diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c b/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c
index d76a9d0fe2..b18db97eeb 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
-#include "hw/isa/isa.h"
 #include "hw/display/ramfb.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ typedef struct RAMFBStandaloneState {
     SysBusDevice parent_obj;
     QemuConsole *con;
     RAMFBState *state;
-    uint32_t xres;
-    uint32_t yres;
 } RAMFBStandaloneState;
 
 static void display_update_wrapper(void *dev)
@@ -37,22 +34,15 @@ static void ramfb_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     RAMFBStandaloneState *ramfb = RAMFB(dev);
 
     ramfb->con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &wrapper_ops, dev);
-    ramfb->state = ramfb_setup(dev, errp);
+    ramfb->state = ramfb_setup(errp);
 }
 
-static Property ramfb_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("xres", RAMFBStandaloneState, xres, 0),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("yres", RAMFBStandaloneState, yres, 0),
-    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
-};
-
 static void ramfb_class_initfn(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_DISPLAY, dc->categories);
     dc->realize = ramfb_realizefn;
-    device_class_set_props(dc, ramfb_properties);
     dc->desc = "ram framebuffer standalone device";
     dc->user_creatable = true;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb.c b/hw/display/ramfb.c
index 7ba07c80f6..bd4746dc17 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/display/ramfb.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ struct QEMU_PACKED RAMFBCfg {
 struct RAMFBState {
     DisplaySurface *ds;
     uint32_t width, height;
-    uint32_t starting_width, starting_height;
     struct RAMFBCfg cfg;
     bool locked;
 };
@@ -117,11 +115,9 @@ static void ramfb_reset(void *opaque)
     RAMFBState *s = (RAMFBState *)opaque;
     s->locked = false;
     memset(&s->cfg, 0, sizeof(s->cfg));
-    s->cfg.width = s->starting_width;
-    s->cfg.height = s->starting_height;
 }
 
-RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(DeviceState* dev, Error **errp)
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
 {
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg = fw_cfg_find();
     RAMFBState *s;
@@ -133,16 +129,6 @@ RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(DeviceState* dev, Error **errp)
 
     s = g_new0(RAMFBState, 1);
 
-    const char *s_fb_width = qemu_opt_get(dev->opts, "xres");
-    const char *s_fb_height = qemu_opt_get(dev->opts, "yres");
-    if (s_fb_width) {
-        s->cfg.width = atoi(s_fb_width);
-        s->starting_width = s->cfg.width;
-    }
-    if (s_fb_height) {
-        s->cfg.height = atoi(s_fb_height);
-        s->starting_height = s->cfg.height;
-    }
     s->locked = false;
 
     rom_add_vga("vgabios-ramfb.bin");
diff --git a/hw/vfio/display.c b/hw/vfio/display.c
index f4977c66e1..a57a22674d 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/display.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/display.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int vfio_display_dmabuf_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
                                           &vfio_display_dmabuf_ops,
                                           vdev);
     if (vdev->enable_ramfb) {
-        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(DEVICE(vdev), errp);
+        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(errp);
     }
     vfio_display_edid_init(vdev);
     return 0;
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static int vfio_display_region_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
                                           &vfio_display_region_ops,
                                           vdev);
     if (vdev->enable_ramfb) {
-        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(DEVICE(vdev), errp);
+        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(errp);
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/display/ramfb.h b/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
index f6c2de93b2..b33a2c467b 100644
--- a/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
+++ b/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /* ramfb.c */
 typedef struct RAMFBState RAMFBState;
 void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s);
-RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp);
 
 /* ramfb-standalone.c */
 #define TYPE_RAMFB_DEVICE "ramfb"
diff --git a/stubs/ramfb.c b/stubs/ramfb.c
index 0799093a5d..48143f3354 100644
--- a/stubs/ramfb.c
+++ b/stubs/ramfb.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s)
 {
 }
 
-RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(DeviceState* dev, Error **errp)
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
 {
     error_setg(errp, "ramfb support not available");
     return NULL;