diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 58a7d4b7f2..cde0faf6e5 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ struct QemuConsoleClass {
     ObjectClass parent_class;
 };
 
-#define QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG    0x01
-#define QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG     0x02
+#define QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG     0x01
 
 struct PixelFormat {
     uint8_t bits_per_pixel;
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index d1342cae19..5d73d811c0 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1237,9 +1237,6 @@ static void qemu_alloc_display(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height)
     assert(surface->image != NULL);
 
     surface->flags = QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG;
-#ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-    surface->flags |= QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG;
-#endif
 }
 
 DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface(int width, int height)
@@ -1264,10 +1261,6 @@ DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface_from(int width, int height,
                                               (void *)data, linesize);
     assert(surface->image != NULL);
 
-#ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-    surface->flags = QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG;
-#endif
-
     return surface;
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/vnc-enc-tight.c b/ui/vnc-enc-tight.c
index f02352cc46..3d1b5cd066 100644
--- a/ui/vnc-enc-tight.c
+++ b/ui/vnc-enc-tight.c
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ tight_detect_smooth_image24(VncState *vs, int w, int h)
         unsigned int errors;                                            \
         unsigned char *buf = vs->tight.tight.buffer;                    \
                                                                         \
-        endian = 0; /* FIXME: ((vs->clientds.flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG) != \
-                      (vs->ds->surface->flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG)); */ \
+        endian = 0; /* FIXME */                                         \
                                                                         \
                                                                         \
         max[0] = vs->client_pf.rmax;                                  \
@@ -563,8 +562,7 @@ tight_filter_gradient24(VncState *vs, uint8_t *buf, int w, int h)
     buf32 = (uint32_t *)buf;
     memset(vs->tight.gradient.buffer, 0, w * 3 * sizeof(int));
 
-    if (1 /* FIXME: (vs->clientds.flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG) ==
-             (vs->ds->surface->flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG) */) {
+    if (1 /* FIXME */) {
         shift[0] = vs->client_pf.rshift;
         shift[1] = vs->client_pf.gshift;
         shift[2] = vs->client_pf.bshift;
@@ -621,8 +619,7 @@ tight_filter_gradient24(VncState *vs, uint8_t *buf, int w, int h)
                                                                         \
         memset (vs->tight.gradient.buffer, 0, w * 3 * sizeof(int));     \
                                                                         \
-        endian = 0; /* FIXME: ((vs->clientds.flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG) != \
-                       (vs->ds->surface->flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG)); */ \
+        endian = 0; /* FIXME */                                         \
                                                                         \
         max[0] = vs->client_pf.rmax;                                    \
         max[1] = vs->client_pf.gmax;                                    \
@@ -898,8 +895,7 @@ static void tight_pack24(VncState *vs, uint8_t *buf, size_t count, size_t *ret)
 
     buf32 = (uint32_t *)buf;
 
-    if (1 /* FIXME: (vs->clientds.flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG) ==
-             (vs->ds->surface->flags & QEMU_BIG_ENDIAN_FLAG) */) {
+    if (1 /* FIXME */) {
         rshift = vs->client_pf.rshift;
         gshift = vs->client_pf.gshift;
         bshift = vs->client_pf.bshift;