diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index be56b0ba88c4..4afbadb13316 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@ struct mem_block {
 	struct drm_file *file_priv; /* NULL: free, -1: heap, other: real files */
 };
 
-typedef struct _drm_i915_vbl_swap {
-	struct list_head head;
-	drm_drawable_t drw_id;
-	unsigned int pipe;
-	unsigned int sequence;
-} drm_i915_vbl_swap_t;
-
 struct opregion_header;
 struct opregion_acpi;
 struct opregion_swsci;
@@ -146,10 +139,6 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	unsigned int sr01, adpa, ppcr, dvob, dvoc, lvds;
 	int vblank_pipe;
 
-	spinlock_t swaps_lock;
-	drm_i915_vbl_swap_t vbl_swaps;
-	unsigned int swaps_pending;
-
 	struct intel_opregion opregion;
 
 	/* Register state */
@@ -242,9 +231,6 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	u8 saveDACDATA[256*3]; /* 256 3-byte colors */
 	u8 saveCR[37];
 
-	/** Work task for vblank-related ring access */
-	struct work_struct vblank_work;
-
 	struct {
 		struct drm_mm gtt_space;
 
@@ -445,7 +431,6 @@ extern int i915_irq_wait(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 void i915_user_irq_get(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_user_irq_put(struct drm_device *dev);
 
-extern void i915_vblank_work_handler(struct work_struct *work);
 extern irqreturn_t i915_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS);
 extern void i915_driver_irq_preinstall(struct drm_device * dev);
 extern int i915_driver_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 26f48932a51e..a75345af62ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -80,211 +80,6 @@ i915_pipe_enabled(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * Emit blits for scheduled buffer swaps.
- *
- * This function will be called with the HW lock held.
- * Because this function must grab the ring mutex (dev->struct_mutex),
- * it can no longer run at soft irq time. We'll fix this when we do
- * the DRI2 swap buffer work.
- */
-static void i915_vblank_tasklet(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
-	unsigned long irqflags;
-	struct list_head *list, *tmp, hits, *hit;
-	int nhits, nrects, slice[2], upper[2], lower[2], i;
-	unsigned counter[2];
-	struct drm_drawable_info *drw;
-	drm_i915_sarea_t *sarea_priv = dev_priv->sarea_priv;
-	u32 cpp = dev_priv->cpp;
-	u32 cmd = (cpp == 4) ? (XY_SRC_COPY_BLT_CMD |
-				XY_SRC_COPY_BLT_WRITE_ALPHA |
-				XY_SRC_COPY_BLT_WRITE_RGB)
-			     : XY_SRC_COPY_BLT_CMD;
-	u32 src_pitch = sarea_priv->pitch * cpp;
-	u32 dst_pitch = sarea_priv->pitch * cpp;
-	u32 ropcpp = (0xcc << 16) | ((cpp - 1) << 24);
-	RING_LOCALS;
-
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
-	if (IS_I965G(dev) && sarea_priv->front_tiled) {
-		cmd |= XY_SRC_COPY_BLT_DST_TILED;
-		dst_pitch >>= 2;
-	}
-	if (IS_I965G(dev) && sarea_priv->back_tiled) {
-		cmd |= XY_SRC_COPY_BLT_SRC_TILED;
-		src_pitch >>= 2;
-	}
-
-	counter[0] = drm_vblank_count(dev, 0);
-	counter[1] = drm_vblank_count(dev, 1);
-
-	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hits);
-
-	nhits = nrects = 0;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->swaps_lock, irqflags);
-
-	/* Find buffer swaps scheduled for this vertical blank */
-	list_for_each_safe(list, tmp, &dev_priv->vbl_swaps.head) {
-		drm_i915_vbl_swap_t *vbl_swap =
-			list_entry(list, drm_i915_vbl_swap_t, head);
-		int pipe = vbl_swap->pipe;
-
-		if ((counter[pipe] - vbl_swap->sequence) > (1<<23))
-			continue;
-
-		list_del(list);
-		dev_priv->swaps_pending--;
-		drm_vblank_put(dev, pipe);
-
-		spin_unlock(&dev_priv->swaps_lock);
-		spin_lock(&dev->drw_lock);
-
-		drw = drm_get_drawable_info(dev, vbl_swap->drw_id);
-
-		list_for_each(hit, &hits) {
-			drm_i915_vbl_swap_t *swap_cmp =
-				list_entry(hit, drm_i915_vbl_swap_t, head);
-			struct drm_drawable_info *drw_cmp =
-				drm_get_drawable_info(dev, swap_cmp->drw_id);
-
-			/* Make sure both drawables are still
-			 * around and have some rectangles before
-			 * we look inside to order them for the
-			 * blts below.
-			 */
-			if (drw_cmp && drw_cmp->num_rects > 0 &&
-			    drw && drw->num_rects > 0 &&
-			    drw_cmp->rects[0].y1 > drw->rects[0].y1) {
-				list_add_tail(list, hit);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		spin_unlock(&dev->drw_lock);
-
-		/* List of hits was empty, or we reached the end of it */
-		if (hit == &hits)
-			list_add_tail(list, hits.prev);
-
-		nhits++;
-
-		spin_lock(&dev_priv->swaps_lock);
-	}
-
-	if (nhits == 0) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->swaps_lock, irqflags);
-		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock(&dev_priv->swaps_lock);
-
-	i915_kernel_lost_context(dev);
-
-	if (IS_I965G(dev)) {
-		BEGIN_LP_RING(4);
-
-		OUT_RING(GFX_OP_DRAWRECT_INFO_I965);
-		OUT_RING(0);
-		OUT_RING(((sarea_priv->width - 1) & 0xffff) | ((sarea_priv->height - 1) << 16));
-		OUT_RING(0);
-		ADVANCE_LP_RING();
-	} else {
-		BEGIN_LP_RING(6);
-
-		OUT_RING(GFX_OP_DRAWRECT_INFO);
-		OUT_RING(0);
-		OUT_RING(0);
-		OUT_RING(sarea_priv->width | sarea_priv->height << 16);
-		OUT_RING(sarea_priv->width | sarea_priv->height << 16);
-		OUT_RING(0);
-
-		ADVANCE_LP_RING();
-	}
-
-	sarea_priv->ctxOwner = DRM_KERNEL_CONTEXT;
-
-	upper[0] = upper[1] = 0;
-	slice[0] = max(sarea_priv->pipeA_h / nhits, 1);
-	slice[1] = max(sarea_priv->pipeB_h / nhits, 1);
-	lower[0] = sarea_priv->pipeA_y + slice[0];
-	lower[1] = sarea_priv->pipeB_y + slice[0];
-
-	spin_lock(&dev->drw_lock);
-
-	/* Emit blits for buffer swaps, partitioning both outputs into as many
-	 * slices as there are buffer swaps scheduled in order to avoid tearing
-	 * (based on the assumption that a single buffer swap would always
-	 * complete before scanout starts).
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i++ < nhits;
-	     upper[0] = lower[0], lower[0] += slice[0],
-	     upper[1] = lower[1], lower[1] += slice[1]) {
-		if (i == nhits)
-			lower[0] = lower[1] = sarea_priv->height;
-
-		list_for_each(hit, &hits) {
-			drm_i915_vbl_swap_t *swap_hit =
-				list_entry(hit, drm_i915_vbl_swap_t, head);
-			struct drm_clip_rect *rect;
-			int num_rects, pipe;
-			unsigned short top, bottom;
-
-			drw = drm_get_drawable_info(dev, swap_hit->drw_id);
-
-			/* The drawable may have been destroyed since
-			 * the vblank swap was queued
-			 */
-			if (!drw)
-				continue;
-
-			rect = drw->rects;
-			pipe = swap_hit->pipe;
-			top = upper[pipe];
-			bottom = lower[pipe];
-
-			for (num_rects = drw->num_rects; num_rects--; rect++) {
-				int y1 = max(rect->y1, top);
-				int y2 = min(rect->y2, bottom);
-
-				if (y1 >= y2)
-					continue;
-
-				BEGIN_LP_RING(8);
-
-				OUT_RING(cmd);
-				OUT_RING(ropcpp | dst_pitch);
-				OUT_RING((y1 << 16) | rect->x1);
-				OUT_RING((y2 << 16) | rect->x2);
-				OUT_RING(sarea_priv->front_offset);
-				OUT_RING((y1 << 16) | rect->x1);
-				OUT_RING(src_pitch);
-				OUT_RING(sarea_priv->back_offset);
-
-				ADVANCE_LP_RING();
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->drw_lock, irqflags);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
-	list_for_each_safe(hit, tmp, &hits) {
-		drm_i915_vbl_swap_t *swap_hit =
-			list_entry(hit, drm_i915_vbl_swap_t, head);
-
-		list_del(hit);
-
-		drm_free(swap_hit, sizeof(*swap_hit), DRM_MEM_DRIVER);
-	}
-}
-
 /* Called from drm generic code, passed a 'crtc', which
  * we use as a pipe index
  */
@@ -322,40 +117,6 @@ u32 i915_get_vblank_counter(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
 	return count;
 }
 
-void
-i915_vblank_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = container_of(work, drm_i915_private_t,
-						    vblank_work);
-	struct drm_device *dev = dev_priv->dev;
-	unsigned long irqflags;
-
-	if (dev->lock.hw_lock == NULL) {
-		i915_vblank_tasklet(dev);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->tasklet_lock, irqflags);
-	dev->locked_tasklet_func = i915_vblank_tasklet;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->tasklet_lock, irqflags);
-
-	/* Try to get the lock now, if this fails, the lock
-	 * holder will execute the tasklet during unlock
-	 */
-	if (!drm_lock_take(&dev->lock, DRM_KERNEL_CONTEXT))
-		return;
-
-	dev->lock.lock_time = jiffies;
-	atomic_inc(&dev->counts[_DRM_STAT_LOCKS]);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->tasklet_lock, irqflags);
-	dev->locked_tasklet_func = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->tasklet_lock, irqflags);
-
-	i915_vblank_tasklet(dev);
-	drm_lock_free(&dev->lock, DRM_KERNEL_CONTEXT);
-}
-
 irqreturn_t i915_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = (struct drm_device *) arg;
@@ -433,9 +194,6 @@ irqreturn_t i915_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS)
 	if (iir & I915_ASLE_INTERRUPT)
 		opregion_asle_intr(dev);
 
-	if (vblank && dev_priv->swaps_pending > 0)
-		schedule_work(&dev_priv->vblank_work);
-
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -696,123 +454,21 @@ int i915_vblank_pipe_get(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 int i915_vblank_swap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		     struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
-	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	drm_i915_vblank_swap_t *swap = data;
-	drm_i915_vbl_swap_t *vbl_swap, *vbl_old;
-	unsigned int pipe, seqtype, curseq;
-	unsigned long irqflags;
-	struct list_head *list;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!dev_priv || !dev_priv->sarea_priv) {
-		DRM_ERROR("%s called with no initialization\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (dev_priv->sarea_priv->rotation) {
-		DRM_DEBUG("Rotation not supported\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (swap->seqtype & ~(_DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE | _DRM_VBLANK_ABSOLUTE |
-			     _DRM_VBLANK_SECONDARY | _DRM_VBLANK_NEXTONMISS)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Invalid sequence type 0x%x\n", swap->seqtype);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	pipe = (swap->seqtype & _DRM_VBLANK_SECONDARY) ? 1 : 0;
-
-	seqtype = swap->seqtype & (_DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE | _DRM_VBLANK_ABSOLUTE);
-
-	if (!(dev_priv->vblank_pipe & (1 << pipe))) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Invalid pipe %d\n", pipe);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->drw_lock, irqflags);
-
-	if (!drm_get_drawable_info(dev, swap->drawable)) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->drw_lock, irqflags);
-		DRM_DEBUG("Invalid drawable ID %d\n", swap->drawable);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->drw_lock, irqflags);
-
-	/*
-	 * We take the ref here and put it when the swap actually completes
-	 * in the tasklet.
+	/* The delayed swap mechanism was fundamentally racy, and has been
+	 * removed.  The model was that the client requested a delayed flip/swap
+	 * from the kernel, then waited for vblank before continuing to perform
+	 * rendering.  The problem was that the kernel might wake the client
+	 * up before it dispatched the vblank swap (since the lock has to be
+	 * held while touching the ringbuffer), in which case the client would
+	 * clear and start the next frame before the swap occurred, and
+	 * flicker would occur in addition to likely missing the vblank.
+	 *
+	 * In the absence of this ioctl, userland falls back to a correct path
+	 * of waiting for a vblank, then dispatching the swap on its own.
+	 * Context switching to userland and back is plenty fast enough for
+	 * meeting the requirements of vblank swapping.
 	 */
-	ret = drm_vblank_get(dev, pipe);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	curseq = drm_vblank_count(dev, pipe);
-
-	if (seqtype == _DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE)
-		swap->sequence += curseq;
-
-	if ((curseq - swap->sequence) <= (1<<23)) {
-		if (swap->seqtype & _DRM_VBLANK_NEXTONMISS) {
-			swap->sequence = curseq + 1;
-		} else {
-			DRM_DEBUG("Missed target sequence\n");
-			drm_vblank_put(dev, pipe);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	vbl_swap = drm_calloc(1, sizeof(*vbl_swap), DRM_MEM_DRIVER);
-
-	if (!vbl_swap) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Failed to allocate memory to queue swap\n");
-		drm_vblank_put(dev, pipe);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	vbl_swap->drw_id = swap->drawable;
-	vbl_swap->pipe = pipe;
-	vbl_swap->sequence = swap->sequence;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->swaps_lock, irqflags);
-
-	list_for_each(list, &dev_priv->vbl_swaps.head) {
-		vbl_old = list_entry(list, drm_i915_vbl_swap_t, head);
-
-		if (vbl_old->drw_id == swap->drawable &&
-		    vbl_old->pipe == pipe &&
-		    vbl_old->sequence == swap->sequence) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->swaps_lock, irqflags);
-			drm_vblank_put(dev, pipe);
-			drm_free(vbl_swap, sizeof(*vbl_swap), DRM_MEM_DRIVER);
-			DRM_DEBUG("Already scheduled\n");
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (dev_priv->swaps_pending >= 10) {
-		DRM_DEBUG("Too many swaps queued\n");
-		DRM_DEBUG(" pipe 0: %d pipe 1: %d\n",
-			  drm_vblank_count(dev, 0),
-			  drm_vblank_count(dev, 1));
-
-		list_for_each(list, &dev_priv->vbl_swaps.head) {
-			vbl_old = list_entry(list, drm_i915_vbl_swap_t, head);
-			DRM_DEBUG("\tdrw %x pipe %d seq %x\n",
-				  vbl_old->drw_id, vbl_old->pipe,
-				  vbl_old->sequence);
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->swaps_lock, irqflags);
-		drm_vblank_put(dev, pipe);
-		drm_free(vbl_swap, sizeof(*vbl_swap), DRM_MEM_DRIVER);
-		return -EBUSY;
-	}
-
-	list_add_tail(&vbl_swap->head, &dev_priv->vbl_swaps.head);
-	dev_priv->swaps_pending++;
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->swaps_lock, irqflags);
-
-	return 0;
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 /* drm_dma.h hooks
@@ -831,11 +487,6 @@ int i915_driver_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
 	int ret, num_pipes = 2;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->swaps_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->vbl_swaps.head);
-	INIT_WORK(&dev_priv->vblank_work, i915_vblank_work_handler);
-	dev_priv->swaps_pending = 0;
-
 	/* Set initial unmasked IRQs to just the selected vblank pipes. */
 	dev_priv->irq_mask_reg = ~0;