diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
index 286ee0ed4e7..d4205ba66ad 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
@@ -3439,8 +3439,7 @@ fs_visitor::lower_integer_multiplication()
              */
             assert(mul->src[1].type == BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_D ||
                    mul->src[1].type == BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UD);
-            mul->src[1].type = (type_is_signed(mul->src[1].type) ?
-                                BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_W : BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UW);
+            mul->src[1].type = BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UW;
             mul->src[1].stride *= 2;
 
          } else if (devinfo->gen == 7 && !devinfo->is_haswell &&
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_reg.h b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_reg.h
index 9f2ff9ae5ad..a2a4a40f373 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_reg.h
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_reg.h
@@ -287,33 +287,6 @@ type_sz(unsigned type)
    }
 }
 
-static inline bool
-type_is_signed(unsigned type)
-{
-   switch(type) {
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_D:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_W:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_F:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_B:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_V:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_VF:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_DF:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_HF:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_Q:
-      return true;
-
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UD:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UW:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UB:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UV:
-   case BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UQ:
-      return false;
-
-   default:
-      unreachable("not reached");
-   }
-}
-
 /**
  * Construct a brw_reg.
  * \param file      one of the BRW_x_REGISTER_FILE values