diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 56e5ebbf322f..c46e0a1fb68e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(modeset,
 		"Use kernel modesetting [KMS] (0=DRM_I915_KMS from .config, "
 		"1=on, -1=force vga console preference [default])");
 
-unsigned int i915_fbpercrtc __always_unused = 0;
-module_param_named(fbpercrtc, i915_fbpercrtc, int, 0400);
-
 int i915_panel_ignore_lid __read_mostly = 1;
 module_param_named(panel_ignore_lid, i915_panel_ignore_lid, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(panel_ignore_lid,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 7d144e4bacbb..006a11c66028 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1876,7 +1876,6 @@ struct drm_i915_file_private {
 
 extern const struct drm_ioctl_desc i915_ioctls[];
 extern int i915_max_ioctl;
-extern unsigned int i915_fbpercrtc __always_unused;
 extern int i915_panel_ignore_lid __read_mostly;
 extern unsigned int i915_powersave __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_semaphores __read_mostly;