diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 85c41953b3..36eec0d1e0 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2137,24 +2137,12 @@ static void select_vgahw(const char *p)
     }
 }
 
-typedef enum LegacyDisplayType {
-    DT_DEFAULT,
-    DT_CURSES,
-    DT_SDL,
-    DT_COCOA,
-    DT_GTK,
-    DT_EGL,
-    DT_NONE,
-} LegacyDisplayType;
-
-static LegacyDisplayType select_display(const char *p)
+static void parse_display(const char *p)
 {
     const char *opts;
-    LegacyDisplayType display = DT_DEFAULT;
 
     if (strstart(p, "sdl", &opts)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
-        display = DT_SDL;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_SDL;
         while (*opts) {
             const char *nextopt;
@@ -2212,7 +2200,6 @@ static LegacyDisplayType select_display(const char *p)
 #ifdef CONFIG_OPENGL_DMABUF
         request_opengl = 1;
         display_opengl = 1;
-        display = DT_EGL;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_EGL_HEADLESS;
 #else
         fprintf(stderr, "egl support is disabled\n");
@@ -2220,7 +2207,6 @@ static LegacyDisplayType select_display(const char *p)
 #endif
     } else if (strstart(p, "curses", &opts)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
-        display = DT_CURSES;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_CURSES;
 #else
         error_report("curses support is disabled");
@@ -2228,7 +2214,6 @@ static LegacyDisplayType select_display(const char *p)
 #endif
     } else if (strstart(p, "gtk", &opts)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_GTK
-        display = DT_GTK;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_GTK;
         while (*opts) {
             const char *nextopt;
@@ -2267,14 +2252,11 @@ static LegacyDisplayType select_display(const char *p)
         exit(1);
 #endif
     } else if (strstart(p, "none", &opts)) {
-        display = DT_NONE;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_NONE;
     } else {
         error_report("unknown display type");
         exit(1);
     }
-
-    return display;
 }
 
 static int balloon_parse(const char *arg)
@@ -3103,7 +3085,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     const char *incoming = NULL;
     bool userconfig = true;
     bool nographic = false;
-    LegacyDisplayType display_type = DT_DEFAULT;
     int display_remote = 0;
     const char *log_mask = NULL;
     const char *log_file = NULL;
@@ -3378,18 +3359,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_display:
-                display_type = select_display(optarg);
+                parse_display(optarg);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_nographic:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
                 qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "graphics=off", false);
                 nographic = true;
-                display_type = DT_NONE;
                 dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_NONE;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_curses:
 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
-                display_type = DT_CURSES;
                 dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_CURSES;
 #else
                 error_report("curses support is disabled");
@@ -3791,7 +3770,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_sdl:
 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
-                display_type = DT_SDL;
                 dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_SDL;
                 break;
 #else
@@ -4408,7 +4386,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             exit(1);
         }
 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
-        if (display_type == DT_CURSES) {
+        if (dpy.type == DISPLAY_TYPE_CURSES) {
             error_report("curses display cannot be used with -daemonize");
             exit(1);
         }
@@ -4454,35 +4432,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         display_remote++;
     }
 #endif
-    if (display_type == DT_DEFAULT && !display_remote) {
+    if (dpy.type == DISPLAY_TYPE_DEFAULT && !display_remote) {
 #if defined(CONFIG_GTK)
-        display_type = DT_GTK;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_GTK;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_SDL)
-        display_type = DT_SDL;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_SDL;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_COCOA)
-        display_type = DT_COCOA;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_COCOA;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_VNC)
         vnc_parse("localhost:0,to=99,id=default", &error_abort);
 #else
-        display_type = DT_NONE;
         dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_NONE;
 #endif
     }
 
     if (dpy.has_window_close &&
-        (display_type != DT_GTK && display_type != DT_SDL)) {
+        (dpy.type != DISPLAY_TYPE_GTK && dpy.type != DISPLAY_TYPE_SDL)) {
         error_report("-no-quit is only valid for GTK and SDL, "
                      "ignoring option");
     }
 
-    if (display_type == DT_GTK) {
+    if (dpy.type == DISPLAY_TYPE_GTK) {
         early_gtk_display_init(&dpy);
     }
 
-    if (display_type == DT_SDL) {
+    if (dpy.type == DISPLAY_TYPE_SDL) {
         sdl_display_early_init(&dpy);
     }
 
@@ -4815,17 +4789,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     ds = init_displaystate();
 
     /* init local displays */
-    switch (display_type) {
-    case DT_CURSES:
+    switch (dpy.type) {
+    case DISPLAY_TYPE_CURSES:
         curses_display_init(ds, &dpy);
         break;
-    case DT_SDL:
+    case DISPLAY_TYPE_SDL:
         sdl_display_init(ds, &dpy);
         break;
-    case DT_COCOA:
+    case DISPLAY_TYPE_COCOA:
         cocoa_display_init(ds, &dpy);
         break;
-    case DT_GTK:
+    case DISPLAY_TYPE_GTK:
         gtk_display_init(ds, &dpy);
         break;
     default:
@@ -4846,7 +4820,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OPENGL_DMABUF
-    if (display_type == DT_EGL) {
+    if (dpy.type == DISPLAY_TYPE_EGL_HEADLESS) {
         egl_headless_init(&dpy);
     }
 #endif
