diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 683e384319..3b9fcce980 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ config CREATE_ARCH_SYMLINK
 config HAVE_ARCH_IOREMAP
 	bool
 
+config NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
+	bool
+
 choice
 	prompt "Architecture select"
 	default SANDBOX
@@ -26,12 +29,14 @@ config ARM
 config M68K
 	bool "M68000 architecture"
 	select HAVE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC
+	select NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
 	select SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE
 	select SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD
 	select SUPPORT_OF_CONTROL
 
 config MICROBLAZE
 	bool "MicroBlaze architecture"
+	select NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
 	select SUPPORT_OF_CONTROL
 	imply CMD_IRQ
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/config.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/config.h
index c7363c0b51..7ea443673a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/config.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/config.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_CONFIG_H_
 #define _ASM_CONFIG_H_
 
-#define CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
-
 #define CONFIG_LMB
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
 
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/config.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/config.h
index 1124272915..3ae71b3e01 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/config.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/config.h
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_LMB
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
-#endif
-
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
 
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index a9508448d4..0aabe7a451 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -1154,7 +1154,6 @@ CONFIG_NCEL2C100_BASE
 CONFIG_NCEMIC100_BASE
 CONFIG_NDS_DLM1_BASE
 CONFIG_NDS_DLM2_BASE
-CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
 CONFIG_NEO
 CONFIG_NET2BIG_V2
 CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_BUFFER_SIZE