diff --git a/include/sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h b/include/sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h
index 1ee9849..b329b09 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h
@@ -30,23 +30,17 @@
     const static int NlActionAdd;
     const static int NlActionRemove;
     const static int NlActionChange;
-    const static int NlActionLinkDown;
-    const static int NlActionLinkUp;
 
     NetlinkEvent();
     virtual ~NetlinkEvent();
 
-    bool decode(char *buffer, int size, int format);
+    bool decode(char *buffer, int size);
     const char *findParam(const char *paramName);
 
     const char *getSubsystem() { return mSubsystem; }
     int getAction() { return mAction; }
 
     void dump();
-
- protected:
-    bool parseBinaryNetlinkMessage(char *buffer, int size);
-    bool parseAsciiNetlinkMessage(char *buffer, int size);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sysutils/NetlinkListener.h b/include/sysutils/NetlinkListener.h
index 1cf5f9f..2880046 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/NetlinkListener.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/NetlinkListener.h
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@
 
 class NetlinkListener : public SocketListener {
     char mBuffer[64 * 1024];
-    int mFormat;
 
 public:
-    static const int NETLINK_FORMAT_ASCII = 0;
-    static const int NETLINK_FORMAT_BINARY = 1;
-
-    NetlinkListener(int socket, int format);
+    NetlinkListener(int socket);
     virtual ~NetlinkListener() {}
 
 protected:
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp
index 2e3143d..86c1f42 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp
@@ -19,20 +19,12 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "NetlinkEvent"
 #include <cutils/log.h>
 
-#include <sysutils/NetlinkListener.h>
 #include <sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h>
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
-#include <linux/if.h>
-
 const int NetlinkEvent::NlActionUnknown = 0;
 const int NetlinkEvent::NlActionAdd = 1;
 const int NetlinkEvent::NlActionRemove = 2;
 const int NetlinkEvent::NlActionChange = 3;
-const int NetlinkEvent::NlActionLinkUp = 4;
-const int NetlinkEvent::NlActionLinkDown = 5;
 
 NetlinkEvent::NetlinkEvent() {
     mAction = NlActionUnknown;
@@ -64,56 +56,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * Parse an binary message from a NETLINK_ROUTE netlink socket.
- */
-bool NetlinkEvent::parseBinaryNetlinkMessage(char *buffer, int size) {
-    size_t sz = size;
-    struct nlmsghdr *nh = (struct nlmsghdr *) buffer;
-
-    while (NLMSG_OK(nh, sz) && (nh->nlmsg_type != NLMSG_DONE)) {
-        if (nh->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWLINK) {
-            int len = nh->nlmsg_len - sizeof(*nh);
-            struct ifinfomsg *ifi;
-
-            if (sizeof(*ifi) <= (size_t) len) {
-                ifi = (ifinfomsg *)NLMSG_DATA(nh);
-
-                if ((ifi->ifi_flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) == 0) {
-                    struct rtattr *rta = (struct rtattr *)
-                      ((char *) ifi + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(*ifi)));
-                    len = NLMSG_PAYLOAD(nh, sizeof(*ifi));
-
-                    while(RTA_OK(rta, len)) {
-                        switch(rta->rta_type) {
-                        case IFLA_IFNAME:
-                            char buffer[16 + IFNAMSIZ];
-                            snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "INTERFACE=%s",
-                                     (char *) RTA_DATA(rta));
-                            mParams[0] = strdup(buffer);
-                            mAction = (ifi->ifi_flags & IFF_LOWER_UP) ?
-                              NlActionLinkUp : NlActionLinkDown;
-                            mSubsystem = strdup("net");
-                            break;
-                        }
-
-                        rta = RTA_NEXT(rta, len);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        nh = NLMSG_NEXT(nh, size);
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/*
- * Parse an ASCII-formatted message from a NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
- * netlink socket.
- */
-bool NetlinkEvent::parseAsciiNetlinkMessage(char *buffer, int size) {
+bool NetlinkEvent::decode(char *buffer, int size) {
     char *s = buffer;
     char *end;
     int param_idx = 0;
@@ -149,14 +92,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-bool NetlinkEvent::decode(char *buffer, int size, int format) {
-  if (format == NetlinkListener::NETLINK_FORMAT_BINARY) {
-    return parseBinaryNetlinkMessage(buffer, size);
-  } else {
-    return parseAsciiNetlinkMessage(buffer, size);
-  }
-}
-
 const char *NetlinkEvent::findParam(const char *paramName) {
     size_t len = strlen(paramName);
     for (int i = 0; mParams[i] && i < NL_PARAMS_MAX; ++i) {
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp
index 8361120..e2a354e 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
 #include <sysutils/NetlinkListener.h>
 #include <sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h>
 
-NetlinkListener::NetlinkListener(int socket, int format) :
+NetlinkListener::NetlinkListener(int socket) :
                             SocketListener(socket, false) {
-    mFormat = format;
 }
 
 bool NetlinkListener::onDataAvailable(SocketClient *cli)
@@ -41,14 +40,13 @@
     }
 
     NetlinkEvent *evt = new NetlinkEvent();
-    int err = evt->decode(mBuffer, count, mFormat);
-
-    if (!err) {
+    if (!evt->decode(mBuffer, count)) {
         SLOGE("Error decoding NetlinkEvent");
-    } else {
-        onEvent(evt);
+        goto out;
     }
 
+    onEvent(evt);
+out:
     delete evt;
     return true;
 }