diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c
index 22b471303984..3c018dbccc07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static int info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 	drm_printf(&p, "revid %d\n", xe->info.revid);
 	drm_printf(&p, "tile_count %d\n", xe->info.tile_count);
 	drm_printf(&p, "vm_max_level %d\n", xe->info.vm_max_level);
-	drm_printf(&p, "force_execlist %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.force_execlist));
 	drm_printf(&p, "has_flat_ccs %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.has_flat_ccs));
 	drm_printf(&p, "has_usm %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.has_usm));
 	drm_printf(&p, "skip_guc_pc %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.skip_guc_pc));
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h
index 975768a6a9c8..8056d8bd7d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static inline struct xe_mmio *xe_root_tile_mmio(struct xe_device *xe)
 
 static inline bool xe_device_uc_enabled(struct xe_device *xe)
 {
-	return !xe->info.force_execlist;
+	return true;
 }
 
 #define for_each_tile(tile__, xe__, id__) \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index 4e2f115f14e2..46a9e9fad7a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ struct xe_device {
 		 * Keep all flags below alphabetically sorted
 		 */
 
-		/** @info.force_execlist: Forced execlist submission */
-		u8 force_execlist:1;
 		/** @info.has_access_counter: Device supports access counter */
 		u8 has_access_counter:1;
 		/** @info.has_asid: Has address space ID */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c
index d11cc9e25cdb..a97b236dab7c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ static unsigned int dss_per_group(struct xe_gt *gt)
 	 * Some older platforms don't have tables or don't have complete tables.
 	 * Newer platforms should always have the required info.
 	 */
-	if (GRAPHICS_VERx100(gt_to_xe(gt)) >= 2000 &&
-	    !gt_to_xe(gt)->info.force_execlist)
+	if (GRAPHICS_VERx100(gt_to_xe(gt)) >= 2000)
 		xe_gt_err(gt, "Slice/Subslice counts missing from hwconfig table; using typical fallback values\n");
 
 	if (gt_to_xe(gt)->info.platform == XE_PVC)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_tlb_inval.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_tlb_inval.c
index cf6d106e6036..046d0655122f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_tlb_inval.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_tlb_inval.c
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ static int send_tlb_inval_asid_ppgtt(struct xe_tlb_inval *tlb_inval, u32 seqno,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&tlb_inval->seqno_lock);
 
-	if (guc_to_xe(guc)->info.force_execlist)
-		return -ECANCELED;
-
 	return send_tlb_inval_ppgtt(guc, seqno, start, end, asid,
 				    XE_GUC_TLB_INVAL_PAGE_SELECTIVE, prl_sa);
 }
@@ -228,9 +225,6 @@ static int send_tlb_inval_ctx_ppgtt(struct xe_tlb_inval *tlb_inval, u32 seqno,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&tlb_inval->seqno_lock);
 
-	if (xe->info.force_execlist)
-		return -ECANCELED;
-
 	vm = xe_device_asid_to_vm(xe, asid);
 	if (IS_ERR(vm))
 		return PTR_ERR(vm);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
index 4cb578182912..39e4fc85f019 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ module_param_named(svm_notifier_size, xe_modparam.svm_notifier_size, uint, 0600)
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(svm_notifier_size, "Set the svm notifier size in MiB, must be power of 2 "
 		 "[default=" __stringify(XE_DEFAULT_SVM_NOTIFIER_SIZE) "]");
 
-module_param_named_unsafe(force_execlist, xe_modparam.force_execlist, bool, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_execlist, "Force Execlist submission");
-
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DISPLAY)
 module_param_named(probe_display, xe_modparam.probe_display, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_display, "Probe display HW, otherwise it's left untouched "
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
index 79cb9639c0f3..c75153471248 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 /* Module modprobe variables */
 struct xe_modparam {
-	bool force_execlist;
 	bool probe_display;
 	int force_vram_bar_size;
 	int guc_log_level;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
index c9d4fb6c4ff6..03362480e3e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
@@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ static int xe_info_init_early(struct xe_device *xe,
 	xe->info.probe_display = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DISPLAY) &&
 				 xe_modparam.probe_display &&
 				 desc->has_display;
-	xe->info.force_execlist = xe_modparam.force_execlist;
 
 	xe_assert(xe, desc->max_gt_per_tile > 0);
 	xe_assert(xe, desc->max_gt_per_tile <= XE_MAX_GT_PER_TILE);