diff --git a/config-generic b/config-generic
index f565c2f54..df5fbe45d 100644
--- a/config-generic
+++ b/config-generic
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y
 CONFIG_NL80211=y
 # CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE is not set
 CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
-CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y
+# CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is not set
 CONFIG_LIB80211=m
 CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP=m
 CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index d164da771..aadb4a430 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -2295,6 +2295,9 @@ fi
 #                 ||----w |
 #                 ||     ||
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 16 2012 John W. Linville <linville@redhat.com>
+- Disable CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS (long deprecated upstream)
+
 * Mon Apr 16 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@redhat.com> - 3.4.0-0.rc3.git0.1
 - Linux v3.4-rc3
 - Disable debugging options.