diff --git a/compositor/main.c b/compositor/main.c
index f8a60e97..0615d87e 100644
--- a/compositor/main.c
+++ b/compositor/main.c
@@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ usage(int error_code)
 #if defined(BUILD_DRM_COMPOSITOR)
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"Options for drm-backend.so:\n\n"
-		"  --connector=ID\tBring up only this connector\n"
 		"  --seat=SEAT\t\tThe seat that weston should run on\n"
 		"  --tty=TTY\t\tThe tty to use\n"
 		"  --use-pixman\t\tUse the pixman (CPU) renderer\n"
@@ -1222,7 +1221,6 @@ load_drm_backend(struct weston_compositor *c,
 	wet->drm_use_current_mode = false;
 
 	const struct weston_option options[] = {
-		{ WESTON_OPTION_INTEGER, "connector", 0, &config.connector },
 		{ WESTON_OPTION_STRING, "seat", 0, &config.seat_id },
 		{ WESTON_OPTION_INTEGER, "tty", 0, &config.tty },
 		{ WESTON_OPTION_BOOLEAN, "current-mode", 0, &wet->drm_use_current_mode },
diff --git a/libweston/compositor-drm.c b/libweston/compositor-drm.c
index 0259c630..1a961389 100644
--- a/libweston/compositor-drm.c
+++ b/libweston/compositor-drm.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ struct drm_backend {
 	int32_t cursor_width;
 	int32_t cursor_height;
 
-	uint32_t connector;
 	uint32_t pageflip_timeout;
 };
 
@@ -3411,9 +3410,7 @@ create_outputs(struct drm_backend *b, struct udev_device *drm_device)
 		if (connector == NULL)
 			continue;
 
-		if (connector->connection == DRM_MODE_CONNECTED &&
-		    (b->connector == 0 ||
-		     connector->connector_id == b->connector)) {
+		if (connector->connection == DRM_MODE_CONNECTED) {
 			ret = create_output_for_connector(b, resources,
 							  connector, drm_device);
 			if (ret < 0)
@@ -3466,11 +3463,6 @@ update_outputs(struct drm_backend *b, struct udev_device *drm_device)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (b->connector && (b->connector != connector_id)) {
-			drmModeFreeConnector(connector);
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		connected[i] = connector_id;
 
 		if (drm_output_find_by_connector(b, connector_id)) {
@@ -4067,8 +4059,6 @@ drm_backend_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor,
 		goto err_sprite;
 	}
 
-	b->connector = config->connector;
-
 	if (create_outputs(b, drm_device) < 0) {
 		weston_log("failed to create output for %s\n", b->drm.filename);
 		goto err_udev_input;
diff --git a/libweston/compositor-drm.h b/libweston/compositor-drm.h
index 08707197..8181492f 100644
--- a/libweston/compositor-drm.h
+++ b/libweston/compositor-drm.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define WESTON_DRM_BACKEND_CONFIG_VERSION 2
+#define WESTON_DRM_BACKEND_CONFIG_VERSION 3
 
 struct libinput_device;
 
@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@ weston_drm_output_get_api(struct weston_compositor *compositor)
 struct weston_drm_backend_config {
 	struct weston_backend_config base;
 
-	/** The connector id of the output to be initialized.
-	 *
-	 * A value of 0 will enable all available outputs.
-	 */
-	int connector;
-
 	/** The tty to be used. Set to 0 to use the current tty. */
 	int tty;
 
diff --git a/man/weston-drm.man b/man/weston-drm.man
index 35d62ae6..d7fd5614 100644
--- a/man/weston-drm.man
+++ b/man/weston-drm.man
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ When the DRM backend is loaded,
 .B weston
 will understand the following additional command line options.
 .TP
-\fB\-\-connector\fR=\fIconnectorid\fR
-Use the connector with id number
-.I connectorid
-as the only initial output.
-.TP
 .B \-\-current\-mode
 By default, use the current video mode of all outputs, instead of
 switching to the monitor preferred mode.