fd626476bd84216992c877a6f54b9..33d19e419908b8315603f04db41189ed9c506a0c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int conf_choice(struct menu *menu)
 			print_help(child);
 			continue;
 		}
-		sym_set_choice_value(sym, child->sym);
+		sym_set_tristate_value(child->sym, yes);
 		for (child = child->list; child; child = child->next) {
 			indent += 2;
 			conf(child);
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
index c396aa10409027fdd4e248267879a4d9abee271e..6ac2eabe109d2659232e774681dae6323529c00e 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ static inline struct symbol *sym_get_choice_value(struct symbol *sym)
 	return (struct symbol *)sym->curr.val;
 }
 
-static inline bool sym_set_choice_value(struct symbol *ch, struct symbol *chval)
-{
-	return sym_set_tristate_value(chval, yes);
-}
-
 static inline bool sym_is_choice(struct symbol *sym)
 {
 	return sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHOICE ? true : false;