diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_aperture.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_aperture.c
index 697cffbfd603..5729f3bb4398 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_aperture.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_aperture.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_aperture_acquire_from_firmware);
 int drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(resource_size_t base, resource_size_t size,
 						 const struct drm_driver *req_driver)
 {
-	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, false, req_driver->name);
+	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, req_driver->name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_framebuffers);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
index effc7fcc3703..db709c37cb32 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static int lynxfb_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 					IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW;
 #endif
 
-	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, primary, "sm750_fb1");
+	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, "sm750_fb1");
 }
 
 static int lynxfb_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
diff --git a/drivers/video/aperture.c b/drivers/video/aperture.c
index 3aad10ab620e..1356f0e88241 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aperture.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aperture.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  *		base = mem->start;
  *		size = resource_size(mem);
  *
- *		ret = aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, false, "example");
+ *		ret = aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, "example");
  *		if (ret)
  *			return ret;
  *
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ static void aperture_detach_devices(resource_size_t base, resource_size_t size)
  * aperture_remove_conflicting_devices - remove devices in the given range
  * @base: the aperture's base address in physical memory
  * @size: aperture size in bytes
- * @primary: also kick vga16fb if present; only relevant for VGA devices
  * @name: a descriptive name of the requesting driver
  *
  * This function removes devices that own apertures within @base and @size.
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ static void aperture_detach_devices(resource_size_t base, resource_size_t size)
  * 0 on success, or a negative errno code otherwise
  */
 int aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(resource_size_t base, resource_size_t size,
-					bool primary, const char *name)
+					const char *name)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If a driver asked to unregister a platform device registered by
@@ -329,7 +328,7 @@ int aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(struct pci_dev *pdev, const char *na
 
 		base = pci_resource_start(pdev, bar);
 		size = pci_resource_len(pdev, bar);
-		ret = aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, primary, name);
+		ret = aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, name);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
index 657064227de8..1cf2d14af380 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ static int radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	resource_size_t base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
 	resource_size_t size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);
 
-	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, false, KBUILD_MODNAME);
+	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(base, size, KBUILD_MODNAME);
 }
 
 static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev,
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
index fdbf02b42723..6192cab885b1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static int hvfb_getmem(struct hv_device *hdev, struct fb_info *info)
 getmem_done:
 	aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(info->apertures->ranges[0].base,
 					    info->apertures->ranges[0].size,
-					    false, KBUILD_MODNAME);
+					    KBUILD_MODNAME);
 
 	if (gen2vm) {
 		/* framebuffer is reallocated, clear screen_info to avoid misuse from kexec */
diff --git a/include/linux/aperture.h b/include/linux/aperture.h
index 442f15a57cad..7248727753be 100644
--- a/include/linux/aperture.h
+++ b/include/linux/aperture.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int devm_aperture_acquire_for_platform_device(struct platform_device *pdev,
 					      resource_size_t size);
 
 int aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(resource_size_t base, resource_size_t size,
-					bool primary, const char *name);
+					const char *name);
 
 int aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(struct pci_dev *pdev, const char *name);
 #else
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static inline int devm_aperture_acquire_for_platform_device(struct platform_devi
 }
 
 static inline int aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(resource_size_t base, resource_size_t size,
-						      bool primary, const char *name)
+						      const char *name)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static inline int aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 /**
  * aperture_remove_all_conflicting_devices - remove all existing framebuffers
- * @primary: also kick vga16fb if present; only relevant for VGA devices
  * @name: a descriptive name of the requesting driver
  *
  * This function removes all graphics device drivers. Use this function on systems
@@ -48,9 +47,9 @@ static inline int aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(struct pci_dev *pdev,
  * Returns:
  * 0 on success, or a negative errno code otherwise
  */
-static inline int aperture_remove_all_conflicting_devices(bool primary, const char *name)
+static inline int aperture_remove_all_conflicting_devices(const char *name)
 {
-	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(0, (resource_size_t)-1, primary, name);
+	return aperture_remove_conflicting_devices(0, (resource_size_t)-1, name);
 }
 
 #endif
