diff --git a/src/lib/bootmode.c b/src/lib/bootmode.c
index 083fd9d49d..2465966b3a 100644
--- a/src/lib/bootmode.c
+++ b/src/lib/bootmode.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * This file is part of the coreboot project.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2011 The ChromiumOS Authors.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ void gfx_set_init_done(int done)
 
 int display_init_required(void)
 {
-	if (CONFIG(VBOOT_MAY_SKIP_DISPLAY_INIT)) {
+	/* For vboot, always honor VBOOT_WD_FLAG_DISPLAY_INIT. */
+	if (CONFIG(VBOOT)) {
 		/* Must always select MUST_REQUEST_DISPLAY when using this
 		   function. */
 		if (!CONFIG(VBOOT_MUST_REQUEST_DISPLAY))
diff --git a/src/security/vboot/Kconfig b/src/security/vboot/Kconfig
index fa9893520a..ea1f73889a 100644
--- a/src/security/vboot/Kconfig
+++ b/src/security/vboot/Kconfig
@@ -154,21 +154,10 @@ config VBOOT_SAVE_RECOVERY_REASON_ON_REBOOT
 	  reboots caused after vboot verification is run. e.g. reboots caused by
 	  FSP components on Intel platforms.
 
-config VBOOT_MAY_SKIP_DISPLAY_INIT
-	bool "Skip display initialization in normal mode"
-	default y if CHROMEOS
-	default n
-	help
-	  Set this option to indicate that coreboot should skip display
-	  initialization on a normal (non-recovery, non-developer) boot.
-	  This is useful for platforms that do not support firmware
-	  user-interface in normal mode.
-
 config VBOOT_MUST_REQUEST_DISPLAY
 	bool
 	default y if VGA_ROM_RUN
 	default n
-	depends on VBOOT_MAY_SKIP_DISPLAY_INIT
 	help
 	  Set this option to indicate to vboot that this platform will skip its
 	  display initialization on a normal (non-recovery, non-developer) boot.