diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
index 22172f991d1b..92898704adc9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ msm_disable_outputs(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 	struct drm_connector_state *old_conn_state;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 	struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state;
-	struct msm_drm_notifier notifier_data;
-	int i, blank;
+	int i;
 
 	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("msm_disable");
 	for_each_connector_in_state(old_state, connector, old_conn_state, i) {
@@ -257,14 +256,6 @@ msm_disable_outputs(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("disabling [ENCODER:%d:%s]\n",
 				 encoder->base.id, encoder->name);
 
-		if (connector->state->crtc &&
-			connector->state->crtc->state->active_changed) {
-			blank = MSM_DRM_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
-			notifier_data.data = ␣
-			notifier_data.id = crtc_idx;
-			msm_drm_notifier_call_chain(MSM_DRM_EARLY_EVENT_BLANK,
-						     &notifier_data);
-		}
 		/*
 		 * Each encoder has at most one connector (since we always steal
 		 * it away), so we won't call disable hooks twice.
@@ -280,12 +271,6 @@ msm_disable_outputs(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 			funcs->dpms(encoder, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
 
 		drm_bridge_post_disable(encoder->bridge);
-		if (connector->state->crtc &&
-			connector->state->crtc->state->active_changed) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Notify blank\n");
-			msm_drm_notifier_call_chain(MSM_DRM_EVENT_BLANK,
-						&notifier_data);
-		}
 	}
 
 	for_each_crtc_in_state(old_state, crtc, old_crtc_state, i) {
@@ -426,12 +411,10 @@ static void msm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_crtc_state *new_crtc_state;
 	struct drm_connector *connector;
 	struct drm_connector_state *new_conn_state;
-	struct msm_drm_notifier notifier_data;
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_kms *kms = priv->kms;
 	int bridge_enable_count = 0;
-	int i, blank;
-	bool splash = false;
+	int i;
 
 	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("msm_enable");
 	for_each_oldnew_crtc_in_state(old_state, crtc, old_crtc_state,
@@ -491,19 +474,6 @@ static void msm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("enabling [ENCODER:%d:%s]\n",
 				 encoder->base.id, encoder->name);
 
-		if (kms && kms->funcs && kms->funcs->check_for_splash)
-			splash = kms->funcs->check_for_splash(kms);
-
-		if (splash || (connector->state->crtc &&
-			connector->state->crtc->state->active_changed)) {
-			blank = MSM_DRM_BLANK_UNBLANK;
-			notifier_data.data = ␣
-			notifier_data.id =
-				connector->state->crtc->index;
-			DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Notify early unblank\n");
-			msm_drm_notifier_call_chain(MSM_DRM_EARLY_EVENT_BLANK,
-					    &notifier_data);
-		}
 		/*
 		 * Each encoder has at most one connector (since we always steal
 		 * it away), so we won't call enable hooks twice.
@@ -552,13 +522,6 @@ static void msm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 encoder->base.id, encoder->name);
 
 		drm_bridge_enable(encoder->bridge);
-
-		if (splash || (connector->state->crtc &&
-			connector->state->crtc->state->active_changed)) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Notify unblank\n");
-			msm_drm_notifier_call_chain(MSM_DRM_EVENT_BLANK,
-					    &notifier_data);
-		}
 	}
 	SDE_ATRACE_END("msm_enable");
 }