diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c
index 024346054c70..d254679a136e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ static int bochs_kms_init(struct bochs_device *bochs)
 
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.preferred_depth = 24;
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow = 0;
-	bochs->dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow_fbdev = 1;
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.quirk_addfb_prefer_host_byte_order = true;
 
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.funcs = &bochs_mode_funcs;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index 275d018d9b69..405e1732750c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -2052,7 +2052,6 @@ int vmw_kms_init(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 	dev->mode_config.max_width = dev_priv->texture_max_width;
 	dev->mode_config.max_height = dev_priv->texture_max_height;
 	dev->mode_config.preferred_depth = dev_priv->assume_16bpp ? 16 : 32;
-	dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow_fbdev = !dev_priv->has_mob;
 
 	drm_mode_create_suggested_offset_properties(dev);
 	vmw_kms_create_hotplug_mode_update_property(dev_priv);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h b/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
index e5b053001d22..973119a9176b 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
@@ -890,13 +890,6 @@ struct drm_mode_config {
 	/* dumb ioctl parameters */
 	uint32_t preferred_depth, prefer_shadow;
 
-	/**
-	 * @prefer_shadow_fbdev:
-	 *
-	 * Hint to framebuffer emulation to prefer shadow-fb rendering.
-	 */
-	bool prefer_shadow_fbdev;
-
 	/**
 	 * @quirk_addfb_prefer_xbgr_30bpp:
 	 *