diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/client.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/client.h
index 2c8e9bec3f79..03f1d564eb12 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/client.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/client.h
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
 struct nvif_client {
 	struct nvif_object object;
 	const struct nvif_driver *driver;
-	u64 version;
 };
 
 int  nvif_client_ctor(struct nvif_client *parent, const char *name, struct nvif_client *);
 void nvif_client_dtor(struct nvif_client *);
-int  nvif_client_ioctl(struct nvif_client *, void *, u32);
 int  nvif_client_suspend(struct nvif_client *);
 int  nvif_client_resume(struct nvif_client *);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/ioctl.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/ioctl.h
index 4e047bb1fc07..1e74245621e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/ioctl.h
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef __NVIF_IOCTL_H__
 #define __NVIF_IOCTL_H__
 
-#define NVIF_VERSION_LATEST                               0x0000000000000100ULL
-
 struct nvif_ioctl_v0 {
 	__u8  version;
-#define NVIF_IOCTL_V0_NOP                                                  0x00
 #define NVIF_IOCTL_V0_SCLASS                                               0x01
 #define NVIF_IOCTL_V0_NEW                                                  0x02
 #define NVIF_IOCTL_V0_DEL                                                  0x03
@@ -28,10 +25,6 @@ struct nvif_ioctl_v0 {
 	__u8  data[];		/* ioctl data (below) */
 };
 
-struct nvif_ioctl_nop_v0 {
-	__u64 version;
-};
-
 struct nvif_ioctl_sclass_v0 {
 	/* nvif_ioctl ... */
 	__u8  version;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c
index bbfc80fcff43..fdf5054ed7d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
 #include <nvif/class.h>
 #include <nvif/if0000.h>
 
-int
-nvif_client_ioctl(struct nvif_client *client, void *data, u32 size)
-{
-	return client->driver->ioctl(client->object.priv, data, size, NULL);
-}
-
 int
 nvif_client_suspend(struct nvif_client *client)
 {
@@ -58,10 +52,6 @@ int
 nvif_client_ctor(struct nvif_client *parent, const char *name, struct nvif_client *client)
 {
 	struct nvif_client_v0 args = {};
-	struct {
-		struct nvif_ioctl_v0 ioctl;
-		struct nvif_ioctl_nop_v0 nop;
-	} nop = {};
 	int ret;
 
 	strscpy_pad(args.name, name, sizeof(args.name));
@@ -75,13 +65,5 @@ nvif_client_ctor(struct nvif_client *parent, const char *name, struct nvif_clien
 	client->object.client = client;
 	client->object.handle = ~0;
 	client->driver = parent->driver;
-
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		ret = nvif_client_ioctl(client, &nop, sizeof(nop));
-		client->version = nop.nop.version;
-	}
-
-	if (ret)
-		nvif_client_dtor(client);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c
index 39d5c9700867..584fc43c0d75 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c
@@ -33,18 +33,7 @@ static int
 nvkm_ioctl_nop(struct nvkm_client *client,
 	       struct nvkm_object *object, void *data, u32 size)
 {
-	union {
-		struct nvif_ioctl_nop_v0 v0;
-	} *args = data;
-	int ret = -ENOSYS;
-
-	nvif_ioctl(object, "nop size %d\n", size);
-	if (!(ret = nvif_unpack(ret, &data, &size, args->v0, 0, 0, false))) {
-		nvif_ioctl(object, "nop vers %lld\n", args->v0.version);
-		args->v0.version = NVIF_VERSION_LATEST;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 #include <nvif/class.h>