diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.h
index b8785c394fcc..da64b0f639a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
 #include "dpu_kms.h"
 #include "dpu_core_perf.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 #define DPU_CRTC_NAME_SIZE	12
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
index 53bb4639c8e9..1db6b75cd1f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_top.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_wb.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_lm.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_merge3d.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_interrupts.h"
 #include "dpu_core_irq.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_blk.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_blk.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 52e92f37eda4..000000000000
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_blk.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/* Copyright (c) 2017-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- */
-
-#ifndef _DPU_HW_BLK_H
-#define _DPU_HW_BLK_H
-
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
-
-struct dpu_hw_blk;
-
-
-/**
- * struct dpu_hw_blk - definition of hardware block object
- * @list: list of hardware blocks
- * @type: hardware block type
- * @id: instance id
- * @refcount: reference/usage count
- */
-struct dpu_hw_blk {
-	/* opaque */
-};
-
-#endif /*_DPU_HW_BLK_H */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_ctl.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_ctl.h
index 5755307089b5..7d9ad6a3f9f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_ctl.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_ctl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_catalog.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_sspp.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 /**
  * dpu_ctl_mode_sel: Interface mode selection
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.h
index 7fa189cfcb06..05ecfdfac93b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #ifndef _DPU_HW_DSPP_H
 #define _DPU_HW_DSPP_H
 
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
-
 struct dpu_hw_dspp;
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_intf.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_intf.h
index 7b2d96ac61e8..c262430e4dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_intf.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_intf.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_catalog.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_mdss.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 struct dpu_hw_intf;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_lm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_lm.h
index d8052fb2d5da..652ddfdedec3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_lm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_lm.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "dpu_hw_mdss.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 struct dpu_hw_mixer;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_merge3d.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_merge3d.h
index 870bdb14613e..81fd1d5f718e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_merge3d.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_merge3d.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_catalog.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_mdss.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 struct dpu_hw_merge_3d;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.h
index 12758468d9ca..c00223441d99 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_catalog.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_mdss.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 #define DITHER_MATRIX_SZ 16
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_sspp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_sspp.h
index 7f7338fcddeb..78b1bc9e004f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_sspp.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_sspp.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_catalog.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_mdss.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 #include "dpu_formats.h"
 
 struct dpu_hw_pipe;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_top.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_top.h
index 3aa10c89ca1b..a1a9e44bed36 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_top.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_top.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_catalog.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_mdss.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_util.h"
-#include "dpu_hw_blk.h"
 
 struct dpu_hw_mdp;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_util.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_util.h
index d5338701fc2b..49d89d706200 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_util.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ struct dpu_hw_blk_reg_map {
 	u32 log_mask;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct dpu_hw_blk - opaque hardware block object
+ */
+struct dpu_hw_blk {
+	/* opaque */
+};
+
 /**
  * struct dpu_hw_scaler3_de_cfg : QSEEDv3 detail enhancer configuration
  * @enable:         detail enhancer enable/disable
