diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_i2c.c b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_i2c.c
index 8c8fa35f1b7c2b13cd6a35341abddcf7ca42d9f5..2c5567175dca60f8bcf8c4e19e2eb78e66807fe9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_i2c.c
@@ -139,12 +139,8 @@ void radeon_delete_i2c_busses(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo)
 int radeon_probe_i2c_connector(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo, int conn,
 			       u8 **out_edid)
 {
-	u32 reg = rinfo->i2c[conn-1].ddc_reg;
 	u8 *edid;
 
-	OUTREG(reg, INREG(reg) &
-			~(VGA_DDC_DATA_OUTPUT | VGA_DDC_CLK_OUTPUT));
-
 	edid = fb_ddc_read(&rinfo->i2c[conn-1].adapter);
 
 	if (out_edid)