diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
index cae5687822e2..80d48936d177 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ struct omap_dss_device *omapdss_device_next_output(struct omap_dss_device *from)
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-		if (dssdev->id &&
-		    (dssdev->next || dssdev->bridge || dssdev->panel))
+		if (dssdev->id && (dssdev->next || dssdev->bridge))
 			goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -185,11 +184,10 @@ int omapdss_device_connect(struct dss_device *dss,
 	if (!dst) {
 		/*
 		 * The destination is NULL when the source is connected to a
-		 * bridge or panel instead of a DSS device. Stop here, we will
-		 * attach the bridge or panel later when we will have a DRM
-		 * encoder.
+		 * bridge instead of a DSS device. Stop here, we will attach
+		 * the bridge later when we will have a DRM encoder.
 		 */
-		return src && (src->bridge || src->panel) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+		return src && src->bridge ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (omapdss_device_is_connected(dst))
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ void omapdss_device_disconnect(struct omap_dss_device *src,
 		dst ? dev_name(dst->dev) : "NULL");
 
 	if (!dst) {
-		WARN_ON(!src->bridge && !src->panel);
+		WARN_ON(!src->bridge);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c
index 10a9ee5cdc61..4f71a20bc7c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 int omapdss_device_init_output(struct omap_dss_device *out)
 {
 	struct device_node *remote_node;
+	int ret;
 
 	remote_node = of_graph_get_remote_node(out->dev->of_node, 0, 0);
 	if (!remote_node) {
@@ -47,17 +48,41 @@ int omapdss_device_init_output(struct omap_dss_device *out)
 
 	if (out->next && out->type != out->next->type) {
 		dev_err(out->dev, "output type and display type don't match\n");
-		omapdss_device_put(out->next);
-		out->next = NULL;
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
-	return out->next || out->bridge || out->panel ? 0 : -EPROBE_DEFER;
+	if (out->panel) {
+		unsigned int connector_type;
+		struct drm_bridge *bridge;
+
+		connector_type = omapdss_device_connector_type(out->type);
+		bridge = drm_panel_bridge_add(out->panel, connector_type);
+		if (IS_ERR(bridge)) {
+			dev_err(out->dev,
+				"unable to create panel bridge (%ld)\n",
+				PTR_ERR(bridge));
+			ret = PTR_ERR(bridge);
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		out->bridge = bridge;
+	}
+
+	return out->next || out->bridge ? 0 : -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+error:
+	omapdss_device_put(out->next);
+	out->next = NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_device_init_output);
 
 void omapdss_device_cleanup_output(struct omap_dss_device *out)
 {
+	if (out->bridge && out->panel)
+		drm_panel_bridge_remove(out->bridge);
+
 	if (out->next)
 		omapdss_device_put(out->next);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c
index 322158ef15f6..3d1f740037c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
-#include <drm/drm_panel.h>
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
 
 #include "omap_drv.h"
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ static int omap_connector_get_modes_edid(struct drm_connector *connector,
 
 static int omap_connector_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-	struct omap_connector *omap_connector = to_omap_connector(connector);
 	struct omap_dss_device *dssdev;
 
 	DBG("%s", connector->name);
@@ -224,13 +222,6 @@ static int omap_connector_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	if (dssdev)
 		return dssdev->ops->get_modes(dssdev, connector);
 
-	/*
-	 * Otherwise if the display pipeline uses a drm_panel, we delegate the
-	 * operation to the panel API.
-	 */
-	if (omap_connector->output->panel)
-		return drm_panel_get_modes(omap_connector->output->panel);
-
 	/*
 	 * We can't retrieve modes, which can happen for instance for a DVI or
 	 * VGA output with the DDC bus unconnected. The KMS core will add the
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
index 97512d4cf664..b615ecef7719 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
-#include <drm/drm_panel.h>
 
 #include "omap_dmm_tiler.h"
 #include "omap_drv.h"
@@ -138,9 +137,6 @@ static void omap_disconnect_pipelines(struct drm_device *ddev)
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_pipes; i++) {
 		struct omap_drm_pipeline *pipe = &priv->pipes[i];
 
-		if (pipe->output->panel)
-			drm_panel_detach(pipe->output->panel);
-
 		omapdss_device_disconnect(NULL, pipe->output);
 
 		omapdss_device_put(pipe->output);
@@ -225,8 +221,6 @@ static int omap_display_id(struct omap_dss_device *output)
 			bridge = bridge->next;
 
 		node = bridge->of_node;
-	} else if (output->panel) {
-		node = output->panel->dev->of_node;
 	}
 
 	return node ? of_alias_get_id(node, "display") : -ENODEV;
@@ -342,13 +336,6 @@ static int omap_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
 			drm_connector_attach_encoder(pipe->connector, encoder);
-
-			if (pipe->output->panel) {
-				ret = drm_panel_attach(pipe->output->panel,
-						       pipe->connector);
-				if (ret < 0)
-					return ret;
-			}
 		}
 
 		crtc = omap_crtc_init(dev, pipe, priv->planes[i]);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_encoder.c
index 8cae2af1438f..510888413068 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_encoder.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
 #include <drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h>
 #include <drm/drm_edid.h>
-#include <drm/drm_panel.h>
 
 #include "omap_drv.h"
 
@@ -166,12 +165,6 @@ static void omap_encoder_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 
 	dev_dbg(dev->dev, "disable(%s)\n", dssdev->name);
 
-	/* Disable the panel if present. */
-	if (dssdev->panel) {
-		drm_panel_disable(dssdev->panel);
-		drm_panel_unprepare(dssdev->panel);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Disable the chain of external devices, starting at the one at the
 	 * internal encoder's output.
@@ -221,12 +214,6 @@ static void omap_encoder_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	 * internal encoder's output.
 	 */
 	omapdss_device_enable(dssdev->next);
-
-	/* Enable the panel if present. */
-	if (dssdev->panel) {
-		drm_panel_prepare(dssdev->panel);
-		drm_panel_enable(dssdev->panel);
-	}
 }
 
 static int omap_encoder_atomic_check(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
