diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_drawable.h b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_drawable.h
index 5f80ccc6c60..06dcd92d76a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_drawable.h
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_drawable.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ struct dri_drawable
    __DRIimage   *image; //texture_from_pixmap
    bool is_window;
    bool window_valid;
-   bool has_modifiers;
 
    /* hooks filled in by dri2 & drisw */
    void (*allocate_textures)(struct dri_context *ctx,
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c
index cb404872f3e..54b657e0c2c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c
@@ -647,7 +647,6 @@ dri_init_screen(struct dri_screen *screen,
    if (pscreen->get_param(pscreen, PIPE_CAP_DEVICE_PROTECTED_CONTEXT))
       screen->has_protected_context = true;
    screen->has_reset_status_query = pscreen->get_param(pscreen, PIPE_CAP_DEVICE_RESET_STATUS_QUERY);
-   screen->has_modifiers = pscreen->query_dmabuf_modifiers != NULL;
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBDRM
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h
index 74a1c626322..9b6b7d8217b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ struct dri_screen
    /* kopper */
    struct pipe_screen *unwrapped_screen;
    bool has_dmabuf;
-   bool has_modifiers;
    bool is_sw;
 
    struct dri_drawable *(*create_drawable)(struct dri_screen *screen,
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/kopper.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/kopper.c
index 332ad766a6d..d4fa3ba66f2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/kopper.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/kopper.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ kopper_get_pixmap_buffer(struct dri_drawable *drawable,
    struct dri_screen *screen = drawable->screen;
 
    drawable->image = loader_dri3_get_pixmap_buffer(conn, pixmap, opaque_dri_screen(screen),
-                                                   fourcc, drawable->has_modifiers, &width, &height, drawable);
+                                                   fourcc, drawable->screen->dmabuf_import, &width, &height, drawable);
    if (!drawable->image)
       return NULL;
 
@@ -620,8 +620,6 @@ kopperCreateNewDrawable(__DRIscreen *psp,
     struct dri_screen *screen = dri_screen(psp);
     struct dri_drawable *drawable =
        screen->create_drawable(screen, &config->modes, info->is_pixmap, data);
-   if (drawable)
-      drawable->has_modifiers = screen->has_modifiers && info->multiplanes_available;
 
     return opaque_dri_drawable(drawable);
 }