}
 }
 
-static int wl1271_tx_update_filters(struct wl1271 *wl,
-                                   struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
-                                   struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-       struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
-       int ret;
-
-       hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
-
-       /*
-        * stop bssid-based filtering before transmitting authentication
-        * requests. this way the hw will never drop authentication
-        * responses coming from BSSIDs it isn't familiar with (e.g. on
-        * roaming)
-        */
-       if (!ieee80211_is_auth(hdr->frame_control))
-               return 0;
-
-       if (wlvif->dev_hlid != WL12XX_INVALID_LINK_ID)
-               goto out;
-
-       wl1271_debug(DEBUG_CMD, "starting device role for roaming");
-       ret = wl12xx_start_dev(wl, wlvif);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto out;
-out:
-       return 0;
-}
-
 static void wl1271_tx_ap_update_inconnection_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
                                                 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
        if (wlvif->bss_type == BSS_TYPE_AP_BSS)
                return wl12xx_tx_get_hlid_ap(wl, wlvif, skb);
 
-       wl1271_tx_update_filters(wl, wlvif, skb);
-
        if ((test_bit(WLVIF_FLAG_STA_ASSOCIATED, &wlvif->flags) ||
             test_bit(WLVIF_FLAG_IBSS_JOINED, &wlvif->flags)) &&
            !ieee80211_is_auth(hdr->frame_control) &&