diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 227aca77ee1e..5da44e81dd4d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@ int acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)
 bool acpi_video_backlight_quirks(void);
-bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void);
 #else
 static inline bool acpi_video_backlight_quirks(void) { return false; }
-static inline bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void) { return false; }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ACPI_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index 6dd237e79b4f..0ec434d2586d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 	if (acpi_video_init_brightness(device))
 		return;
 
-	if (acpi_video_verify_backlight_support()) {
+	if (acpi_video_backlight_support()) {
 		struct backlight_properties props;
 		struct pci_dev *pdev;
 		acpi_handle acpi_parent;
@@ -1366,8 +1366,8 @@ acpi_video_switch_brightness(struct acpi_video_device *device, int event)
 	unsigned long long level_current, level_next;
 	int result = -EINVAL;
 
-	/* no warning message if acpi_backlight=vendor or a quirk is used */
-	if (!acpi_video_verify_backlight_support())
+	/* no warning message if acpi_backlight=vendor is used */
+	if (!acpi_video_backlight_support())
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!device->brightness)
@@ -1875,46 +1875,6 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static acpi_status video_unregister_backlight(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl,
-					      void *context, void **rv)
-{
-	struct acpi_device *acpi_dev;
-	struct acpi_video_bus *video;
-	struct acpi_video_device *dev, *next;
-
-	if (acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &acpi_dev))
-		return AE_OK;
-
-	if (acpi_match_device_ids(acpi_dev, video_device_ids))
-		return AE_OK;
-
-	video = acpi_driver_data(acpi_dev);
-	if (!video)
-		return AE_OK;
-
-	acpi_video_bus_stop_devices(video);
-	mutex_lock(&video->device_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, next, &video->video_device_list, entry) {
-		if (dev->backlight) {
-			backlight_device_unregister(dev->backlight);
-			dev->backlight = NULL;
-			kfree(dev->brightness->levels);
-			kfree(dev->brightness);
-		}
-		if (dev->cooling_dev) {
-			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev->dev.kobj,
-					  "thermal_cooling");
-			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->cooling_dev->device.kobj,
-					  "device");
-			thermal_cooling_device_unregister(dev->cooling_dev);
-			dev->cooling_dev = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&video->device_list_lock);
-	acpi_video_bus_start_devices(video);
-	return AE_OK;
-}
-
 static int __init is_i740(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	if (dev->device == 0x00D1)
@@ -1946,25 +1906,14 @@ static int __init intel_opregion_present(void)
 	return opregion;
 }
 
-int __acpi_video_register(bool backlight_quirks)
+int acpi_video_register(void)
 {
-	bool no_backlight;
-	int result;
-
-	no_backlight = backlight_quirks ? acpi_video_backlight_quirks() : false;
-
+	int result = 0;
 	if (register_count) {
 		/*
-		 * If acpi_video_register() has been called already, don't try
-		 * to register acpi_video_bus, but unregister backlight devices
-		 * if no backlight support is requested.
+		 * if the function of acpi_video_register is already called,
+		 * don't register the acpi_vide_bus again and return no error.
 		 */
-		if (no_backlight)
-			acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
-					    ACPI_UINT32_MAX,
-					    video_unregister_backlight,
-					    NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1980,7 +1929,7 @@ int __acpi_video_register(bool backlight_quirks)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__acpi_video_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_register);
 
 void acpi_video_unregister(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index 826e52def080..c3397748ba46 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -238,12 +238,7 @@ static void acpi_video_caps_check(void)
 
 bool acpi_video_backlight_quirks(void)
 {
-	if (acpi_gbl_osi_data >= ACPI_OSI_WIN_8) {
-		acpi_video_caps_check();
-		acpi_video_support |= ACPI_VIDEO_SKIP_BACKLIGHT;
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
+	return acpi_gbl_osi_data >= ACPI_OSI_WIN_8;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_quirks);
 
@@ -291,14 +286,6 @@ int acpi_video_backlight_support(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_support);
 
-/* For the ACPI video driver use only. */
-bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void)
-{
-	return (acpi_video_support & ACPI_VIDEO_SKIP_BACKLIGHT) ?
-		false : acpi_video_backlight_support();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_verify_backlight_support);
-
 /*
  * Use acpi_backlight=vendor/video to force that backlight switching
  * is processed by vendor specific acpi drivers or video.ko driver.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index cf188ab7051a..adb319b53ecd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->num_pipes) {
 		/* Must be done after probing outputs */
 		intel_opregion_init(dev);
-		acpi_video_register_with_quirks();
+		acpi_video_register();
 	}
 
 	if (IS_GEN5(dev))
diff --git a/include/acpi/video.h b/include/acpi/video.h
index b26dc4fb7ba8..61109f2609fc 100644
--- a/include/acpi/video.h
+++ b/include/acpi/video.h
@@ -17,21 +17,12 @@ struct acpi_device;
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_DISPLAY_LEGACY_TV      0x0200
 
 #if (defined CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO || defined CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)
-extern int __acpi_video_register(bool backlight_quirks);
-static inline int acpi_video_register(void)
-{
-	return __acpi_video_register(false);
-}
-static inline int acpi_video_register_with_quirks(void)
-{
-	return __acpi_video_register(true);
-}
+extern int acpi_video_register(void);
 extern void acpi_video_unregister(void);
 extern int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type,
 			       int device_id, void **edid);
 #else
 static inline int acpi_video_register(void) { return 0; }
-static inline int acpi_video_register_with_quirks(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void acpi_video_unregister(void) { return; }
 static inline int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type,
 				      int device_id, void **edid)
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 6ad72f92469c..353ba256f368 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ extern bool wmi_has_guid(const char *guid);
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_DMI_VIDEO			0x0200
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING_DMI_VENDOR		0x0400
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING_DMI_VIDEO		0x0800
-#define ACPI_VIDEO_SKIP_BACKLIGHT			0x1000
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)