diff --git a/console.c b/console.c
index 61812c7..71cc543 100644
--- a/console.c
+++ b/console.c
@@ -1294,9 +1294,10 @@ static QemuConsole *new_console(DisplayState *ds, console_type_t console_type)
     return s;
 }
 
-static DisplaySurface* defaultallocator_create_displaysurface(int width, int height)
+DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds,
+                                           int width, int height)
 {
-    DisplaySurface *surface = (DisplaySurface*) g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplaySurface));
+    DisplaySurface *surface = g_new0(DisplaySurface, 1);
 
     int linesize = width * 4;
     qemu_alloc_display(surface, width, height, linesize,
@@ -1304,13 +1305,15 @@ static DisplaySurface* defaultallocator_create_displaysurface(int width, int hei
     return surface;
 }
 
-static DisplaySurface* defaultallocator_resize_displaysurface(DisplaySurface *surface,
-                                          int width, int height)
+DisplaySurface *qemu_resize_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds,
+                                           int width, int height)
 {
     int linesize = width * 4;
-    qemu_alloc_display(surface, width, height, linesize,
+
+    trace_displaysurface_resize(ds, ds->surface, width, height);
+    qemu_alloc_display(ds->surface, width, height, linesize,
                        qemu_default_pixelformat(32), 0);
-    return surface;
+    return ds->surface;
 }
 
 void qemu_alloc_display(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height,
@@ -1323,7 +1326,7 @@ void qemu_alloc_display(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height,
     surface->pf = pf;
     if (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) {
         data = g_realloc(surface->data,
-                            surface->linesize * surface->height);
+                         surface->linesize * surface->height);
     } else {
         data = g_malloc(surface->linesize * surface->height);
     }
@@ -1334,7 +1337,7 @@ void qemu_alloc_display(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height,
 #endif
 }
 
-DisplaySurface* qemu_create_displaysurface_from(int width, int height, int bpp,
+DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface_from(int width, int height, int bpp,
                                               int linesize, uint8_t *data)
 {
     DisplaySurface *surface = (DisplaySurface*) g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplaySurface));
@@ -1351,28 +1354,24 @@ DisplaySurface* qemu_create_displaysurface_from(int width, int height, int bpp,
     return surface;
 }
 
-static void defaultallocator_free_displaysurface(DisplaySurface *surface)
+void qemu_free_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds)
 {
-    if (surface == NULL)
+    trace_displaysurface_free(ds, ds->surface);
+    if (ds->surface == NULL) {
         return;
-    if (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG)
-        g_free(surface->data);
-    g_free(surface);
+    }
+    if (ds->surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) {
+        g_free(ds->surface->data);
+    }
+    g_free(ds->surface);
 }
 
-static struct DisplayAllocator default_allocator = {
-    defaultallocator_create_displaysurface,
-    defaultallocator_resize_displaysurface,
-    defaultallocator_free_displaysurface
-};
-
 static void dumb_display_init(void)
 {
     DisplayState *ds = g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplayState));
     int width = 640;
     int height = 480;
 
-    ds->allocator = &default_allocator;
     if (is_fixedsize_console()) {
         width = active_console->g_width;
         height = active_console->g_height;
@@ -1402,18 +1401,6 @@ DisplayState *get_displaystate(void)
     return display_state;
 }
 
-DisplayAllocator *register_displayallocator(DisplayState *ds, DisplayAllocator *da)
-{
-    if(ds->allocator ==  &default_allocator) {
-        DisplaySurface *surf;
-        surf = da->create_displaysurface(ds_get_width(ds), ds_get_height(ds));
-        defaultallocator_free_displaysurface(ds->surface);
-        ds->surface = surf;
-        ds->allocator = da;
-    }
-    return ds->allocator;
-}
-
 DisplayState *graphic_console_init(vga_hw_update_ptr update,
                                    vga_hw_invalidate_ptr invalidate,
                                    vga_hw_screen_dump_ptr screen_dump,
@@ -1424,7 +1411,6 @@ DisplayState *graphic_console_init(vga_hw_update_ptr update,
     DisplayState *ds;
 
     ds = (DisplayState *) g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplayState));
-    ds->allocator = &default_allocator; 
     ds->surface = qemu_create_displaysurface(ds, 640, 480);
 
     s = new_console(ds, GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
index 78e842f..8f13668 100644
--- a/console.h
+++ b/console.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ void kbd_put_keysym(int keysym);
 
 #define QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG    0x01
 #define QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG     0x02
-#define QEMU_REALPIXELS_FLAG    0x04
 
 struct PixelFormat {
     uint8_t bits_per_pixel;
@@ -172,12 +171,6 @@ struct DisplayChangeListener {
     QLIST_ENTRY(DisplayChangeListener) next;
 };
 
-struct DisplayAllocator {
-    DisplaySurface* (*create_displaysurface)(int width, int height);
-    DisplaySurface* (*resize_displaysurface)(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height);
-    void (*free_displaysurface)(DisplaySurface *surface);
-};
-
 struct DisplayState {
     struct DisplaySurface *surface;
     void *opaque;
@@ -185,7 +178,6 @@ struct DisplayState {
     bool have_gfx;
     bool have_text;
 
-    struct DisplayAllocator* allocator;
     QLIST_HEAD(, DisplayChangeListener) listeners;
 
     struct DisplayState *next;
@@ -200,24 +192,11 @@ void qemu_alloc_display(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height,
 PixelFormat qemu_different_endianness_pixelformat(int bpp);
 PixelFormat qemu_default_pixelformat(int bpp);
 
-DisplayAllocator *register_displayallocator(DisplayState *ds, DisplayAllocator *da);
-
-static inline DisplaySurface* qemu_create_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds, int width, int height)
-{
-    return ds->allocator->create_displaysurface(width, height);    
-}
-
-static inline DisplaySurface* qemu_resize_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds, int width, int height)
-{
-    trace_displaysurface_resize(ds, ds->surface, width, height);
-    return ds->allocator->resize_displaysurface(ds->surface, width, height);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_free_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds)
-{
-    trace_displaysurface_free(ds, ds->surface);
-    ds->allocator->free_displaysurface(ds->surface);
-}
+DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds,
+                                           int width, int height);
+DisplaySurface *qemu_resize_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds,
+                                           int width, int height);
+void qemu_free_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds);
 
 static inline int is_surface_bgr(DisplaySurface *surface)
 {
@@ -229,8 +208,7 @@ static inline int is_surface_bgr(DisplaySurface *surface)
 
 static inline int is_buffer_shared(DisplaySurface *surface)
 {
-    return (!(surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
-            !(surface->flags & QEMU_REALPIXELS_FLAG));
+    return !(surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG);
 }
 
 void gui_setup_refresh(DisplayState *ds);
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index fdd0dbc..89cec1d 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ typedef struct DriveInfo DriveInfo;
 typedef struct DisplayState DisplayState;
 typedef struct DisplayChangeListener DisplayChangeListener;
 typedef struct DisplaySurface DisplaySurface;
-typedef struct DisplayAllocator DisplayAllocator;
 typedef struct PixelFormat PixelFormat;
 typedef struct QemuConsole QemuConsole;
 typedef struct CharDriverState CharDriverState;
diff --git a/ui/sdl.c b/ui/sdl.c
index c3ba79f..37f01b2 100644
--- a/ui/sdl.c
+++ b/ui/sdl.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static int absolute_enabled = 0;
 static int guest_cursor = 0;
 static int guest_x, guest_y;
 static SDL_Cursor *guest_sprite = NULL;
-static uint8_t allocator;
 static SDL_PixelFormat host_format;
 static int scaling_active = 0;
 static Notifier mouse_mode_notifier;
@@ -117,108 +116,13 @@ static void do_sdl_resize(int width, int height, int bpp)
 
 static void sdl_resize(DisplayState *ds)
 {
-    if  (!allocator) {
-        if (!scaling_active)
-            do_sdl_resize(ds_get_width(ds), ds_get_height(ds), 0);
-        else if (real_screen->format->BitsPerPixel != ds_get_bits_per_pixel(ds))
-            do_sdl_resize(real_screen->w, real_screen->h, ds_get_bits_per_pixel(ds));
-        sdl_setdata(ds);
-    } else {
-        if (guest_screen != NULL) {
-            SDL_FreeSurface(guest_screen);
-            guest_screen = NULL;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static PixelFormat sdl_to_qemu_pixelformat(SDL_PixelFormat *sdl_pf)
-{
-    PixelFormat qemu_pf;
-
-    memset(&qemu_pf, 0x00, sizeof(PixelFormat));
-
-    qemu_pf.bits_per_pixel = sdl_pf->BitsPerPixel;
-    qemu_pf.bytes_per_pixel = sdl_pf->BytesPerPixel;
-    qemu_pf.depth = (qemu_pf.bits_per_pixel) == 32 ? 24 : (qemu_pf.bits_per_pixel);
-
-    qemu_pf.rmask = sdl_pf->Rmask;
-    qemu_pf.gmask = sdl_pf->Gmask;
-    qemu_pf.bmask = sdl_pf->Bmask;
-    qemu_pf.amask = sdl_pf->Amask;
-
-    qemu_pf.rshift = sdl_pf->Rshift;
-    qemu_pf.gshift = sdl_pf->Gshift;
-    qemu_pf.bshift = sdl_pf->Bshift;
-    qemu_pf.ashift = sdl_pf->Ashift;
-
-    qemu_pf.rbits = 8 - sdl_pf->Rloss;
-    qemu_pf.gbits = 8 - sdl_pf->Gloss;
-    qemu_pf.bbits = 8 - sdl_pf->Bloss;
-    qemu_pf.abits = 8 - sdl_pf->Aloss;
-
-    qemu_pf.rmax = ((1 << qemu_pf.rbits) - 1);
-    qemu_pf.gmax = ((1 << qemu_pf.gbits) - 1);
-    qemu_pf.bmax = ((1 << qemu_pf.bbits) - 1);
-    qemu_pf.amax = ((1 << qemu_pf.abits) - 1);
-
-    return qemu_pf;
-}
-
-static DisplaySurface* sdl_create_displaysurface(int width, int height)
-{
-    DisplaySurface *surface = (DisplaySurface*) g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplaySurface));
-
-    surface->width = width;
-    surface->height = height;
-
-    if (scaling_active) {
-        int linesize;
-        PixelFormat pf;
-        if (host_format.BytesPerPixel != 2 && host_format.BytesPerPixel != 4) {
-            linesize = width * 4;
-            pf = qemu_default_pixelformat(32);
-        } else {
-            linesize = width * host_format.BytesPerPixel;
-            pf = sdl_to_qemu_pixelformat(&host_format);
-        }
-        qemu_alloc_display(surface, width, height, linesize, pf, 0);
-        return surface;
+    if (!scaling_active) {
+        do_sdl_resize(ds_get_width(ds), ds_get_height(ds), 0);
+    } else if (real_screen->format->BitsPerPixel != ds_get_bits_per_pixel(ds)) {
+        do_sdl_resize(real_screen->w, real_screen->h,
+                      ds_get_bits_per_pixel(ds));
     }
-
-    if (host_format.BitsPerPixel == 16)
-        do_sdl_resize(width, height, 16);
-    else
-        do_sdl_resize(width, height, 32);
-
-    surface->pf = sdl_to_qemu_pixelformat(real_screen->format);
-    surface->linesize = real_screen->pitch;
-    surface->data = real_screen->pixels;
-
-#ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-    surface->flags = QEMU_REALPIXELS_FLAG | QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG;
-#else
-    surface->flags = QEMU_REALPIXELS_FLAG;
-#endif
-    allocator = 1;
-
-    return surface;
-}
-
-static void sdl_free_displaysurface(DisplaySurface *surface)
-{
-    allocator = 0;
-    if (surface == NULL)
-        return;
-
-    if (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG)
-        g_free(surface->data);
-    g_free(surface);
-}
-
-static DisplaySurface* sdl_resize_displaysurface(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height)
-{
-    sdl_free_displaysurface(surface);
-    return sdl_create_displaysurface(width, height);
+    sdl_setdata(ds);
 }
 
 /* generic keyboard conversion */
@@ -949,7 +853,6 @@ void sdl_display_init(DisplayState *ds, int full_screen, int no_frame)
 {
     int flags;
     uint8_t data = 0;
-    DisplayAllocator *da;
     const SDL_VideoInfo *vi;
     char *filename;
 
@@ -1022,14 +925,6 @@ void sdl_display_init(DisplayState *ds, int full_screen, int no_frame)
     dcl->dpy_cursor_define = sdl_mouse_define;
     register_displaychangelistener(ds, dcl);
 
-    da = g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplayAllocator));
-    da->create_displaysurface = sdl_create_displaysurface;
-    da->resize_displaysurface = sdl_resize_displaysurface;
-    da->free_displaysurface = sdl_free_displaysurface;
-    if (register_displayallocator(ds, da) == da) {
-        dpy_gfx_resize(ds);
-    }
-
     mouse_mode_notifier.notify = sdl_mouse_mode_change;
     qemu_add_mouse_mode_change_notifier(&mouse_mode_notifier);
 
