diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c
index 5358f03b52db..fc2691dac278 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c
@@ -809,8 +809,6 @@ static int intel_overlay_do_put_image(struct intel_overlay *overlay,
 		goto out_pin_section;
 	}
 
-	i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(new_bo, ORIGIN_DIRTYFB);
-
 	if (!overlay->active) {
 		const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state =
 			overlay->crtc->config;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_clflush.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_clflush.c
index 8a248003dfae..115e6d877e38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_clflush.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_clflush.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ static void __do_clflush(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pages(obj));
 	drm_clflush_sg(obj->mm.pages);
-
-	i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
 }
 
 static void clflush_work(struct dma_fence_work *base)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c
index 26532c07d467..ab1fc2d930e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ flush_write_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, unsigned int flush_domains)
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&obj->vma.lock);
 
-		i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
 		break;
 
 	case I915_GEM_DOMAIN_WC:
@@ -615,9 +614,6 @@ i915_gem_set_domain_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 out_unlock:
 	i915_gem_object_unlock(obj);
 
-	if (!err && write_domain)
-		i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
-
 out:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 	return err;
@@ -728,7 +724,6 @@ int i915_gem_object_prepare_write(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	}
 
 out:
-	i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
 	obj->mm.dirty = true;
 	/* return with the pages pinned */
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
index 1a9e1f940a7d..f7ba66deb923 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
@@ -394,30 +394,6 @@ static void i915_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj)
 		queue_delayed_work(i915->wq, &i915->mm.free_work, 0);
 }
 
-void __i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-					 enum fb_op_origin origin)
-{
-	struct intel_frontbuffer *front;
-
-	front = __intel_frontbuffer_get(obj);
-	if (front) {
-		intel_frontbuffer_flush(front, origin);
-		intel_frontbuffer_put(front);
-	}
-}
-
-void __i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-					      enum fb_op_origin origin)
-{
-	struct intel_frontbuffer *front;
-
-	front = __intel_frontbuffer_get(obj);
-	if (front) {
-		intel_frontbuffer_invalidate(front, origin);
-		intel_frontbuffer_put(front);
-	}
-}
-
 static void
 i915_gem_object_read_from_page_kmap(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, u64 offset, void *dst, int size)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index 02c37fe4a535..d7a08172b239 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -578,22 +578,6 @@ void __i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 void __i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 					      enum fb_op_origin origin);
 
-static inline void
-i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-				  enum fb_op_origin origin)
-{
-	if (unlikely(rcu_access_pointer(obj->frontbuffer)))
-		__i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, origin);
-}
-
-static inline void
-i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-				       enum fb_op_origin origin)
-{
-	if (unlikely(rcu_access_pointer(obj->frontbuffer)))
-		__i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(obj, origin);
-}
-
 int i915_gem_object_read_from_page(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, u64 offset, void *dst, int size);
 
 bool i915_gem_object_is_shmem(const struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c
index ca6faffcc496..e98a9884cf5a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c
@@ -151,19 +151,12 @@ int i915_gem_object_pwrite_phys(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/*
-	 * We manually control the domain here and pretend that it
-	 * remains coherent i.e. in the GTT domain, like shmem_pwrite.
-	 */
-	i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
-
 	if (copy_from_user(vaddr, user_data, args->size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	drm_clflush_virt_range(vaddr, args->size);
 	intel_gt_chipset_flush(to_gt(i915));
 
-	i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index e3a2c2a0e156..60838209f9cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ i915_gem_gtt_pwrite_fast(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		goto out_rpm;
 	}
 
-	i915_gem_object_invalidate_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
-
 	user_data = u64_to_user_ptr(args->data_ptr);
 	offset = args->offset;
 	remain = args->size;
@@ -607,7 +605,6 @@ i915_gem_gtt_pwrite_fast(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	}
 
 	intel_gt_flush_ggtt_writes(ggtt->vm.gt);
-	i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
 
 	i915_gem_gtt_cleanup(obj, &node, vma);
 out_rpm:
@@ -694,8 +691,6 @@ i915_gem_shmem_pwrite(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		offset = 0;
 	}
 
-	i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_CPU);
-
 	i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(obj);
 	return ret;
 
