diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index acca232b025b..94fc76f0ecd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -292,6 +292,24 @@ Contact: Daniel Vetter, Noralf Tronnes
 
 Level: Advanced
 
+Garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Scroll acceleration is disabled in fbcon by hard-wiring p->scrollmode =
+SCROLL_REDRAW. There's a ton of code this will allow us to remove:
+- lots of code in fbcon.c
+- a bunch of the hooks in fbcon_ops, maybe the remaining hooks could be called
+  directly instead of the function table (with a switch on p->rotate)
+- fb_copyarea is unused after this, and can be deleted from all drivers
+
+Note that not all acceleration code can be deleted, since clearing and cursor
+support is still accelerated, which might be good candidates for further
+deletion projects.
+
+Contact: Daniel Vetter
+
+Level: Intermediate
+
 idr_init_base()
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 06520667fc07..bf61598bf1c3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
 	struct vc_data *svc = *default_mode;
 	struct fbcon_display *t, *p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
 	int logo = 1, new_rows, new_cols, rows, cols;
-	int cap, ret;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(info_idx == -1))
 	    return;
@@ -1042,7 +1042,6 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
 		con2fb_map[vc->vc_num] = info_idx;
 
 	info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
-	cap = info->flags;
 
 	if (logo_shown < 0 && console_loglevel <= CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET)
 		logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW;
@@ -1144,11 +1143,13 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
 
 	ops->graphics = 0;
 
-	if ((cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_COPYAREA) &&
-	    !(cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED))
-		p->scrollmode = SCROLL_MOVE;
-	else /* default to something safe */
-		p->scrollmode = SCROLL_REDRAW;
+	/*
+	 * No more hw acceleration for fbcon.
+	 *
+	 * FIXME: Garbage collect all the now dead code after sufficient time
+	 * has passed.
+	 */
+	p->scrollmode = SCROLL_REDRAW;
 
 	/*
 	 *  ++guenther: console.c:vc_allocate() relies on initializing
@@ -1957,45 +1958,15 @@ static void updatescrollmode(struct fbcon_display *p,
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	int fh = vc->vc_font.height;
-	int cap = info->flags;
-	u16 t = 0;
-	int ypan = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->fix.ypanstep,
-				  info->fix.xpanstep);
-	int ywrap = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->fix.ywrapstep, t);
 	int yres = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
 	int vyres = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres_virtual,
 				   info->var.xres_virtual);
-	int good_pan = (cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_YPAN) &&
-		divides(ypan, vc->vc_font.height) && vyres > yres;
-	int good_wrap = (cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_YWRAP) &&
-		divides(ywrap, vc->vc_font.height) &&
-		divides(vc->vc_font.height, vyres) &&
-		divides(vc->vc_font.height, yres);
-	int reading_fast = cap & FBINFO_READS_FAST;
-	int fast_copyarea = (cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_COPYAREA) &&
-		!(cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED);
-	int fast_imageblit = (cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_IMAGEBLIT) &&
-		!(cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED);
 
 	p->vrows = vyres/fh;
 	if (yres > (fh * (vc->vc_rows + 1)))
 		p->vrows -= (yres - (fh * vc->vc_rows)) / fh;
 	if ((yres % fh) && (vyres % fh < yres % fh))
 		p->vrows--;
-
-	if (good_wrap || good_pan) {
-		if (reading_fast || fast_copyarea)
-			p->scrollmode = good_wrap ?
-				SCROLL_WRAP_MOVE : SCROLL_PAN_MOVE;
-		else
-			p->scrollmode = good_wrap ? SCROLL_REDRAW :
-				SCROLL_PAN_REDRAW;
-	} else {
-		if (reading_fast || (fast_copyarea && !fast_imageblit))
-			p->scrollmode = SCROLL_MOVE;
-		else
-			p->scrollmode = SCROLL_REDRAW;
-	}
 }
 
 #define PITCH(w) (((w) + 7) >> 3)