diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/displays/panel-taal.c b/drivers/video/omap2/displays/panel-taal.c
index 0f21fa5a16a..72d63076ab1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/displays/panel-taal.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/displays/panel-taal.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include <video/omapdss.h>
@@ -55,73 +54,6 @@ static int _taal_enable_te(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev, bool enable);
 
 static int taal_panel_reset(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev);
 
-struct panel_regulator {
-	struct regulator *regulator;
-	const char *name;
-	int min_uV;
-	int max_uV;
-};
-
-static void free_regulators(struct panel_regulator *regulators, int n)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		/* disable/put in reverse order */
-		regulator_disable(regulators[n - i - 1].regulator);
-		regulator_put(regulators[n - i - 1].regulator);
-	}
-}
-
-static int init_regulators(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev,
-			struct panel_regulator *regulators, int n)
-{
-	int r, i, v;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		struct regulator *reg;
-
-		reg = regulator_get(&dssdev->dev, regulators[i].name);
-		if (IS_ERR(reg)) {
-			dev_err(&dssdev->dev, "failed to get regulator %s\n",
-				regulators[i].name);
-			r = PTR_ERR(reg);
-			goto err;
-		}
-
-		/* FIXME: better handling of fixed vs. variable regulators */
-		v = regulator_get_voltage(reg);
-		if (v < regulators[i].min_uV || v > regulators[i].max_uV) {
-			r = regulator_set_voltage(reg, regulators[i].min_uV,
-						regulators[i].max_uV);
-			if (r) {
-				dev_err(&dssdev->dev,
-					"failed to set regulator %s voltage\n",
-					regulators[i].name);
-				regulator_put(reg);
-				goto err;
-			}
-		}
-
-		r = regulator_enable(reg);
-		if (r) {
-			dev_err(&dssdev->dev, "failed to enable regulator %s\n",
-				regulators[i].name);
-			regulator_put(reg);
-			goto err;
-		}
-
-		regulators[i].regulator = reg;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-err:
-	free_regulators(regulators, i);
-
-	return r;
-}
-
 /**
  * struct panel_config - panel configuration
  * @name: panel name
@@ -150,8 +82,6 @@ struct panel_config {
 		unsigned int low;
 	} reset_sequence;
 
-	struct panel_regulator *regulators;
-	int num_regulators;
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -977,11 +907,6 @@ static int taal_probe(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
 
 	atomic_set(&td->do_update, 0);
 
-	r = init_regulators(dssdev, panel_config->regulators,
-			panel_config->num_regulators);
-	if (r)
-		goto err_reg;
-
 	td->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("taal_esd");
 	if (td->workqueue == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&dssdev->dev, "can't create ESD workqueue\n");
@@ -1075,8 +1000,6 @@ err_gpio:
 err_bl:
 	destroy_workqueue(td->workqueue);
 err_wq:
-	free_regulators(panel_config->regulators, panel_config->num_regulators);
-err_reg:
 	kfree(td);
 err:
 	return r;
@@ -1113,9 +1036,6 @@ static void __exit taal_remove(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
 	/* reset, to be sure that the panel is in a valid state */
 	taal_hw_reset(dssdev);
 
-	free_regulators(td->panel_config->regulators,
-			td->panel_config->num_regulators);
-
 	kfree(td);
 }