diff --git a/ivi-shell/ivi-layout.c b/ivi-shell/ivi-layout.c
index a11b6585..f9a83abf 100644
--- a/ivi-shell/ivi-layout.c
+++ b/ivi-shell/ivi-layout.c
@@ -2012,43 +2012,3 @@ static struct ivi_layout_interface ivi_layout_interface = {
 	.surface_get_size		= ivi_layout_surface_get_size,
 	.surface_dump			= ivi_layout_surface_dump,
 };
-
-int
-load_controller_modules(struct weston_compositor *compositor, const char *modules,
-			int *argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	const char *p, *end;
-	char buffer[256];
-	int (*controller_module_init)(struct weston_compositor *compositor,
-				      int *argc, char *argv[],
-				      const struct ivi_layout_interface *interface,
-				      size_t interface_version);
-
-	if (modules == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	p = modules;
-	while (*p) {
-		end = strchrnul(p, ',');
-		snprintf(buffer, sizeof buffer, "%.*s", (int)(end - p), p);
-
-		controller_module_init =
-			wet_load_module_entrypoint(buffer,
-						   "controller_module_init");
-		if (!controller_module_init)
-			return -1;
-
-		if (controller_module_init(compositor, argc, argv,
-					   &ivi_layout_interface,
-				sizeof(struct ivi_layout_interface)) != 0) {
-			weston_log("ivi-shell: Initialization of controller module fails");
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		p = end;
-		while (*p == ',')
-			p++;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.c b/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.c
index c0969546..ebca2fc2 100644
--- a/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.c
+++ b/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct ivi_shell_surface
 
 struct ivi_shell_setting
 {
-	char *ivi_module;
 	int developermode;
 };
 
@@ -413,20 +412,8 @@ ivi_shell_setting_create(struct ivi_shell_setting *dest,
 	struct weston_config *config = wet_get_config(compositor);
 	struct weston_config_section *section;
 
-	const struct weston_option ivi_shell_options[] = {
-		{ WESTON_OPTION_STRING, "ivi-module", 0, &dest->ivi_module },
-	};
-
-	parse_options(ivi_shell_options, ARRAY_LENGTH(ivi_shell_options),
-		      argc, argv);
-
 	section = weston_config_get_section(config, "ivi-shell", NULL, NULL);
 
-	if (!dest->ivi_module &&
-	    weston_config_section_get_string(section, "ivi-module",
-					     &dest->ivi_module, NULL) < 0) {
-	}
-
 	weston_config_section_get_bool(section, "developermode",
 				       &dest->developermode, 0);
 
@@ -512,29 +499,22 @@ wet_shell_init(struct weston_compositor *compositor,
 	wl_signal_add(&compositor->destroy_signal, &shell->destroy_listener);
 
 	if (input_panel_setup(shell) < 0)
-		goto out_settings;
+		goto out;
 
 	shell->text_backend = text_backend_init(compositor);
 	if (!shell->text_backend)
-		goto out_settings;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (wl_global_create(compositor->wl_display,
 			     &ivi_application_interface, 1,
 			     shell, bind_ivi_application) == NULL)
-		goto out_settings;
+		goto out;
 
 	ivi_layout_init_with_compositor(compositor);
 	shell_add_bindings(compositor, shell);
 
-	/* Call module_init of ivi-modules which are defined in weston.ini */
-	if (load_controller_modules(compositor, setting.ivi_module,
-				    argc, argv) < 0)
-		goto out_settings;
-
 	retval = 0;
 
-out_settings:
-	free(setting.ivi_module);
-
+out:
 	return retval;
 }