diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index 696e668b801d24a6a674dc292d86972b3d5ed91b..84271cc62afa78da68f5e3e8a69de149ae8a9293 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -597,10 +597,6 @@ static u16 rs_get_supported_rates(struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta,
 				  struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
 				  enum iwl_table_type rate_type)
 {
-	if (hdr && is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
-	    lq_sta->active_rate_basic)
-		return lq_sta->active_rate_basic;
-
 	if (is_legacy(rate_type)) {
 		return lq_sta->active_legacy_rate;
 	} else {
@@ -2552,7 +2548,6 @@ static void rs_rate_init(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 	lq_sta->missed_rate_counter = IWL_MISSED_RATE_MAX;
 	lq_sta->is_green = rs_use_green(sta, &priv->current_ht_config);
 	lq_sta->active_legacy_rate = priv->active_rate & ~(0x1000);
-	lq_sta->active_rate_basic = priv->active_rate_basic;
 	lq_sta->band = priv->band;
 	/*
 	 * active_siso_rate mask includes 9 MBits (bit 5), and CCK (bits 0-3),
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.h
index e71923961e691599f663dd5e279f3d1f07a5a5c3..e182f5a0f736a0b4c7e47c0670c9fe64dc679ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.h
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ struct iwl_lq_sta {
 	u16 active_siso_rate;
 	u16 active_mimo2_rate;
 	u16 active_mimo3_rate;
-	u16 active_rate_basic;
 	s8 max_rate_idx;     /* Max rate set by user */
 	u8 missed_rate_counter;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index e7e4bf71568c8e94ca0ad5ba716a821a89184696..fbbe9985966267be6e2f099a7428716203e32a32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2104,7 +2104,6 @@ static void iwl_alive_start(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	ieee80211_wake_queues(priv->hw);
 
 	priv->active_rate = IWL_RATES_MASK;
-	priv->active_rate_basic = IWL_RATES_MASK & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
 
 	/* Configure Tx antenna selection based on H/W config */
 	if (priv->cfg->ops->hcmd->set_tx_ant)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index 1cfcc9fe9dc3166493b4a68611993974e91b7652..8e8f5282c01caf9fc338e23c67d944af279d7ea8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -897,23 +897,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_full_rxon_required);
 
 u8 iwl_rate_get_lowest_plcp(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
-	int i;
-	int rate_mask;
-
-	/* Set rate mask*/
-	if (priv->staging_rxon.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK)
-		rate_mask = priv->active_rate_basic & IWL_CCK_RATES_MASK;
-	else
-		rate_mask = priv->active_rate_basic & IWL_OFDM_RATES_MASK;
-
-	/* Find lowest valid rate */
-	for (i = IWL_RATE_1M_INDEX; i != IWL_RATE_INVALID;
-					i = iwl_rates[i].next_ieee) {
-		if (rate_mask & (1 << i))
-			return iwl_rates[i].plcp;
-	}
-
-	/* No valid rate was found. Assign the lowest one */
+	/*
+	 * Assign the lowest rate -- should really get this from
+	 * the beacon skb from mac80211.
+	 */
 	if (priv->staging_rxon.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK)
 		return IWL_RATE_1M_PLCP;
 	else
@@ -1272,7 +1259,6 @@ static void iwl_set_rate(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	}
 
 	priv->active_rate = 0;
-	priv->active_rate_basic = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hw->n_bitrates; i++) {
 		rate = &(hw->bitrates[i]);
@@ -1280,30 +1266,13 @@ static void iwl_set_rate(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 			priv->active_rate |= (1 << rate->hw_value);
 	}
 
-	IWL_DEBUG_RATE(priv, "Set active_rate = %0x, active_rate_basic = %0x\n",
-		       priv->active_rate, priv->active_rate_basic);
+	IWL_DEBUG_RATE(priv, "Set active_rate = %0x\n", priv->active_rate);
 
-	/*
-	 * If a basic rate is configured, then use it (adding IWL_RATE_1M_MASK)
-	 * otherwise set it to the default of all CCK rates and 6, 12, 24 for
-	 * OFDM
-	 */
-	if (priv->active_rate_basic & IWL_CCK_BASIC_RATES_MASK)
-		priv->staging_rxon.cck_basic_rates =
-		    ((priv->active_rate_basic &
-		      IWL_CCK_RATES_MASK) >> IWL_FIRST_CCK_RATE) & 0xF;
-	else
-		priv->staging_rxon.cck_basic_rates =
-		    (IWL_CCK_BASIC_RATES_MASK >> IWL_FIRST_CCK_RATE) & 0xF;
-
-	if (priv->active_rate_basic & IWL_OFDM_BASIC_RATES_MASK)
-		priv->staging_rxon.ofdm_basic_rates =
-		    ((priv->active_rate_basic &
-		      (IWL_OFDM_BASIC_RATES_MASK | IWL_RATE_6M_MASK)) >>
-		      IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE) & 0xFF;
-	else
-		priv->staging_rxon.ofdm_basic_rates =
-		   (IWL_OFDM_BASIC_RATES_MASK >> IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE) & 0xFF;
+	priv->staging_rxon.cck_basic_rates =
+	    (IWL_CCK_BASIC_RATES_MASK >> IWL_FIRST_CCK_RATE) & 0xF;
+
+	priv->staging_rxon.ofdm_basic_rates =
+	   (IWL_OFDM_BASIC_RATES_MASK >> IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE) & 0xFF;
 }
 
 void iwl_rx_csa(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_rx_mem_buffer *rxb)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
index 4d6558fbebe569f110624d678064ed793f51e05c..ba404b99f4fecfd09f84fa3b84166daa23ce5e86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
@@ -1168,7 +1168,6 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 	u64 led_tpt;
 
 	u16 active_rate;
-	u16 active_rate_basic;
 
 	u8 assoc_station_added;
 	u8 start_calib;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index b2b050592bc1f68ce9f1c8ee7f602f98366b9db1..9cc15f96d208257a3371a8ab5ac6706222b2c0f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -2509,7 +2509,6 @@ static void iwl3945_alive_start(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	ieee80211_wake_queues(priv->hw);
 
 	priv->active_rate = IWL_RATES_MASK;
-	priv->active_rate_basic = IWL_RATES_MASK & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
 
 	iwl_power_update_mode(priv, true);