diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 986531395872..f6664a75ad57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -256,26 +256,6 @@ void drm_connector_ida_destroy(void)
 		ida_destroy(&drm_connector_enum_list[i].ida);
 }
 
-/**
- * drm_get_encoder_name - return a string for encoder
- * @encoder: the encoder to get name for
- */
-const char *drm_get_encoder_name(const struct drm_encoder *encoder)
-{
-	return encoder->name;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_get_encoder_name);
-
-/**
- * drm_get_connector_name - return a string for connector
- * @connector: the connector to get name for
- */
-const char *drm_get_connector_name(const struct drm_connector *connector)
-{
-	return connector->name;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_get_connector_name);
-
 /**
  * drm_get_connector_status_name - return a string for connector status
  * @status: connector status to compute name of
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index 5c1c31cc11cd..e8fe9d8e135c 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -909,7 +909,6 @@ extern int drm_crtc_check_viewport(const struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 extern void drm_encoder_cleanup(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
 
-extern const char *drm_get_connector_name(const struct drm_connector *connector);
 extern const char *drm_get_connector_status_name(enum drm_connector_status status);
 extern const char *drm_get_subpixel_order_name(enum subpixel_order order);
 extern const char *drm_get_dpms_name(int val);
@@ -972,7 +971,6 @@ extern int drm_mode_create_tv_properties(struct drm_device *dev, int num_formats
 				     char *formats[]);
 extern int drm_mode_create_scaling_mode_property(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern int drm_mode_create_dirty_info_property(struct drm_device *dev);
-extern const char *drm_get_encoder_name(const struct drm_encoder *encoder);
 
 extern int drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(struct drm_connector *connector,
 					     struct drm_encoder *encoder);