diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
index c99ff74dca92..30730b8ed495 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@ static const struct drm_encoder_funcs drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup = {
 	.destroy = drm_encoder_cleanup,
 };
 
-int drm_simple_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
-			    struct drm_encoder *encoder,
-			    int encoder_type)
-{
-	return drm_encoder_init(dev, encoder,
-				&drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup,
-				encoder_type, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_simple_encoder_init);
-
 void *__drmm_simple_encoder_alloc(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size,
 				  size_t offset, int encoder_type)
 {
@@ -364,7 +354,8 @@ int drm_simple_display_pipe_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return ret;
 
 	encoder->possible_crtcs = drm_crtc_mask(crtc);
-	ret = drm_simple_encoder_init(dev, encoder, DRM_MODE_ENCODER_NONE);
+	ret = drm_encoder_init(dev, encoder, &drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup,
+			       DRM_MODE_ENCODER_NONE, NULL);
 	if (ret || !connector)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h
index b58f6d532820..ce09126fbe06 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ int drm_simple_display_pipe_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 			const uint64_t *format_modifiers,
 			struct drm_connector *connector);
 
-int drm_simple_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
-			    struct drm_encoder *encoder,
-			    int encoder_type);
-
 void *__drmm_simple_encoder_alloc(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size,
 				  size_t offset, int encoder_type);