Can I remove the Intel Wireless iwlwifi firmware?

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Issue

  • Can I remove the Intel Wireless iwlwifi firmware?
  • We have systems with Intel AC and AX WiFi devices but we don't use them, we use wired Ethernet connections. Is it safe to remove the firmware packages? eg:
# yum remove iwl*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               [38/102]

Removing:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 iwl100-firmware
 iwl1000-firmware
 iwl105-firmware
 iwl135-firmware
 iwl2000-firmware
 iwl2030-firmware
 iwl3160-firmware
 iwl3945-firmware
 iwl4965-firmware
 iwl5000-firmware
 iwl5150-firmware
 iwl6000-firmware
 iwl6000g2a-firmware
 iwl6000g2b-firmware
 iwl6050-firmware
 iwl7260-firmware

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Intel Wireless (WiFi) network device using iwlwifi driver, not in use
  • iwl firmware RPM packages

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