diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/render.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/render.c
index 0672178548ef..dac12c25f349 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/render.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/render.c
@@ -294,8 +294,7 @@ static void switch_mmio_to_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, int ring_id)
 		 * write.
 		 */
 		if (mmio->in_context &&
-				((ctx_ctrl & inhibit_mask) != inhibit_mask) &&
-				i915_modparams.enable_execlists)
+		    (ctx_ctrl & inhibit_mask) != inhibit_mask)
 			continue;
 
 		if (mmio->mask)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index df3852c02a35..5e2a6e18771f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -1989,75 +1989,6 @@ static int i915_context_status(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void i915_dump_lrc_obj(struct seq_file *m,
-			      struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
-			      struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	struct i915_vma *vma = ctx->engine[engine->id].state;
-	struct page *page;
-	int j;
-
-	seq_printf(m, "CONTEXT: %s %u\n", engine->name, ctx->hw_id);
-
-	if (!vma) {
-		seq_puts(m, "\tFake context\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (vma->flags & I915_VMA_GLOBAL_BIND)
-		seq_printf(m, "\tBound in GGTT at 0x%08x\n",
-			   i915_ggtt_offset(vma));
-
-	if (i915_gem_object_pin_pages(vma->obj)) {
-		seq_puts(m, "\tFailed to get pages for context object\n\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	page = i915_gem_object_get_page(vma->obj, LRC_STATE_PN);
-	if (page) {
-		u32 *reg_state = kmap_atomic(page);
-
-		for (j = 0; j < 0x600 / sizeof(u32) / 4; j += 4) {
-			seq_printf(m,
-				   "\t[0x%04x] 0x%08x 0x%08x 0x%08x 0x%08x\n",
-				   j * 4,
-				   reg_state[j], reg_state[j + 1],
-				   reg_state[j + 2], reg_state[j + 3]);
-		}
-		kunmap_atomic(reg_state);
-	}
-
-	i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(vma->obj);
-	seq_putc(m, '\n');
-}
-
-static int i915_dump_lrc(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = node_to_i915(m->private);
-	struct drm_device *dev = &dev_priv->drm;
-	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	enum intel_engine_id id;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
-		seq_printf(m, "Logical Ring Contexts are disabled\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &dev_priv->contexts.list, link)
-		for_each_engine(engine, dev_priv, id)
-			i915_dump_lrc_obj(m, ctx, engine);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const char *swizzle_string(unsigned swizzle)
 {
 	switch (swizzle) {
@@ -4833,7 +4764,6 @@ static const struct drm_info_list i915_debugfs_list[] = {
 	{"i915_vbt", i915_vbt, 0},
 	{"i915_gem_framebuffer", i915_gem_framebuffer_info, 0},
 	{"i915_context_status", i915_context_status, 0},
-	{"i915_dump_lrc", i915_dump_lrc, 0},
 	{"i915_forcewake_domains", i915_forcewake_domains, 0},
 	{"i915_swizzle_info", i915_swizzle_info, 0},
 	{"i915_ppgtt_info", i915_ppgtt_info, 0},
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 2b4ced93011b..c608fd96771c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -371,9 +371,7 @@ static int i915_getparam(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		if (dev_priv->engine[RCS] && dev_priv->engine[RCS]->schedule) {
 			value |= I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_ENABLED;
 			value |= I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_PRIORITY;
-
-			if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_PREEMPTION(dev_priv) &&
-			    i915_modparams.enable_execlists)
+			if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_PREEMPTION(dev_priv))
 				value |= I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_PREEMPTION;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -1054,10 +1052,6 @@ static void i915_driver_cleanup_mmio(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 static void intel_sanitize_options(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	i915_modparams.enable_execlists =
-		intel_sanitize_enable_execlists(dev_priv,
-						i915_modparams.enable_execlists);
-
 	/*
 	 * i915.enable_ppgtt is read-only, so do an early pass to validate the
 	 * user's requested state against the hardware/driver capabilities.  We
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 2b766253f970..d2c6ba7f8acd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3153,6 +3153,9 @@ intel_info(const struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		((dev_priv)->info.has_logical_ring_contexts)
 #define HAS_LOGICAL_RING_PREEMPTION(dev_priv) \
 		((dev_priv)->info.has_logical_ring_preemption)
+
+#define HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv) HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)
+
 #define USES_PPGTT(dev_priv)		(i915_modparams.enable_ppgtt)
 #define USES_FULL_PPGTT(dev_priv)	(i915_modparams.enable_ppgtt >= 2)
 #define USES_FULL_48BIT_PPGTT(dev_priv)	(i915_modparams.enable_ppgtt == 3)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index e07eb0beef13..494c6be035b2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -5003,7 +5003,7 @@ bool intel_sanitize_semaphores(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, int value)
 		return false;
 
 	/* TODO: make semaphores and Execlists play nicely together */
-	if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists)
+	if (HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv))
 		return false;
 
 	if (value >= 0)
@@ -5147,12 +5147,12 @@ int i915_gem_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	dev_priv->mm.unordered_timeline = dma_fence_context_alloc(1);
 
-	if (!i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
-		dev_priv->gt.resume = intel_legacy_submission_resume;
-		dev_priv->gt.cleanup_engine = intel_engine_cleanup;
-	} else {
+	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)) {
 		dev_priv->gt.resume = intel_lr_context_resume;
 		dev_priv->gt.cleanup_engine = intel_logical_ring_cleanup;
+	} else {
+		dev_priv->gt.resume = intel_legacy_submission_resume;
+		dev_priv->gt.cleanup_engine = intel_engine_cleanup;
 	}
 
 	/* This is just a security blanket to placate dragons.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index c1efbaf02bf2..c75941d3d7e7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -460,14 +460,6 @@ int i915_gem_contexts_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	INIT_WORK(&dev_priv->contexts.free_work, contexts_free_worker);
 	init_llist_head(&dev_priv->contexts.free_list);
 
-	if (intel_vgpu_active(dev_priv) &&
-	    HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)) {
-		if (!i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
-			DRM_INFO("Only EXECLIST mode is supported in vgpu.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* Using the simple ida interface, the max is limited by sizeof(int) */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_CONTEXT_HW_ID > INT_MAX);
 	ida_init(&dev_priv->contexts.hw_ida);
@@ -842,7 +834,7 @@ int i915_switch_context(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = req->engine;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&req->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_modparams.enable_execlists);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(HAS_EXECLISTS(req->i915));
 
 	if (!req->ctx->engine[engine->id].state) {
 		struct i915_gem_context *to = req->ctx;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index f92a39fc511c..e101b9a98957 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int intel_sanitize_enable_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 8 && i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
+	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)) {
 		if (has_full_48bit_ppgtt)
 			return 3;
 
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ int i915_ppgtt_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	/* In the case of execlists, PPGTT is enabled by the context descriptor
 	 * and the PDPs are contained within the context itself.  We don't
 	 * need to do anything here. */
-	if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists)
+	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!USES_PPGTT(dev_priv))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index b4faeb6aa2bd..d61c1787c164 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_ppgtt, int, 0400,
 	"Override PPGTT usage. "
 	"(-1=auto [default], 0=disabled, 1=aliasing, 2=full, 3=full with extended address space)");
 
-i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_execlists, int, 0400,
-	"Override execlists usage. "
-	"(-1=auto [default], 0=disabled, 1=enabled)");
-
 i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_psr, int, 0600,
 	"Enable PSR "
 	"(0=disabled, 1=enabled - link mode chosen per-platform, 2=force link-standby mode, 3=force link-off mode) "
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
index c7292268ed43..0aef3d7178eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 	param(int, enable_dc, -1) \
 	param(int, enable_fbc, -1) \
 	param(int, enable_ppgtt, -1) \
-	param(int, enable_execlists, -1) \
 	param(int, enable_psr, -1) \
 	param(int, disable_power_well, -1) \
 	param(int, enable_ips, 1) \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index adbce839a918..f0cfdece14ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -1216,9 +1216,9 @@ static int oa_get_render_ctx_id(struct i915_perf_stream *stream)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = stream->dev_priv;
 
-	if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists)
+	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)) {
 		dev_priv->perf.oa.specific_ctx_id = stream->ctx->hw_id;
-	else {
+	} else {
 		struct intel_engine_cs *engine = dev_priv->engine[RCS];
 		struct intel_ring *ring;
 		int ret;
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ static void oa_put_render_ctx_id(struct i915_perf_stream *stream)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = stream->dev_priv;
 
-	if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
+	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)) {
 		dev_priv->perf.oa.specific_ctx_id = INVALID_CTX_ID;
 	} else {
 		struct intel_engine_cs *engine = dev_priv->engine[RCS];
@@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ void i915_perf_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 			gen7_oa_hw_tail_read;
 
 		dev_priv->perf.oa.oa_formats = hsw_oa_formats;
-	} else if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
+	} else if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv)) {
 		/* Note: that although we could theoretically also support the
 		 * legacy ringbuffer mode on BDW (and earlier iterations of
 		 * this driver, before upstreaming did this) it didn't seem
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index 9897c7f78c51..cae76f47fec2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@ __intel_engine_context_size(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u8 class)
 		case 9:
 			return GEN9_LR_CONTEXT_RENDER_SIZE;
 		case 8:
-			return i915_modparams.enable_execlists ?
-			       GEN8_LR_CONTEXT_RENDER_SIZE :
-			       GEN8_CXT_TOTAL_SIZE;
+			return GEN8_LR_CONTEXT_RENDER_SIZE;
 		case 7:
 			if (IS_HASWELL(dev_priv))
 				return HSW_CXT_TOTAL_SIZE;
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ int intel_engines_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 			&intel_engine_classes[engine->class];
 		int (*init)(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 
-		if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists)
+		if (HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv))
 			init = class_info->init_execlists;
 		else
 			init = class_info->init_legacy;
@@ -1739,7 +1737,7 @@ void intel_engine_dump(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct drm_printer *m)
 	drm_printf(m, "\tBBADDR: 0x%08x_%08x\n",
 		   upper_32_bits(addr), lower_32_bits(addr));
 
-	if (i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
+	if (HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv)) {
 		const u32 *hws = &engine->status_page.page_addr[I915_HWS_CSB_BUF0_INDEX];
 		u32 ptr, read, write;
 		unsigned int idx;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
index b4a7f31f0214..126f7c769c69 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@ int intel_gvt_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!i915_modparams.enable_execlists) {
-		DRM_ERROR("i915 GVT-g loading failed due to disabled execlists mode\n");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	if (i915_modparams.enable_guc_submission) {
 		DRM_ERROR("i915 GVT-g loading failed due to Graphics virtualization is not yet supported with GuC submission\n");
 		return -EIO;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 8d0c49388863..16d4936e2368 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -218,37 +218,6 @@ static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *reg_state,
 				     struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 				     struct intel_ring *ring);
 
-/**
- * intel_sanitize_enable_execlists() - sanitize i915.enable_execlists
- * @dev_priv: i915 device private
- * @enable_execlists: value of i915.enable_execlists module parameter.
- *
- * Only certain platforms support Execlists (the prerequisites being
- * support for Logical Ring Contexts and Aliasing PPGTT or better).
- *
- * Return: 1 if Execlists is supported and has to be enabled.
- */
-int intel_sanitize_enable_execlists(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, int enable_execlists)
-{
-	/* On platforms with execlist available, vGPU will only
-	 * support execlist mode, no ring buffer mode.
-	 */
-	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv) && intel_vgpu_active(dev_priv))
-		return 1;
-
-	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 9)
-		return 1;
-
-	if (enable_execlists == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv) &&
-	    USES_PPGTT(dev_priv))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * intel_lr_context_descriptor_update() - calculate & cache the descriptor
  * 					  descriptor for a pinned context
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
index 17182ce29674..6d4f9b995a11 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
@@ -107,8 +107,4 @@ intel_lr_context_descriptor(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	return ctx->engine[engine->id].lrc_desc;
 }
 
-/* Execlists */
-int intel_sanitize_enable_execlists(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-				    int enable_execlists);
-
 #endif /* _INTEL_LRC_H_ */