diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 3dd2674d6..e6c65044a 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
 
 endchoice
 
+config MICROCOM
+	bool "microcom"
+	default n
+	help
+	  The poor man's minicom utility for chatting with serial port devices.
+
 config MOUNTPOINT
 	bool "mountpoint"
 	default n
diff --git a/miscutils/Kbuild b/miscutils/Kbuild
index b420d68e7..a9dc833e6 100644
--- a/miscutils/Kbuild
+++ b/miscutils/Kbuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_HDPARM)      += hdparm.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_LAST)        += last.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_LESS)        += less.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_MAKEDEVS)    += makedevs.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_MICROCOM)    += microcom.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_MOUNTPOINT)  += mountpoint.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_MT)          += mt.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RAIDAUTORUN) += raidautorun.o
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index 7d8e94890..107382f51 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -305,12 +305,6 @@ config FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE
 	  /lib/firmware/ and if it exists, send it to the kernel for
 	  loading into the hardware.
 
-config MICROCOM
-	bool "microcom"
-	default n
-	help
-	  The poor man's minicom utility for chatting with serial port devices.
-
 config MKSWAP
 	bool "mkswap"
 	default n
diff --git a/util-linux/Kbuild b/util-linux/Kbuild
index 8f3138a87..cc1d0e05d 100644
--- a/util-linux/Kbuild
+++ b/util-linux/Kbuild
@@ -30,4 +30,3 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_SETARCH)		+=setarch.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SWAPONOFF)		+=swaponoff.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT)	+=switch_root.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_UMOUNT)		+=umount.o
-lib-$(CONFIG_MICROCOM)		+=microcom.o