diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/Kconfig
index 2391660559..ca5d0fcb0d 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/Kconfig
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ config CONSOLE_SERIAL_UART_ADDRESS
 	depends on DRIVERS_UART
 	default 0xFF690000
 
-# FIXME(dhendrix): This is a gross hack intended to get us past
-# display init which currently hangs the machine. It will be removed
-# once we've re-factored the display init code to properly handle
-# various types of displays.
-config SKIP_DISPLAY_INIT_HACK
-	int
-	default 1
-
 config PMIC_BUS
 	int
 	default 0
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/mainboard.c
index 29f66e3eb5..c54e96f690 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/mainboard.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_brain/mainboard.c
@@ -126,3 +126,8 @@ void lb_board(struct lb_header *header)
 	dma->range_start = (uintptr_t)_dma_coherent;
 	dma->range_size = _dma_coherent_size;
 }
+
+void mainboard_power_on_backlight(void)
+{
+	return;
+}
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/Kconfig
index 473452082c..c15e29f748 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/Kconfig
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ config CONSOLE_SERIAL_UART_ADDRESS
 	depends on DRIVERS_UART
 	default 0xFF690000
 
-# FIXME(dhendrix): This is a gross hack intended to get us past
-# display init which currently hangs the machine. It will be removed
-# once we've re-factored the display init code to properly handle
-# various types of displays.
-config SKIP_DISPLAY_INIT_HACK
-	int
-	default 1
-
 config PMIC_BUS
 	int
 	default 0
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/mainboard.c
index 2f61d01dec..3c7da54110 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/mainboard.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/veyron_romy/mainboard.c
@@ -115,3 +115,8 @@ void lb_board(struct lb_header *header)
 	dma->range_start = (uintptr_t)_dma_coherent;
 	dma->range_size = _dma_coherent_size;
 }
+
+void mainboard_power_on_backlight(void)
+{
+	return;
+}
diff --git a/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/soc.c b/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/soc.c
index 6cdcc51a03..a13086a21f 100644
--- a/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/soc.c
+++ b/src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/soc.c
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ static void soc_init(device_t dev)
 	ram_resource(dev, 0, (uintptr_t)_dram/KiB, sdram_size_mb()*(MiB/KiB));
 	if (vboot_skip_display_init())
 		printk(BIOS_INFO, "Skipping display init.\n");
-#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SKIP_DISPLAY_INIT_HACK)
 	else
 		rk_display_init(dev, (uintptr_t)_framebuffer,
 				_framebuffer_size);
-#endif
 }
 
 static struct device_operations soc_ops = {