diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1589d2530239..459de0d92bf8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1842,21 +1842,6 @@ sub process {
 			     "Use of $flag is deprecated, please use \`$replacement->{$flag} instead.\n" . $herecurr) if ($replacement->{$flag});
 		}
 
-# check for Kconfig help text having a real description
-		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /\+?\s*(---)?help(---)?$/) {
-			my $length = 0;
-			for (my $l = $linenr; defined($lines[$l]); $l++) {
-				my $f = $lines[$l];
-				$f =~ s/#.*//;
-				$f =~ s/^\s+//;
-				next if ($f =~ /^$/);
-				last if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/);
-				$length++;
-			}
-			WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4);
-		}
-
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/);