diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
index 5f87b222f..9d5f712a4 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH=y
 CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
-CONFIG_USELIB=y
+# CONFIG_USELIB is not set
 # CONFIG_AUDIT is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL=y