return 0;
 }
 
-static void device_kill_persistent_exec_queues(struct xe_device *xe,
-                                              struct xe_file *xef);
-
 static void xe_file_close(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 {
        struct xe_device *xe = to_xe_device(dev);
        mutex_unlock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
        xa_destroy(&xef->exec_queue.xa);
        mutex_destroy(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
-       device_kill_persistent_exec_queues(xe, xef);
-
        mutex_lock(&xef->vm.lock);
        xa_for_each(&xef->vm.xa, idx, vm)
                xe_vm_close_and_put(vm);
                        xa_erase(&xe->usm.asid_to_vm, asid);
        }
 
-       drmm_mutex_init(&xe->drm, &xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xe->persistent_engines.list);
-
        spin_lock_init(&xe->pinned.lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xe->pinned.kernel_bo_present);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xe->pinned.external_vram);
 {
 }
 
-void xe_device_add_persistent_exec_queues(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
-{
-       mutex_lock(&xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-       list_add_tail(&q->persistent.link, &xe->persistent_engines.list);
-       mutex_unlock(&xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-}
-
-void xe_device_remove_persistent_exec_queues(struct xe_device *xe,
-                                            struct xe_exec_queue *q)
-{
-       mutex_lock(&xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-       if (!list_empty(&q->persistent.link))
-               list_del(&q->persistent.link);
-       mutex_unlock(&xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-}
-
-static void device_kill_persistent_exec_queues(struct xe_device *xe,
-                                              struct xe_file *xef)
-{
-       struct xe_exec_queue *q, *next;
-
-       mutex_lock(&xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(q, next, &xe->persistent_engines.list,
-                                persistent.link)
-               if (q->persistent.xef == xef) {
-                       xe_exec_queue_kill(q);
-                       list_del_init(&q->persistent.link);
-               }
-       mutex_unlock(&xe->persistent_engines.lock);
-}
-
 void xe_device_wmb(struct xe_device *xe)
 {
        struct xe_gt *gt = xe_root_mmio_gt(xe);
 
 void xe_device_remove(struct xe_device *xe);
 void xe_device_shutdown(struct xe_device *xe);
 
-void xe_device_add_persistent_exec_queues(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_exec_queue *q);
-void xe_device_remove_persistent_exec_queues(struct xe_device *xe,
-                                            struct xe_exec_queue *q);
-
 void xe_device_wmb(struct xe_device *xe);
 
 static inline struct xe_file *to_xe_file(const struct drm_file *file)
 
                struct mutex lock;
        } usm;
 
-       /** @persistent_engines: engines that are closed but still running */
-       struct {
-               /** @persistent_engines.lock: protects persistent engines */
-               struct mutex lock;
-               /** @persistent_engines.list: list of persistent engines */
-               struct list_head list;
-       } persistent_engines;
-
        /** @pinned: pinned BO state */
        struct {
                /** @pinned.lock: protected pinned BO list state */
 
        q->fence_irq = >->fence_irq[hwe->class];
        q->ring_ops = gt->ring_ops[hwe->class];
        q->ops = gt->exec_queue_ops;
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->persistent.link);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->compute.link);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->multi_gt_link);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int exec_queue_set_persistence(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_exec_queue *q,
-                                     u64 value, bool create)
-{
-       if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, !create))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, xe_vm_in_preempt_fence_mode(q->vm)))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (value)
-               q->flags |= EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT;
-       else
-               q->flags &= ~EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT;
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
 static int exec_queue_set_job_timeout(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_exec_queue *q,
                                      u64 value, bool create)
 {
        [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PRIORITY] = exec_queue_set_priority,
        [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_TIMESLICE] = exec_queue_set_timeslice,
        [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PREEMPTION_TIMEOUT] = exec_queue_set_preemption_timeout,
-       [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PERSISTENCE] = exec_queue_set_persistence,
        [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_JOB_TIMEOUT] = exec_queue_set_job_timeout,
        [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_ACC_TRIGGER] = exec_queue_set_acc_trigger,
        [DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_ACC_NOTIFY] = exec_queue_set_acc_notify,
                return -EINVAL;
 
        idx = array_index_nospec(ext.property, ARRAY_SIZE(exec_queue_set_property_funcs));
+       if (!exec_queue_set_property_funcs[idx])
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        return exec_queue_set_property_funcs[idx](xe, q, ext.value,  create);
 }
 
                        /* The migration vm doesn't hold rpm ref */
                        xe_device_mem_access_get(xe);
 
-                       flags = EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT | EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM |
-                               (id ? EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_BIND_ENGINE_CHILD : 0);
+                       flags = EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM | (id ? EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_BIND_ENGINE_CHILD : 0);
 
                        migrate_vm = xe_migrate_get_vm(gt_to_tile(gt)->migrate);
                        new = xe_exec_queue_create(xe, migrate_vm, logical_mask,
                }
 
                q = xe_exec_queue_create(xe, vm, logical_mask,
-                                        args->width, hwe,
-                                        xe_vm_in_lr_mode(vm) ? 0 :
-                                        EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT,
+                                        args->width, hwe, 0,
                                         args->extensions);
                up_read(&vm->lock);
                xe_vm_put(vm);
                }
        }
 
-       q->persistent.xef = xef;
-
        mutex_lock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
        err = xa_alloc(&xef->exec_queue.xa, &id, q, xa_limit_32b, GFP_KERNEL);
        mutex_unlock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
        if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, !q))
                return -ENOENT;
 
-       if (!(q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT))
-               xe_exec_queue_kill(q);
-       else
-               xe_device_add_persistent_exec_queues(xe, q);
+       xe_exec_queue_kill(q);
 
        trace_xe_exec_queue_close(q);
        xe_exec_queue_put(q);
 
                struct xe_guc_exec_queue *guc;
        };
 
-       /**
-        * @persistent: persistent exec queue state
-        */
-       struct {
-               /** @persistent.xef: file which this exec queue belongs to */
-               struct xe_file *xef;
-               /** @persisiten.link: link in list of persistent exec queues */
-               struct list_head link;
-       } persistent;
-
        /**
         * @parallel: parallel submission state
         */
 
                list_del(&exl->active_link);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&exl->port->lock, flags);
 
-       if (q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT)
-               xe_device_remove_persistent_exec_queues(xe, q);
        drm_sched_entity_fini(&exl->entity);
        drm_sched_fini(&exl->sched);
        kfree(exl);
 
 
        if (xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
                cancel_work_sync(&ge->lr_tdr);
-       if (q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERSISTENT)
-               xe_device_remove_persistent_exec_queues(gt_to_xe(q->gt), q);
        release_guc_id(guc, q);
        xe_sched_entity_fini(&ge->entity);
        xe_sched_fini(&ge->sched);
 
 #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PRIORITY              0
 #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_TIMESLICE             1
 #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PREEMPTION_TIMEOUT    2
-#define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PERSISTENCE           3
 #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_JOB_TIMEOUT           4
 #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_ACC_TRIGGER           5
 #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_ACC_NOTIFY            6