diff --git a/target/tar/Config.in b/target/tar/Config.in
index 8cce507708..655a573dd0 100644
--- a/target/tar/Config.in
+++ b/target/tar/Config.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-menuconfig BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR
 	bool "tar the root filesystem for the target device"
 	default n
 	help