diff --git a/doc/services/portability/posix/kconfig/index.rst b/doc/services/portability/posix/kconfig/index.rst
index c1599dd5506..0ce0e5bb4b4 100644
--- a/doc/services/portability/posix/kconfig/index.rst
+++ b/doc/services/portability/posix/kconfig/index.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Configuration Options
 This is a non-exhaustive list of specific :ref:`kconfig` options relating to Zephyr's
 implementation of the POSIX API.
 
-* :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_APP_LINK_WITH_POSIX_SUBSYS`
 * :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_EVENTFD`
 * :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_EVENTFD_MAX`
 * :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_FDTABLE`
diff --git a/lib/posix/options/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/posix/options/CMakeLists.txt
index b523e859e86..a0c1722df6a 100644
--- a/lib/posix/options/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/posix/options/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ zephyr_syscall_header(
   posix_clock.h
 )
 
-zephyr_interface_library_named(posix_subsys)
-
 if(CONFIG_POSIX_API)
   zephyr_include_directories(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/posix)
 endif()
@@ -63,6 +61,3 @@ zephyr_library_include_directories(
   ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/kernel/include
   ${ARCH_DIR}/${ARCH}/include
 )
-
-zephyr_library_link_libraries(posix_subsys)
-zephyr_library_property(ALLOW_EMPTY TRUE)
diff --git a/lib/posix/options/Kconfig b/lib/posix/options/Kconfig
index 9b738c9bdba..c2673e164dd 100644
--- a/lib/posix/options/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/posix/options/Kconfig
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@ config POSIX_API
 	  Enable mostly-standards-compliant implementations of
 	  various POSIX (IEEE 1003.1) APIs.
 
-# The name of this option is mandated by zephyr_interface_library_named
-# cmake directive.
-config APP_LINK_WITH_POSIX_SUBSYS
-	bool "Make POSIX headers available to application"
-	default y
-	depends on POSIX_API
-	help
-	  Add POSIX subsystem header files to the 'app' include path.
-
 if POSIX_CLOCK
 
 config PTHREAD_IPC