diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index da0f2640d1d790a42311764b7c4033953bb60323..2994ce5f6476d8a0122e162eb2dfaf6ec3212bd4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2644,7 +2644,6 @@ struct i915_params {
 	int enable_cmd_parser;
 	/* leave bools at the end to not create holes */
 	bool enable_hangcheck;
-	bool fastboot;
 	bool prefault_disable;
 	bool load_detect_test;
 	bool reset;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index 05053e2e9ff0fb48eefcd007274c06959ab925d0..ca060d5549bb41c5211b63a8589334e61cdbf736 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct i915_params i915 __read_mostly = {
 	.preliminary_hw_support = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT),
 	.disable_power_well = 1,
 	.enable_ips = 1,
-	.fastboot = 0,
 	.prefault_disable = 0,
 	.load_detect_test = 0,
 	.reset = true,
@@ -133,10 +132,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_power_well,
 module_param_named(enable_ips, i915.enable_ips, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_ips, "Enable IPS (default: true)");
 
-module_param_named(fastboot, i915.fastboot, bool, 0600);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(fastboot,
-	"Try to skip unnecessary mode sets at boot time (default: false)");
-
 module_param_named_unsafe(prefault_disable, i915.prefault_disable, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(prefault_disable,
 	"Disable page prefaulting for pread/pwrite/reloc (default:false). "
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 1691ec23bb9510b9ea46dd8a78ebf993ce271c72..a001cbbb855bda5458743022f32125482fadccdb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -13005,8 +13005,7 @@ static int intel_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		if (i915.fastboot &&
-		    intel_pipe_config_compare(state->dev,
+		if (intel_pipe_config_compare(state->dev,
 					to_intel_crtc_state(crtc->state),
 					pipe_config, true)) {
 			crtc_state->mode_changed = false;