diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 63bcda5541ec..3c710bb88a5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1756,8 +1756,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 	 */
 	struct workqueue_struct *dp_wq;
 
-	uint32_t bios_vgacntr;
-
 	/* Abstract the submission mechanism (legacy ringbuffer or execlists) away */
 	struct {
 		int (*do_execbuf)(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 03d0b0cb8e05..97c5513ea1c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -13060,11 +13060,7 @@ static void i915_disable_vga(struct drm_device *dev)
 	vga_put(dev->pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO);
 	udelay(300);
 
-	/*
-	 * Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S6010 (830) has problems resuming
-	 * from S3 without preserving (some of?) the other bits.
-	 */
-	I915_WRITE(vga_reg, dev_priv->bios_vgacntr | VGA_DISP_DISABLE);
+	I915_WRITE(vga_reg, VGA_DISP_DISABLE);
 	POSTING_READ(vga_reg);
 }
 
@@ -13149,8 +13145,6 @@ void intel_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	intel_shared_dpll_init(dev);
 
-	/* save the BIOS value before clobbering it */
-	dev_priv->bios_vgacntr = I915_READ(i915_vgacntrl_reg(dev));
 	/* Just disable it once at startup */
 	i915_disable_vga(dev);
 	intel_setup_outputs(dev);