diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index c76b91a88d..912e0a1fcf 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -532,6 +532,29 @@ security model option, or switch to ``virtiofs``.   The virtiofs daemon
 ``virtiofsd`` uses vhost to eliminate the high latency costs of the 9p
 ``proxy`` backend.
 
+``-portrait`` and ``-rotate`` (since 9.2)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``-portrait`` and ``-rotate`` options were documented as only
+working with the PXA LCD device, and all the machine types using
+that display device were removed in 9.2, so these options also
+have been dropped.
+
+These options were intended to simulate a mobile device being
+rotated by the user, and had three effects:
+
+* the display output was rotated by 90, 180 or 270 degrees
+* the mouse/trackpad input was rotated the opposite way
+* the machine model would signal to the guest about its
+  orientation
+
+Of these three things, the input-rotation was coded without being
+restricted to boards which supported the full set of device-rotation
+handling, so in theory the options were usable on other machine models
+to produce an odd effect (rotating input but not display output). But
+this was never intended or documented behaviour, so we have dropped
+the options along with the machine models they were intended for.
+
 User-mode emulator command line arguments
 -----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 5b4397eeb8..7ec419ce13 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ extern int graphic_height;
 extern int graphic_depth;
 extern int display_opengl;
 extern const char *keyboard_layout;
-extern int graphic_rotate;
 extern int old_param;
 extern uint8_t *boot_splash_filedata;
 extern bool enable_mlock;
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index d5afefe5b6..daae494147 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2331,22 +2331,6 @@ SRST
         pick the first available. (Since 2.9)
 ERST
 
-DEF("portrait", 0, QEMU_OPTION_portrait,
-    "-portrait       rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD)\n",
-    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-SRST
-``-portrait``
-    Rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD).
-ERST
-
-DEF("rotate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_rotate,
-    "-rotate <deg>   rotate graphical output some deg left (only PXA LCD)\n",
-    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-SRST
-``-rotate deg``
-    Rotate graphical output some deg left (only PXA LCD).
-ERST
-
 DEF("vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga,
     "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|qxl|xenfb|tcx|cg3|virtio|none]\n"
     "                select video card type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
diff --git a/system/globals.c b/system/globals.c
index d602a04fa2..84ce943ac9 100644
--- a/system/globals.c
+++ b/system/globals.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ int autostart = 1;
 int vga_interface_type = VGA_NONE;
 bool vga_interface_created;
 Chardev *parallel_hds[MAX_PARALLEL_PORTS];
-int graphic_rotate;
 QEMUOptionRom option_rom[MAX_OPTION_ROMS];
 int nb_option_roms;
 int old_param;
diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c
index fe547ca47c..e83b3b2608 100644
--- a/system/vl.c
+++ b/system/vl.c
@@ -2910,17 +2910,6 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv)
                 nographic = true;
                 dpy.type = DISPLAY_TYPE_NONE;
                 break;
-            case QEMU_OPTION_portrait:
-                graphic_rotate = 90;
-                break;
-            case QEMU_OPTION_rotate:
-                graphic_rotate = strtol(optarg, (char **) &optarg, 10);
-                if (graphic_rotate != 0 && graphic_rotate != 90 &&
-                    graphic_rotate != 180 && graphic_rotate != 270) {
-                    error_report("only 90, 180, 270 deg rotation is available");
-                    exit(1);
-                }
-                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_kernel:
                 qdict_put_str(machine_opts_dict, "kernel", optarg);
                 break;
diff --git a/ui/input.c b/ui/input.c
index dc745860f4..7ddefebc43 100644
--- a/ui/input.c
+++ b/ui/input.c
@@ -174,37 +174,6 @@ void qmp_input_send_event(const char *device,
     qemu_input_event_sync();
 }
 
-static int qemu_input_transform_invert_abs_value(int value)
-{
-  return (int64_t)INPUT_EVENT_ABS_MAX - value + INPUT_EVENT_ABS_MIN;
-}
-
-static void qemu_input_transform_abs_rotate(InputEvent *evt)
-{
-    InputMoveEvent *move = evt->u.abs.data;
-    switch (graphic_rotate) {
-    case 90:
-        if (move->axis == INPUT_AXIS_X) {
-            move->axis = INPUT_AXIS_Y;
-        } else if (move->axis == INPUT_AXIS_Y) {
-            move->axis = INPUT_AXIS_X;
-            move->value = qemu_input_transform_invert_abs_value(move->value);
-        }
-        break;
-    case 180:
-        move->value = qemu_input_transform_invert_abs_value(move->value);
-        break;
-    case 270:
-        if (move->axis == INPUT_AXIS_X) {
-            move->axis = INPUT_AXIS_Y;
-            move->value = qemu_input_transform_invert_abs_value(move->value);
-        } else if (move->axis == INPUT_AXIS_Y) {
-            move->axis = INPUT_AXIS_X;
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-}
-
 static void qemu_input_event_trace(QemuConsole *src, InputEvent *evt)
 {
     const char *name;
@@ -340,11 +309,6 @@ void qemu_input_event_send_impl(QemuConsole *src, InputEvent *evt)
 
     qemu_input_event_trace(src, evt);
 
-    /* pre processing */
-    if (graphic_rotate && (evt->type == INPUT_EVENT_KIND_ABS)) {
-            qemu_input_transform_abs_rotate(evt);
-    }
-
     /* send event */
     s = qemu_input_find_handler(1 << evt->type, src);
     if (!s) {