diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 72ebbbbb1..37455d829 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ linux (4.14~rc4-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - a2091, a3000, a4000t, bvme6000_scsi, gvp11, mvme16x_scsi, zorro7xx
   * [m68k] Build uncompressed kernel image by default.
 
+  [ Uwe Kleine-König ]
+  * media: drop explicit setting of DVB_MAX_ADAPTERS to follow upstream default
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Wed, 04 Oct 2017 01:44:24 +0100
 
 linux (4.14~rc3-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 409c83157..3311d70b5 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -1798,7 +1798,6 @@ CONFIG_SMS_SIANO_RC=y
 ##
 ## file: drivers/media/dvb-core/Kconfig
 ##
-CONFIG_DVB_MAX_ADAPTERS=8
 CONFIG_DVB_DYNAMIC_MINORS=y
 
 ##