diff --git a/drivers/uwb/beacon.c b/drivers/uwb/beacon.c
index 46b18eec50260789b3084df02397b2c4fd57dc38..ad823987ceded6e961521a7b2ca5620d561c5ac5 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/beacon.c
@@ -349,22 +349,22 @@ ssize_t uwb_bce_print_IEs(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, struct uwb_beca_e *bce,
 	ssize_t result = 0;
 	struct uwb_rc_evt_beacon *be;
 	struct uwb_beacon_frame *bf;
-	struct uwb_buf_ctx ctx = {
-		.buf = buf,
-		.bytes = 0,
-		.size = size
-	};
+	int ies_len;
+	struct uwb_ie_hdr *ies;
 
 	mutex_lock(&bce->mutex);
+
 	be = bce->be;
-	if (be == NULL)
-		goto out;
-	bf = (void *) be->BeaconInfo;
-	uwb_ie_for_each(uwb_dev, uwb_ie_dump_hex, &ctx,
-			bf->IEData, be->wBeaconInfoLength - sizeof(*bf));
-	result = ctx.bytes;
-out:
+	if (be) {
+		bf = (struct uwb_beacon_frame *)bce->be->BeaconInfo;
+		ies_len = be->wBeaconInfoLength - sizeof(struct uwb_beacon_frame);
+		ies = (struct uwb_ie_hdr *)bf->IEData;
+
+		result = uwb_ie_dump_hex(ies, ies_len, buf, size);
+	}
+
 	mutex_unlock(&bce->mutex);
+
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/ie.c b/drivers/uwb/ie.c
index cf6f3d152b9de05e98fac9a2fbc47a30c467433f..ab976686175be5694589192636d69d685979b90c 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/ie.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/ie.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "uwb-internal.h"
-#define D_LOCAL 0
-#include <linux/uwb/debug.h>
 
 /**
  * uwb_ie_next - get the next IE in a buffer
@@ -60,6 +58,42 @@ struct uwb_ie_hdr *uwb_ie_next(void **ptr, size_t *len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_ie_next);
 
+/**
+ * uwb_ie_dump_hex - print IEs to a character buffer
+ * @ies: the IEs to print.
+ * @len: length of all the IEs.
+ * @buf: the destination buffer.
+ * @size: size of @buf.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of characters written.
+ */
+int uwb_ie_dump_hex(const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ies, size_t len,
+		    char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+	const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie;
+	int r = 0;
+	u8 *d;
+
+	ptr = (void *)ies;
+	for (;;) {
+		ie = uwb_ie_next(&ptr, &len);
+		if (!ie)
+			break;
+
+		r += scnprintf(buf + r, size - r, "%02x %02x",
+			       (unsigned)ie->element_id,
+			       (unsigned)ie->length);
+		d = (uint8_t *)ie + sizeof(struct uwb_ie_hdr);
+		while (d != ptr && r < size)
+			r += scnprintf(buf + r, size - r, " %02x", (unsigned)*d++);
+		if (r < size)
+			buf[r++] = '\n';
+	};
+
+	return r;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the IEs that a radio controller is sending in its beacon
  *
@@ -70,6 +104,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_ie_next);
  * anything. Once done with the iedata buffer, call
  * uwb_rc_ie_release(iedata). Don't call kfree on it.
  */
+static
 ssize_t uwb_rc_get_ie(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie **pget_ie)
 {
 	ssize_t result;
@@ -78,148 +113,35 @@ ssize_t uwb_rc_get_ie(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie **pget_ie)
 	struct uwb_rceb *reply = NULL;
 	struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie *get_ie;
 
-	d_fnstart(3, dev, "(%p, %p)\n", uwb_rc, pget_ie);
-	result = -ENOMEM;
 	cmd = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (cmd == NULL)
-		goto error_kzalloc;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	cmd->bCommandType = UWB_RC_CET_GENERAL;
 	cmd->wCommand = cpu_to_le16(UWB_RC_CMD_GET_IE);
 	result = uwb_rc_vcmd(uwb_rc, "GET_IE", cmd, sizeof(*cmd),
 			     UWB_RC_CET_GENERAL, UWB_RC_CMD_GET_IE,
 			     &reply);
+	kfree(cmd);
 	if (result < 0)
-		goto error_cmd;
+		return result;
+
 	get_ie = container_of(reply, struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie, rceb);
 	if (result < sizeof(*get_ie)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "not enough data returned for decoding GET IE "
 			"(%zu bytes received vs %zu needed)\n",
 			result, sizeof(*get_ie));
-		result = -EINVAL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	} else if (result < sizeof(*get_ie) + le16_to_cpu(get_ie->wIELength)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "not enough data returned for decoding GET IE "
 			"payload (%zu bytes received vs %zu needed)\n", result,
 			sizeof(*get_ie) + le16_to_cpu(get_ie->wIELength));
-		result = -EINVAL;
-	} else
-		*pget_ie = get_ie;
-error_cmd:
-	kfree(cmd);
-error_kzalloc:
-	d_fnend(3, dev, "(%p, %p) = %d\n", uwb_rc, pget_ie, (int)result);
-	return result;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_rc_get_ie);
-
-
-/*
- * Given a pointer to an IE, print it in ASCII/hex followed by a new line
- *
- * @ie_hdr: pointer to the IE header. Length is in there, and it is
- *          guaranteed that the ie_hdr->length bytes following it are
- *          safely accesible.
- *
- * @_data: context data passed from uwb_ie_for_each(), an struct output_ctx
- */
-int uwb_ie_dump_hex(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr,
-		    size_t offset, void *_ctx)
-{
-	struct uwb_buf_ctx *ctx = _ctx;
-	const u8 *pl = (void *)(ie_hdr + 1);
-	u8 pl_itr;
-
-	ctx->bytes += scnprintf(ctx->buf + ctx->bytes, ctx->size - ctx->bytes,
-				"%02x %02x ", (unsigned) ie_hdr->element_id,
-				(unsigned) ie_hdr->length);
-	pl_itr = 0;
-	while (pl_itr < ie_hdr->length && ctx->bytes < ctx->size)
-		ctx->bytes += scnprintf(ctx->buf + ctx->bytes,
-					ctx->size - ctx->bytes,
-					"%02x ", (unsigned) pl[pl_itr++]);
-	if (ctx->bytes < ctx->size)
-		ctx->buf[ctx->bytes++] = '\n';
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_ie_dump_hex);
-
-
-/**
- * Verify that a pointer in a buffer points to valid IE
- *
- * @start: pointer to start of buffer in which IE appears
- * @itr:   pointer to IE inside buffer that will be verified
- * @top:   pointer to end of buffer
- *
- * @returns: 0 if IE is valid, <0 otherwise
- *
- * Verification involves checking that the buffer can contain a
- * header and the amount of data reported in the IE header can be found in
- * the buffer.
- */
-static
-int uwb_rc_ie_verify(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, const void *start,
-		     const void *itr, const void *top)
-{
-	struct device *dev = &uwb_dev->dev;
-	const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr;
-
-	if (top - itr < sizeof(*ie_hdr)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Bad IE: no data to decode header "
-			"(%zu bytes left vs %zu needed) at offset %zu\n",
-			top - itr, sizeof(*ie_hdr), itr - start);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	ie_hdr = itr;
-	itr += sizeof(*ie_hdr);
-	if (top - itr < ie_hdr->length) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Bad IE: not enough data for payload "
-			"(%zu bytes left vs %zu needed) at offset %zu\n",
-			top - itr, (size_t)ie_hdr->length,
-			(void *)ie_hdr - start);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	return 0;
-}
 
-
-/**
- * Walk a buffer filled with consecutive IE's a buffer
- *
- * @uwb_dev: UWB device this IEs belong to (for err messages mainly)
- *
- * @fn: function to call with each IE; if it returns 0, we keep
- *      traversing the buffer. If it returns !0, we'll stop and return
- *      that value.
- *
- * @data: pointer passed to @fn
- *
- * @buf: buffer where the consecutive IEs are located
- *
- * @size: size of @buf
- *
- * Each IE is checked for basic correctness (there is space left for
- * the header and the payload). If that test is failed, we stop
- * processing. For every good IE, @fn is called.
- */
-ssize_t uwb_ie_for_each(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, uwb_ie_f fn, void *data,
-			const void *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	ssize_t result = 0;
-	const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr;
-	const void *itr = buf, *top = itr + size;
-
-	while (itr < top) {
-		if (uwb_rc_ie_verify(uwb_dev, buf, itr, top) != 0)
-			break;
-		ie_hdr = itr;
-		itr += sizeof(*ie_hdr) + ie_hdr->length;
-		result = fn(uwb_dev, ie_hdr, itr - buf, data);
-		if (result != 0)
-			break;
-	}
+	*pget_ie = get_ie;
 	return result;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_ie_for_each);
 
 
 /**
@@ -256,70 +178,6 @@ error_cmd:
 	return result;
 }
 
-/**
- * Determine by IE id if IE is host settable
- * WUSB 1.0 [8.6.2.8 Table 8.85]
- *
- * EXCEPTION:
- * All but UWB_IE_WLP appears in Table 8.85 from WUSB 1.0. Setting this IE
- * is required for the WLP substack to perform association with its WSS so
- * we hope that the WUSB spec will be changed to reflect this.
- */
-static
-int uwb_rc_ie_is_host_settable(enum uwb_ie element_id)
-{
-	if (element_id == UWB_PCA_AVAILABILITY ||
-	    element_id == UWB_BP_SWITCH_IE ||
-	    element_id == UWB_MAC_CAPABILITIES_IE ||
-	    element_id == UWB_PHY_CAPABILITIES_IE ||
-	    element_id == UWB_APP_SPEC_PROBE_IE ||
-	    element_id == UWB_IDENTIFICATION_IE ||
-	    element_id == UWB_MASTER_KEY_ID_IE ||
-	    element_id == UWB_IE_WLP ||
-	    element_id == UWB_APP_SPEC_IE)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Extract Host Settable IEs from IE
- *
- * @ie_data: pointer to buffer containing all IEs
- * @size:    size of buffer
- *
- * @returns: length of buffer that only includes host settable IEs
- *
- * Given a buffer of IEs we move all Host Settable IEs to front of buffer
- * by overwriting the IEs that are not Host Settable.
- * Buffer length is adjusted accordingly.
- */
-static
-ssize_t uwb_rc_parse_host_settable_ie(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev,
-				      void *ie_data, size_t size)
-{
-	size_t new_len = size;
-	struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr;
-	size_t ie_length;
-	void *itr = ie_data, *top = itr + size;
-
-	while (itr < top) {
-		if (uwb_rc_ie_verify(uwb_dev, ie_data, itr, top) != 0)
-			break;
-		ie_hdr = itr;
-		ie_length = sizeof(*ie_hdr) + ie_hdr->length;
-		if (uwb_rc_ie_is_host_settable(ie_hdr->element_id)) {
-			itr += ie_length;
-		} else {
-			memmove(itr, itr + ie_length, top - (itr + ie_length));
-			new_len -= ie_length;
-			top -= ie_length;
-		}
-	}
-	return new_len;
-}
-
-
 /* Cleanup the whole IE management subsystem */
 void uwb_rc_ie_init(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc)
 {
@@ -328,49 +186,34 @@ void uwb_rc_ie_init(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc)
 
 
 /**
- * Set up cache for host settable IEs currently being transmitted
+ * uwb_rc_ie_setup - setup a radio controller's IE manager
+ * @uwb_rc: the radio controller.
  *
- * First we just call GET-IE to get the current IEs being transmitted
- * (or we workaround and pretend we did) and (because the format is
- * the same) reuse that as the IE cache (with the command prefix, as
- * explained in 'struct uwb_rc').
+ * The current set of IEs are obtained from the hardware with a GET-IE
+ * command (since the radio controller is not yet beaconing this will
+ * be just the hardware's MAC and PHY Capability IEs).
  *
- * @returns: size of cache created
+ * Returns 0 on success; -ve on an error.
  */
-ssize_t uwb_rc_ie_setup(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc)
+int uwb_rc_ie_setup(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc)
 {
-	struct device *dev = &uwb_rc->uwb_dev.dev;
-	ssize_t result;
-	size_t capacity;
-	struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie *ie_info;
+	struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie *ie_info = NULL;
+	int capacity;
+
+	capacity = uwb_rc_get_ie(uwb_rc, &ie_info);
+	if (capacity < 0)
+		return capacity;
 
-	d_fnstart(3, dev, "(%p)\n", uwb_rc);
 	mutex_lock(&uwb_rc->ies_mutex);
-	result = uwb_rc_get_ie(uwb_rc, &ie_info);
-	if (result < 0)
-		goto error_get_ie;
-	capacity = result;
-	d_printf(5, dev, "Got IEs %zu bytes (%zu long at %p)\n", result,
-		 (size_t)le16_to_cpu(ie_info->wIELength), ie_info);
-
-	/* Remove IEs that host should not set. */
-	result = uwb_rc_parse_host_settable_ie(&uwb_rc->uwb_dev,
-			ie_info->IEData, le16_to_cpu(ie_info->wIELength));
-	if (result < 0)
-		goto error_parse;
-	d_printf(5, dev, "purged non-settable IEs to %zu bytes\n", result);
-	uwb_rc->ies = (void *) ie_info;
+
+	uwb_rc->ies = (struct uwb_rc_cmd_set_ie *)ie_info;
 	uwb_rc->ies->rccb.bCommandType = UWB_RC_CET_GENERAL;
 	uwb_rc->ies->rccb.wCommand = cpu_to_le16(UWB_RC_CMD_SET_IE);
 	uwb_rc->ies_capacity = capacity;
-	d_printf(5, dev, "IE cache at %p %zu bytes, %zu capacity\n",
-		 ie_info, result, capacity);
-	result = 0;
-error_parse:
-error_get_ie:
+
 	mutex_unlock(&uwb_rc->ies_mutex);
-	d_fnend(3, dev, "(%p) = %zu\n", uwb_rc, result);
-	return result;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -383,26 +226,47 @@ void uwb_rc_ie_release(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc)
 }
 
 
-static
-int __acc_size(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr,
-	       size_t offset, void *_ctx)
+static int uwb_rc_ie_add_one(struct uwb_rc *rc, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *new_ie)
 {
-	size_t *acc_size = _ctx;
-	*acc_size += sizeof(*ie_hdr) + ie_hdr->length;
-	d_printf(6, &uwb_dev->dev, "new acc size %zu\n", *acc_size);
+	struct uwb_rc_cmd_set_ie *new_ies;
+	void *ptr, *prev_ie;
+	struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie;
+	size_t length, new_ie_len, new_capacity, size, prev_size;
+
+	length = le16_to_cpu(rc->ies->wIELength);
+	new_ie_len = sizeof(struct uwb_ie_hdr) + new_ie->length;
+	new_capacity = sizeof(struct uwb_rc_cmd_set_ie) + length + new_ie_len;
+
+	if (new_capacity > rc->ies_capacity) {
+		new_ies = krealloc(rc->ies, new_capacity, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new_ies)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		rc->ies = new_ies;
+	}
+
+	ptr = rc->ies->IEData;
+	size = length;
+	for (;;) {
+		prev_ie = ptr;
+		prev_size = size;
+		ie = uwb_ie_next(&ptr, &size);
+		if (!ie || ie->element_id > new_ie->element_id)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	memmove(prev_ie + new_ie_len, prev_ie, prev_size);
+	memcpy(prev_ie, new_ie, new_ie_len);
+	rc->ies->wIELength = cpu_to_le16(length + new_ie_len);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 /**
- * Add a new IE to IEs currently being transmitted by device
- *
+ * uwb_rc_ie_add - add new IEs to the radio controller's beacon
+ * @uwb_rc: the radio controller.
  * @ies: the buffer containing the new IE or IEs to be added to
- *       the device's beacon. The buffer will be verified for
- *       consistence (meaning the headers should be right) and
- *       consistent with the buffer size.
- * @size: size of @ies (in bytes, total buffer size)
- * @returns: 0 if ok, <0 errno code on error
+ *       the device's beacon.
+ * @size: length of all the IEs.
  *
  * According to WHCI 0.95 [4.13.6] the driver will only receive the RCEB
  * after the device sent the first beacon that includes the IEs specified
@@ -411,66 +275,40 @@ int __acc_size(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr,
  * we start beaconing.
  *
  * Setting an IE on the device will overwrite all current IEs in device. So
- * we take the current IEs being transmitted by the device, append the
+ * we take the current IEs being transmitted by the device, insert the
  * new one, and call SET IE with all the IEs needed.
  *
- * The local IE cache will only be updated with the new IE if SET IE
- * completed successfully.
+ * Returns 0 on success; or -ENOMEM.
  */
 int uwb_rc_ie_add(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc,
 		  const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ies, size_t size)
 {
 	int result = 0;
-	struct device *dev = &uwb_rc->uwb_dev.dev;
-	struct uwb_rc_cmd_set_ie *new_ies;
-	size_t ies_size, total_size, acc_size = 0;
-
-	if (uwb_rc->ies == NULL)
-		return -ESHUTDOWN;
-	uwb_ie_for_each(&uwb_rc->uwb_dev, __acc_size, &acc_size, ies, size);
-	if (acc_size != size) {
-		dev_err(dev, "BUG: bad IEs, misconstructed headers "
-			"[%zu bytes reported vs %zu calculated]\n",
-			size, acc_size);
-		WARN_ON(1);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	void *ptr;
+	const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie;
+
 	mutex_lock(&uwb_rc->ies_mutex);
-	ies_size = le16_to_cpu(uwb_rc->ies->wIELength);
-	total_size = sizeof(*uwb_rc->ies) + ies_size;
-	if (total_size + size > uwb_rc->ies_capacity) {
-		d_printf(4, dev, "Reallocating IE cache from %p capacity %zu "
-			 "to capacity %zu\n", uwb_rc->ies, uwb_rc->ies_capacity,
-			 total_size + size);
-		new_ies = kzalloc(total_size + size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (new_ies == NULL) {
-			dev_err(dev, "No memory for adding new IE\n");
-			result = -ENOMEM;
-			goto error_alloc;
-		}
-		memcpy(new_ies, uwb_rc->ies, total_size);
-		uwb_rc->ies_capacity = total_size + size;
-		kfree(uwb_rc->ies);
-		uwb_rc->ies = new_ies;
-		d_printf(4, dev, "New IE cache at %p capacity %zu\n",
-			 uwb_rc->ies, uwb_rc->ies_capacity);
+
+	ptr = (void *)ies;
+	for (;;) {
+		ie = uwb_ie_next(&ptr, &size);
+		if (!ie)
+			break;
+
+		result = uwb_rc_ie_add_one(uwb_rc, ie);
+		if (result < 0)
+			break;
 	}
-	memcpy((void *)uwb_rc->ies + total_size, ies, size);
-	uwb_rc->ies->wIELength = cpu_to_le16(ies_size + size);
-	if (uwb_rc->beaconing != -1) {
-		result = uwb_rc_set_ie(uwb_rc, uwb_rc->ies);
-		if (result < 0) {
-			dev_err(dev, "Cannot set new IE on device: %d\n",
-				result);
-			uwb_rc->ies->wIELength = cpu_to_le16(ies_size);
+	if (result >= 0) {
+		if (size == 0) {
+			if (uwb_rc->beaconing != -1)
+				result = uwb_rc_set_ie(uwb_rc, uwb_rc->ies);
 		} else
-			result = 0;
+			result = -EINVAL;
 	}
-	d_printf(4, dev, "IEs now occupy %hu bytes of %zu capacity at %p\n",
-		 le16_to_cpu(uwb_rc->ies->wIELength), uwb_rc->ies_capacity,
-		 uwb_rc->ies);
-error_alloc:
+
 	mutex_unlock(&uwb_rc->ies_mutex);
+
 	return result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_rc_ie_add);
@@ -489,53 +327,52 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_rc_ie_add);
  * beacon. We don't reallocate, we just mark the size smaller.
  */
 static
-int uwb_rc_ie_cache_rm(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, enum uwb_ie to_remove)
+void uwb_rc_ie_cache_rm(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, enum uwb_ie to_remove)
 {
-	struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie_hdr;
-	size_t new_len = le16_to_cpu(uwb_rc->ies->wIELength);
-	void *itr = uwb_rc->ies->IEData;
-	void *top = itr + new_len;
-
-	while (itr < top) {
-		ie_hdr = itr;
-		if (ie_hdr->element_id != to_remove) {
-			itr += sizeof(*ie_hdr) + ie_hdr->length;
-		} else {
-			int ie_length;
-			ie_length = sizeof(*ie_hdr) + ie_hdr->length;
-			if (top - itr != ie_length)
-				memmove(itr, itr + ie_length, top - itr + ie_length);
-			top -= ie_length;
-			new_len -= ie_length;
+	struct uwb_ie_hdr *ie;
+	size_t len = le16_to_cpu(uwb_rc->ies->wIELength);
+	void *ptr;
+	size_t size;
+
+	ptr = uwb_rc->ies->IEData;
+	size = len;
+	for (;;) {
+		ie = uwb_ie_next(&ptr, &size);
+		if (!ie)
+			break;
+		if (ie->element_id == to_remove) {
+			len -= sizeof(struct uwb_ie_hdr) + ie->length;
+			memmove(ie, ptr, size);
+			ptr = ie;
 		}
 	}
-	uwb_rc->ies->wIELength = cpu_to_le16(new_len);
-	return 0;
+	uwb_rc->ies->wIELength = cpu_to_le16(len);
 }
 
 
 /**
- * Remove an IE currently being transmitted by device
+ * uwb_rc_ie_rm - remove an IE from the radio controller's beacon
+ * @uwb_rc: the radio controller.
+ * @element_id: the element ID of the IE to remove.
  *
- * @element_id: id of IE to be removed from device's beacon
+ * Only IEs previously added with uwb_rc_ie_add() may be removed.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success; or -ve the SET-IE command to the radio
+ * controller failed.
  */
 int uwb_rc_ie_rm(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, enum uwb_ie element_id)
 {
-	struct device *dev = &uwb_rc->uwb_dev.dev;
-	int result;
+	int result = 0;
 
-	if (uwb_rc->ies == NULL)
-		return -ESHUTDOWN;
 	mutex_lock(&uwb_rc->ies_mutex);
-	result = uwb_rc_ie_cache_rm(uwb_rc, element_id);
-	if (result < 0)
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot remove IE from cache.\n");
-	if (uwb_rc->beaconing != -1) {
+
+	uwb_rc_ie_cache_rm(uwb_rc, element_id);
+
+	if (uwb_rc->beaconing != -1)
 		result = uwb_rc_set_ie(uwb_rc, uwb_rc->ies);
-		if (result < 0)
-			dev_err(dev, "Cannot set new IE on device.\n");
-	}
+
 	mutex_unlock(&uwb_rc->ies_mutex);
+
 	return result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_rc_ie_rm);
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/lc-rc.c b/drivers/uwb/lc-rc.c
index ee5772f00d4269e6eca5c2125a3701360880824a..1129e8767b58e67d4e4759a205806727b4f23789 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/lc-rc.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/lc-rc.c
@@ -468,28 +468,3 @@ void uwb_rc_put(struct uwb_rc *rc)
 	__uwb_rc_put(rc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uwb_rc_put);
-
-/*
- *
- *
- */
-ssize_t uwb_rc_print_IEs(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	ssize_t result;
-	struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie *ie_info;
-	struct uwb_buf_ctx ctx;
-
-	result = uwb_rc_get_ie(uwb_rc, &ie_info);
-	if (result < 0)
-		goto error_get_ie;
-	ctx.buf = buf;
-	ctx.size = size;
-	ctx.bytes = 0;
-	uwb_ie_for_each(&uwb_rc->uwb_dev, uwb_ie_dump_hex, &ctx,
-			ie_info->IEData, result - sizeof(*ie_info));
-	result = ctx.bytes;
-	kfree(ie_info);
-error_get_ie:
-	return result;
-}
-
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/uwb-internal.h b/drivers/uwb/uwb-internal.h
index 2ad307d12961ae5f8440f296daa742ac2e421923..983ebc4dd8d5c11bcc30650f6b053cada83328ca 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/uwb-internal.h
+++ b/drivers/uwb/uwb-internal.h
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ extern int uwb_rc_scan(struct uwb_rc *rc,
 		       unsigned channel, enum uwb_scan_type type,
 		       unsigned bpst_offset);
 extern int uwb_rc_send_all_drp_ie(struct uwb_rc *rc);
-extern ssize_t uwb_rc_print_IEs(struct uwb_rc *rc, char *, size_t);
-extern void uwb_rc_ie_init(struct uwb_rc *);
-extern void uwb_rc_ie_init(struct uwb_rc *);
-extern ssize_t uwb_rc_ie_setup(struct uwb_rc *);
-extern void uwb_rc_ie_release(struct uwb_rc *);
-extern int uwb_rc_ie_add(struct uwb_rc *,
-			 const struct uwb_ie_hdr *, size_t);
-extern int uwb_rc_ie_rm(struct uwb_rc *, enum uwb_ie);
+
+void uwb_rc_ie_init(struct uwb_rc *);
+int uwb_rc_ie_setup(struct uwb_rc *);
+void uwb_rc_ie_release(struct uwb_rc *);
+int uwb_ie_dump_hex(const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ies, size_t len,
+		    char *buf, size_t size);
+int uwb_rc_set_ie(struct uwb_rc *, struct uwb_rc_cmd_set_ie *);
+
 
 extern const char *uwb_rc_strerror(unsigned code);
 
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/wlp/wlp-internal.h b/drivers/uwb/wlp/wlp-internal.h
index 1c94fabfb1a74c429855b1352094e201d41347de..3e8d5de7c5b957ec38f594fe60b7e37101e0c280 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/wlp/wlp-internal.h
+++ b/drivers/uwb/wlp/wlp-internal.h
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ enum wlp_wss_connect {
 extern struct kobj_type wss_ktype;
 extern struct attribute_group wss_attr_group;
 
-extern int uwb_rc_ie_add(struct uwb_rc *, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *, size_t);
-extern int uwb_rc_ie_rm(struct uwb_rc *, enum uwb_ie);
-
-
 /* This should be changed to a dynamic array where entries are sorted
  * by eth_addr and search is done in a binary form
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/uwb.h b/include/linux/uwb.h
index 010ee708304db18a36e0906ffc869c0e776915f2..6d93f54b8879953834fb6c14178d5d432c239c99 100644
--- a/include/linux/uwb.h
+++ b/include/linux/uwb.h
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ ssize_t uwb_rc_vcmd(struct uwb_rc *rc, const char *cmd_name,
 		    struct uwb_rccb *cmd, size_t cmd_size,
 		    u8 expected_type, u16 expected_event,
 		    struct uwb_rceb **preply);
-ssize_t uwb_rc_get_ie(struct uwb_rc *, struct uwb_rc_evt_get_ie **);
 int uwb_bg_joined(struct uwb_rc *rc);
 
 size_t __uwb_addr_print(char *, size_t, const unsigned char *, int);
@@ -653,22 +652,9 @@ static inline int edc_inc(struct edc *err_hist, u16 max_err, u16 timeframe)
 
 /* Information Element handling */
 
-/* For representing the state of writing to a buffer when iterating */
-struct uwb_buf_ctx {
-	char *buf;
-	size_t bytes, size;
-};
-
-typedef int (*uwb_ie_f)(struct uwb_dev *, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *,
-			size_t, void *);
 struct uwb_ie_hdr *uwb_ie_next(void **ptr, size_t *len);
-ssize_t uwb_ie_for_each(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, uwb_ie_f fn, void *data,
-			const void *buf, size_t size);
-int uwb_ie_dump_hex(struct uwb_dev *, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *,
-		    size_t, void *);
-int uwb_rc_set_ie(struct uwb_rc *, struct uwb_rc_cmd_set_ie *);
-struct uwb_ie_hdr *uwb_ie_next(void **ptr, size_t *len);
-
+int uwb_rc_ie_add(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, const struct uwb_ie_hdr *ies, size_t size);
+int uwb_rc_ie_rm(struct uwb_rc *uwb_rc, enum uwb_ie element_id);
 
 /*
  * Transmission statistics