diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index a9c2f635aaab0de717c0ffb6bf88dd76d27065f5..77c3e2373ad945ab4fbb9d2688aa60827364f26e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,6 @@ static void i915_driver_register(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	if (drm_dev_register(dev, 0) == 0) {
 		i915_debugfs_register(dev_priv);
 		i915_setup_sysfs(dev);
-		intel_modeset_register(dev_priv);
 	} else
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed to register driver for userspace access!\n");
 
@@ -1440,7 +1439,6 @@ static void i915_driver_unregister(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	acpi_video_unregister();
 	intel_opregion_unregister(dev_priv);
 
-	intel_modeset_unregister(dev_priv);
 	i915_teardown_sysfs(dev_priv->dev);
 	i915_debugfs_unregister(dev_priv);
 	drm_dev_unregister(dev_priv->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 3e94edb1a9e1fe464ec0ed7e8ce8a2982ab16948..520ee8a6bb7ababd6d389f4a0c15d81a0b3c55da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3740,8 +3740,6 @@ extern void intel_modeset_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_modeset_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_modeset_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
-extern void intel_modeset_register(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
-extern void intel_modeset_unregister(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 extern int intel_connector_register(struct drm_connector *);
 extern void intel_connector_unregister(struct drm_connector *);
 extern int intel_modeset_vga_set_state(struct drm_device *dev, bool state);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 798c175c37bf4a863c4f563deee91fcbbdc21bc6..c3257177d527fd35b413f6e4336bc797c263bd0c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -15551,16 +15551,6 @@ void intel_modeset_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 	intel_enable_gt_powersave(dev_priv);
 }
 
-void intel_modeset_register(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
-{
-	drm_connector_register_all(dev_priv->dev);
-}
-
-void intel_modeset_unregister(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
-{
-	drm_connector_unregister_all(dev_priv->dev);
-}
-
 /*
  * Calculate what we think the watermarks should be for the state we've read
  * out of the hardware and then immediately program those watermarks so that