diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 15d94c63918ce7a72bee8e6981fa5724a7d4952d..729d4233b763d2576c4ded20a1b5a330efe8a56c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -1553,17 +1553,7 @@
 
 /* Backlight control */
 #define BLC_PWM_CTL		0x61254
-#define   BACKLIGHT_MODULATION_FREQ_SHIFT		(17)
 #define BLC_PWM_CTL2		0x61250 /* 965+ only */
-#define   BLM_COMBINATION_MODE (1 << 30)
-/*
- * This is the most significant 15 bits of the number of backlight cycles in a
- * complete cycle of the modulated backlight control.
- *
- * The actual value is this field multiplied by two.
- */
-#define   BACKLIGHT_MODULATION_FREQ_MASK		(0x7fff << 17)
-#define   BLM_LEGACY_MODE				(1 << 16)
 /*
  * This is the number of cycles out of the backlight modulation cycle for which
  * the backlight is on.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index c65992df458d6a905c1bab7dcb38f38d9dfeab49..d860abeda70f54905355ceae824174ae0e19943b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "intel_drv.h"
 
-#define PCI_LBPC 0xf4 /* legacy/combination backlight modes */
-
 void
 intel_fixed_panel_mode(struct drm_display_mode *fixed_mode,
 		       struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode)
@@ -112,19 +110,6 @@ intel_pch_panel_fitting(struct drm_device *dev,
 	dev_priv->pch_pf_size = (width << 16) | height;
 }
 
-static int is_backlight_combination_mode(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-
-	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 4)
-		return I915_READ(BLC_PWM_CTL2) & BLM_COMBINATION_MODE;
-
-	if (IS_GEN2(dev))
-		return I915_READ(BLC_PWM_CTL) & BLM_LEGACY_MODE;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static u32 i915_read_blc_pwm_ctl(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
 	u32 val;
@@ -181,9 +166,6 @@ u32 intel_panel_get_max_backlight(struct drm_device *dev)
 			if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4)
 				max &= ~1;
 		}
-
-		if (is_backlight_combination_mode(dev))
-			max *= 0xff;
 	}
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("max backlight PWM = %d\n", max);
@@ -201,15 +183,6 @@ u32 intel_panel_get_backlight(struct drm_device *dev)
 		val = I915_READ(BLC_PWM_CTL) & BACKLIGHT_DUTY_CYCLE_MASK;
 		if (IS_PINEVIEW(dev))
 			val >>= 1;
-
-		if (is_backlight_combination_mode(dev)){
-			u8 lbpc;
-
-			val &= ~1;
-			pci_read_config_byte(dev->pdev, PCI_LBPC, &lbpc);
-			val *= lbpc;
-			val >>= 1;
-		}
 	}
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("get backlight PWM = %d\n", val);
@@ -232,16 +205,6 @@ void intel_panel_set_backlight(struct drm_device *dev, u32 level)
 
 	if (HAS_PCH_SPLIT(dev))
 		return intel_pch_panel_set_backlight(dev, level);
-
-	if (is_backlight_combination_mode(dev)){
-		u32 max = intel_panel_get_max_backlight(dev);
-		u8 lpbc;
-
-		lpbc = level * 0xfe / max + 1;
-		level /= lpbc;
-		pci_write_config_byte(dev->pdev, PCI_LBPC, lpbc);
-	}
-
 	tmp = I915_READ(BLC_PWM_CTL);
 	if (IS_PINEVIEW(dev)) {
 		tmp &= ~(BACKLIGHT_DUTY_CYCLE_MASK - 1);