diff --git a/hw/kdrive/Makefile.am b/hw/kdrive/Makefile.am
index 267d772e2..5803644d5 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/kdrive/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if KDRIVEVESA
-VESA_SUBDIRS = vesa ati chips epson i810 mach64 mga neomagic nvidia pm2 r128 \
+VESA_SUBDIRS = vesa ati chips epson i810 mach64 mga nvidia pm2 r128 \
                smi via
 endif
 
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/neomagic/backend.c b/hw/kdrive/neomagic/backend.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 12fbf030a..000000000
--- a/hw/kdrive/neomagic/backend.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Generic card driving functions.
- * Essentially, cascades calls to fbdev and vesa to initialize cards that
- * do not have hardware-specific routines yet. Copied from the ati driver.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2004 Brent Cook <busterb@mail.utexas.edu>
- *
- * This code is licensed under the GPL.  See the file COPYING in the root
- * directory of the sources for details.
- */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include <kdrive-config.h>
-#endif
-#include "backend.h"
-
-Bool
-backendInitialize(KdCardInfo *card, BackendInfo *backend)
-{
-    Bool success = FALSE;
-
-#ifdef KDRIVEVESA
-    if (!success && vesaInitialize(card, &backend->priv.vesa)) {
-        success = TRUE;
-        backend->type = VESA;
-        backend->cardfini = vesaCardFini;
-        backend->scrfini = vesaScreenFini;
-        backend->initScreen = vesaInitScreen;
-        backend->finishInitScreen = vesaFinishInitScreen;
-        backend->createRes = vesaCreateResources;
-        backend->preserve = vesaPreserve;
-        backend->restore = vesaRestore;
-        backend->dpms = vesaDPMS;
-        backend->enable = vesaEnable;
-        backend->disable = vesaDisable;
-        backend->getColors = vesaGetColors;
-        backend->putColors = vesaPutColors;
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef KDRIVEFBDEV
-    if (!success && fbdevInitialize(card, &backend->priv.fbdev)) {
-        success = TRUE;
-        backend->type = FBDEV;
-        backend->cardfini = fbdevCardFini;
-        backend->scrfini = fbdevScreenFini;
-        backend->initScreen = fbdevInitScreen;
-        backend->finishInitScreen = fbdevFinishInitScreen;
-        backend->createRes = fbdevCreateResources;
-        backend->preserve = fbdevPreserve;
-        backend->restore = fbdevRestore;
-        backend->dpms = fbdevDPMS;
-        backend->enable = fbdevEnable;
-        backend->disable = fbdevDisable;
-        backend->getColors = fbdevGetColors;
-        backend->putColors = fbdevPutColors;
-    }
-#endif
-    return success;
-}
-
-Bool
-backendScreenInitialize(KdScreenInfo *screen, BackendScreen *backendScreen,
-                        BackendInfo *backendCard)
-{
-    Bool success = FALSE;
-
-#ifdef KDRIVEFBDEV
-    if (backendCard->type == FBDEV) {
-        screen->card->driver = &backendCard->priv.fbdev;
-        success = fbdevScreenInitialize(screen, &backendScreen->fbdev);
-        screen->memory_size = backendCard->priv.fbdev.fix.smem_len;
-        screen->off_screen_base = backendCard->priv.fbdev.var.yres_virtual
-                                * screen->fb[0].byteStride;
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef KDRIVEVESA
-    if (backendCard->type == VESA) {
-		screen->card->driver = &backendCard->priv.vesa;
-        if (screen->fb[0].depth == 0) {
-            screen->fb[0].depth = 16;
-        }
-        success = vesaScreenInitialize(screen, &backendScreen->vesa);
-    }
-#endif
-    return success;
-}
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/neomagic/backend.h b/hw/kdrive/neomagic/backend.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 33eae2680..000000000
--- a/hw/kdrive/neomagic/backend.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Generic card driving functions.
- * Essentially, cascades calls to fbdev and vesa to initialize cards that
- * do not have hardware-specific routines yet. Copied from the ati driver.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2004 Brent Cook <busterb@mail.utexas.edu>
- *
- * This code is licensed under the GPL.  See the file COPYING in the root
- * directory of the sources for details.
- */
-
-#ifndef _BACKEND_H_
-#define _BACKEND_H_
-#include "kdrive.h"
-
-#ifdef KDRIVEFBDEV
-#include <fbdev.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef KDRIVEVESA
-#include <vesa.h>
-#endif
-
-typedef enum _BackendType {VESA, FBDEV} BackendType;
-
-typedef struct _BackendInfo {
-    // backend info
-    BackendType type;
-
-    // backend internal structures
-    union {
-#ifdef KDRIVEFBDEV
-        FbdevPriv fbdev;
-#endif
-#ifdef KDRIVEVESA
-        VesaCardPrivRec vesa;
-#endif
-    } priv;
-
-    // pointers to helper functions for this backend
-    void (*cardfini)(KdCardInfo *);
-    void (*scrfini)(KdScreenInfo *);
-    Bool (*initScreen)(ScreenPtr);
-    Bool (*finishInitScreen)(ScreenPtr pScreen);
-    Bool (*createRes)(ScreenPtr);
-    void (*preserve)(KdCardInfo *);
-    void (*restore)(KdCardInfo *);
-    Bool (*dpms)(ScreenPtr, int);
-    Bool (*enable)(ScreenPtr);
-    void (*disable)(ScreenPtr);
-    void (*getColors)(ScreenPtr, int, int, xColorItem *);
-    void (*putColors)(ScreenPtr, int, int, xColorItem *);
-} BackendInfo;
-
-typedef union _BackendScreen {
-#ifdef KDRIVEFBDEV
-    FbdevScrPriv fbdev;
-#endif
-#ifdef KDRIVEVESA
-    VesaScreenPrivRec vesa;
-#endif
-} BackendScreen;
-
-Bool
-backendInitialize(KdCardInfo *card, BackendInfo *backend);
-
-Bool
-backendScreenInitialize(KdScreenInfo *screen, BackendScreen *backendScreen,
-                        BackendInfo *backendCard);
-
-#endif