diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
index 14d16464000ac3c83d2c227094fa0643f691772b..07bf70121e9ac3af7ebdf1c5784580be278d9c41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 unsigned int drm_debug = 0;	/* 1 to enable debug output */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_debug);
 
-unsigned int drm_rnodes = 0;	/* 1 to enable experimental render nodes API */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_rnodes);
-
 /* 1 to allow user space to request universal planes (experimental) */
 unsigned int drm_universal_planes = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_universal_planes);
@@ -60,13 +57,11 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR(CORE_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(CORE_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable debug output");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(rnodes, "Enable experimental render nodes API");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(vblankoffdelay, "Delay until vblank irq auto-disable [msecs]");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timestamp_precision_usec, "Max. error on timestamps [usecs]");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timestamp_monotonic, "Use monotonic timestamps");
 
 module_param_named(debug, drm_debug, int, 0600);
-module_param_named(rnodes, drm_rnodes, int, 0600);
 module_param_named(universal_planes, drm_universal_planes, int, 0600);
 module_param_named(vblankoffdelay, drm_vblank_offdelay, int, 0600);
 module_param_named(timestamp_precision_usec, drm_timestamp_precision, int, 0600);
@@ -588,7 +583,7 @@ struct drm_device *drm_dev_alloc(struct drm_driver *driver,
 			goto err_minors;
 	}
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER) && drm_rnodes) {
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER)) {
 		ret = drm_minor_alloc(dev, DRM_MINOR_RENDER);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_minors;
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 57c07cd89a6ade905e663c05fe0a66f12722f002..dc74c971b9927b5c0dc29bf99352218a5d3412eb 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1395,7 +1395,6 @@ extern void drm_master_put(struct drm_master **master);
 extern void drm_put_dev(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_unplug_dev(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern unsigned int drm_debug;
-extern unsigned int drm_rnodes;
 extern unsigned int drm_universal_planes;
 
 extern unsigned int drm_vblank_offdelay;