diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
index 622968161ac7c103cf6d5aa75ab6bd4cbcc9c7d5..9465de4135aad319de7b838ce3dcd24e23f27fbf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_crt_connector_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_crt_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.mode_valid = intel_crt_mode_valid,
 	.get_modes = intel_crt_get_modes,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static const struct drm_encoder_funcs intel_crt_enc_funcs = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index a59cc0e2e5caf2d547645df3bccbdc4979819801..49322f6cfa2b630a9298837663e1ade4f6627ab2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -16267,14 +16267,6 @@ void intel_modeset_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 	intel_teardown_gmbus(dev);
 }
 
-/*
- * Return which encoder is currently attached for connector.
- */
-struct drm_encoder *intel_best_encoder(struct drm_connector *connector)
-{
-	return &intel_attached_encoder(connector)->base;
-}
-
 void intel_connector_attach_encoder(struct intel_connector *connector,
 				    struct intel_encoder *encoder)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index f97cd5305e4c15b4d62e649430ba0ebd50aa8025..be083519dac9615743d96346ec1c3369f2e368f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -4580,7 +4580,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_dp_connector_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_dp_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.get_modes = intel_dp_get_modes,
 	.mode_valid = intel_dp_mode_valid,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static const struct drm_encoder_funcs intel_dp_enc_funcs = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index ebe7b3427e2e12a76a05866a878584d3fa97d975..270da8de0acf042827b9f7bbfc0d9304fa0d2960 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -1154,7 +1154,6 @@ struct intel_connector *intel_connector_alloc(void);
 bool intel_connector_get_hw_state(struct intel_connector *connector);
 void intel_connector_attach_encoder(struct intel_connector *connector,
 				    struct intel_encoder *encoder);
-struct drm_encoder *intel_best_encoder(struct drm_connector *connector);
 struct drm_display_mode *intel_crtc_mode_get(struct drm_device *dev,
 					     struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 enum pipe intel_get_pipe_from_connector(struct intel_connector *connector);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi.c
index c70132aa91d5b6af4c076e2379db4e7dd5023746..a2ead5eac3361feb73df6295c607e8b07d377a18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,6 @@ static const struct drm_encoder_funcs intel_dsi_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_dsi_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.get_modes = intel_dsi_get_modes,
 	.mode_valid = intel_dsi_mode_valid,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_dsi_connector_funcs = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dvo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dvo.c
index a456f2eb68b6d28cabf1e9fc413a61a8581f3b0b..c86f88ed92fd64a2b7ce6a29ba324e2bc498e2f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dvo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dvo.c
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_dvo_connector_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_dvo_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.mode_valid = intel_dvo_mode_valid,
 	.get_modes = intel_dvo_get_modes,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static void intel_dvo_enc_destroy(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
index eb455ea6ea92ed6d0226bae00f23fe9c13411834..6b29da9bba384a8ec331b75c86770c0bfc432b55 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_hdmi_connector_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_hdmi_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.get_modes = intel_hdmi_get_modes,
 	.mode_valid = intel_hdmi_mode_valid,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static const struct drm_encoder_funcs intel_hdmi_enc_funcs = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
index 62eaa895fe5b08e8bc68c37fb58359ebc822c892..e06b9036bebc6d3bddf41fd82aad9297e31c6d5e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ static int intel_lvds_set_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_lvds_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.get_modes = intel_lvds_get_modes,
 	.mode_valid = intel_lvds_mode_valid,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_lvds_connector_funcs = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
index 1a71456bd12a3b9a251a5f40b6fe0cc19eea19b7..ab2d0658abe6e8954de6310ea526c3aa6f8b8a1c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
@@ -2191,7 +2191,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_sdvo_connector_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_sdvo_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.get_modes = intel_sdvo_get_modes,
 	.mode_valid = intel_sdvo_mode_valid,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static void intel_sdvo_enc_destroy(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_tv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_tv.c
index 1f3a0e1e1a1fabb256bb6fffd78b74cd953b0591..7ac9e9b0e2c3e7ac6f8ea74c9882e1c7b8a37385 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_tv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_tv.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs intel_tv_connector_funcs = {
 static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs intel_tv_connector_helper_funcs = {
 	.mode_valid = intel_tv_mode_valid,
 	.get_modes = intel_tv_get_modes,
-	.best_encoder = intel_best_encoder,
 };
 
 static const struct drm_encoder_funcs intel_tv_enc_funcs = {