diff --git a/doc/driver-model/of-plat.rst b/doc/driver-model/of-plat.rst
index 78afbdb..4ef2fe6 100644
--- a/doc/driver-model/of-plat.rst
+++ b/doc/driver-model/of-plat.rst
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@
             .parent_idx     = -1,
     };
 
-    void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-    }
-
 The device is then instantiated at run-time and the platform data can be
 accessed using:
 
@@ -190,10 +187,7 @@
 
 The parent_idx is the index of the parent driver_info structure within its
 linker list (instantiated by the U_BOOT_DRVINFO() macro). This is used to support
-dev_get_parent(). The dm_populate_phandle_data() is included to allow for
-fix-ups required by dtoc. It is not currently used. The values in 'clocks' are
-the index of the driver_info for the target device followed by any phandle
-arguments. This is used to support device_get_by_driver_info_idx().
+dev_get_parent().
 
 During the build process dtoc parses both U_BOOT_DRIVER and DM_DRIVER_ALIAS
 to build a list of valid driver names and driver aliases. If the 'compatible'
@@ -337,9 +331,11 @@
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA).
 
 The dt-plat.c file contains the device declarations and is is built in
-spl/dt-plat.c. It additionally contains the definition of
-dm_populate_phandle_data() which is responsible of filling the phandle
-information by adding references to U_BOOT_DRVINFO by using DM_DRVINFO_GET
+spl/dt-plat.c.
+
+The dm_populate_phandle_data() function that was previous needed has now been
+removed, since dtoc can address the drivers directly from dt-plat.c and does
+not need to fix up things at runtime.
 
 The pylibfdt Python module is used to access the devicetree.
 
diff --git a/drivers/core/root.c b/drivers/core/root.c
index 3adbc94..78de7cd 100644
--- a/drivers/core/root.c
+++ b/drivers/core/root.c
@@ -336,9 +336,6 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA))
-		dm_populate_phandle_data();
-
 	ret = dm_init(CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_LIVE));
 	if (ret) {
 		debug("dm_init() failed: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/include/dm/platdata.h b/include/dm/platdata.h
index dc3cbfc..3821a56 100644
--- a/include/dm/platdata.h
+++ b/include/dm/platdata.h
@@ -86,12 +86,4 @@
 #define DM_DRVINFO_GET(__name)						\
 	ll_entry_get(struct driver_info, __name, driver_info)
 
-/**
- * dm_populate_phandle_data() - Populates phandle data in platda
- *
- * This populates phandle data with an U_BOOT_DRVINFO entry get by
- * DM_DRVINFO_GET. The implementation of this function will be done
- * by dtoc when parsing dtb.
- */
-void dm_populate_phandle_data(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/dtb_platdata.py b/tools/dtoc/dtb_platdata.py
index 4cdbd60..f1c09d6 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/dtb_platdata.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/dtb_platdata.py
@@ -802,12 +802,6 @@
         for node in self._valid_nodes:
             self.output_node(node)
 
-        # Define dm_populate_phandle_data() which will add the linking between
-        # nodes using DM_DRVINFO_GET
-        # dtv_dmc_at_xxx.clocks[0].node = DM_DRVINFO_GET(clock_controller_at_xxx)
-        self.buf('void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {\n')
-        self.buf('}\n')
-
         self.out(''.join(self.get_buf()))
 
 
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py b/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py
index f17d2e4..bcbf58c 100755
--- a/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
 #include <dt-structs.h>
 '''
 
-C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA = '''void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-}
-'''
-
 # This is a test so is allowed to access private things in the module it is
 # testing
 # pylint: disable=W0212
@@ -190,8 +186,7 @@
         self.run_test(['platdata'], dtb_file, output)
         with open(output) as infile:
             lines = infile.read().splitlines()
-        self.assertEqual(C_HEADER.splitlines() + [''] +
-                         C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA.splitlines(), lines)
+        self.assertEqual(C_HEADER.splitlines() + [''], lines)
 
     struct_text = HEADER + '''
 struct dtd_sandbox_i2c_test {
@@ -289,7 +284,7 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-''' + C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA
+'''
 
     def test_simple(self):
         """Test output from some simple nodes with various types of data"""
@@ -344,8 +339,6 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-}
 ''', data)
 
     def test_invalid_driver(self):
@@ -376,8 +369,6 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-}
 ''', data)
 
     def test_phandle(self):
@@ -460,8 +451,6 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-}
 ''', data)
 
     def test_phandle_single(self):
@@ -510,8 +499,6 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-}
 ''', data)
 
     def test_phandle_cd_gpio(self):
@@ -582,8 +569,6 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-void dm_populate_phandle_data(void) {
-}
 ''', data)
 
     def test_phandle_bad(self):
@@ -662,7 +647,7 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-''' + C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA, data)
+''', data)
 
     def test_addresses32(self):
         """Test output from a node with a 'reg' property with na=1, ns=1"""
@@ -706,7 +691,7 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-''' + C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA, data)
+''', data)
 
     def test_addresses64_32(self):
         """Test output from a node with a 'reg' property with na=2, ns=1"""
@@ -764,7 +749,7 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-''' + C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA, data)
+''', data)
 
     def test_addresses32_64(self):
         """Test output from a node with a 'reg' property with na=1, ns=2"""
@@ -822,7 +807,7 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-''' + C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA, data)
+''', data)
 
     def test_bad_reg(self):
         """Test that a reg property with an invalid type generates an error"""
@@ -885,7 +870,7 @@
 \t.parent_idx\t= -1,
 };
 
-''' + C_EMPTY_POPULATE_PHANDLE_DATA, data)
+''', data)
 
     def test_stdout(self):
         """Test output to stdout"""