diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
index be975e53346..9156f9c2635 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ choice
 		bool "gcc 13.x"
 endchoice
 
-config GCC_USE_DEFAULT_VERSION
-	bool
-	default y if !TOOLCHAINOPTS || GCC_USE_VERSION_12
-	imply KERNEL_WERROR
-
 config GCC_USE_GRAPHITE
 	bool
 	prompt "Compile in support for the new Graphite framework in GCC 4.4+" if TOOLCHAINOPTS
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Config.version b/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
index 7126a0c883f..e40d6b2df35 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ config GCC_VERSION
 	default "11.3.0"	if GCC_VERSION_11
 	default "13.1.0"	if GCC_VERSION_13
 	default "12.3.0"
+
+config GCC_USE_DEFAULT_VERSION
+	bool
+	default y if !TOOLCHAINOPTS || GCC_USE_VERSION_12
+	imply KERNEL_WERROR