diff --git a/architecture/share/kernel-fs.conf b/architecture/share/kernel-fs.conf
index 6221f44db..6ccab1120 100644
--- a/architecture/share/kernel-fs.conf
+++ b/architecture/share/kernel-fs.conf
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
 # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
 CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 
-dnl NTFS for installation on esoteric notebooks where the user
-dnl might have the ISOs on an NTFS partition due to unsupported
-dnl floppy, CD, ... drives
-CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
-
 dnl ISO9660 support (including JOLIET and ZISOFS compression)
 dnl
 CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
diff --git a/architecture/x86/kernel.conf.sh b/architecture/x86/kernel.conf.sh
index ac9a672e0..394723cac 100644
--- a/architecture/x86/kernel.conf.sh
+++ b/architecture/x86/kernel.conf.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 		include(`kernel-scsi.conf')
 		include(`kernel-net.conf')
 		include(`kernel-fs.conf')
+
+		dnl NTFS for installation on esoteric notebooks where the user
+		dnl might have the ISOs on an NTFS partition due to unsupported
+		dnl floppy, CD, ... drives
+		CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
 	EOT
 } | m4 -I $base/architecture/$arch -I $base/architecture/share