diff --git a/hw/display/vga-pci.c b/hw/display/vga-pci.c
index a27b88122d..cfe095713e 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-pci.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-pci.c
@@ -264,11 +264,6 @@ static void pci_std_vga_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
 
         pci_register_bar(&d->dev, 2, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, &d->mmio);
     }
-
-    if (!dev->rom_bar) {
-        /* compatibility with pc-0.13 and older */
-        vga_init_vbe(s, OBJECT(dev), pci_address_space(dev));
-    }
 }
 
 static void pci_std_vga_init(Object *obj)
diff --git a/hw/display/vga.c b/hw/display/vga.c
index 82ebe53610..636586a476 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga.c
@@ -2304,9 +2304,7 @@ void vga_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj, MemoryRegion *address_space,
 
 void vga_init_vbe(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj, MemoryRegion *system_memory)
 {
-    /* With pc-0.12 and below we map both the PCI BAR and the fixed VBE region,
-     * so use an alias to avoid double-mapping the same region.
-     */
+    /* Use an alias to avoid double-mapping the same region */
     memory_region_init_alias(&s->vram_vbe, obj, "vram.vbe",
                              &s->vram, 0, memory_region_size(&s->vram));
     /* XXX: use optimized standard vga accesses */
diff --git a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
index 23dc8910cc..ead754eccf 100644
--- a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
@@ -1312,11 +1312,6 @@ static void pci_vmsvga_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
                      &s->chip.vga.vram);
     pci_register_bar(dev, 2, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_PREFETCH,
                      &s->chip.fifo_ram);
-
-    if (!dev->rom_bar) {
-        /* compatibility with pc-0.13 and older */
-        vga_init_vbe(&s->chip.vga, OBJECT(dev), pci_address_space(dev));
-    }
 }
 
 static Property vga_vmware_properties[] = {