diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
index 844498c4267c..20a260887be3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ nouveau_fbcon_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 		info->flags = FBINFO_DEFAULT | FBINFO_HWACCEL_COPYAREA |
 			      FBINFO_HWACCEL_FILLRECT |
 			      FBINFO_HWACCEL_IMAGEBLIT;
-	info->flags |= FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT;
 	info->fbops = &nouveau_fbcon_sw_ops;
 	info->fix.smem_start = fb->nvbo->bo.mem.bus.base +
 			       fb->nvbo->bo.mem.bus.offset;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_fb.c b/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_fb.c
index 43c39eca4ae1..034f8ffa8f20 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_fb.c
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ static int vboxfb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	 * The last flag forces a mode set on VT switches even if the kernel
 	 * does not think it is needed.
 	 */
-	info->flags = FBINFO_DEFAULT | FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT |
-		      FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS_SETPAR;
+	info->flags = FBINFO_DEFAULT | FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS_SETPAR;
 	info->fbops = &vboxfb_ops;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 75ebbbf0a1fb..9fd99681a7f2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,6 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
 	if (p->userfont)
 		charcnt = FNTCHARCNT(p->fontdata);
 
-	vc->vc_panic_force_write = !!(info->flags & FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT);
 	vc->vc_can_do_color = (fb_get_color_depth(&info->var, &info->fix)!=1);
 	vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_can_do_color ? 0x7700 : 0x0800;
 	if (charcnt == 256) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 3cd375dafd0e..b1db5c5eb671 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -457,10 +457,6 @@ struct fb_tile_ops {
  */
 #define FBINFO_BE_MATH  0x100000
 
-/* report to the VT layer that this fb driver can accept forced console
-   output like oopses */
-#define FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT     0x200000
-
 struct fb_info {
 	atomic_t count;
 	int node;