diff --git a/gobex/gobex-header.c b/gobex/gobex-header.c
index 061a1e0..a21362c 100644
--- a/gobex/gobex-header.c
+++ b/gobex/gobex-header.c
@@ -337,8 +337,7 @@ GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_unicode(guint8 id, const char *str)
 	return header;
 }
 
-GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_bytes(guint8 id, void *data, gsize len,
-						GObexDataPolicy data_policy)
+GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_bytes(guint8 id, void *data, gsize len)
 {
 	GObexHeader *header;
 
@@ -350,19 +349,7 @@ GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_bytes(guint8 id, void *data, gsize len,
 	header->id = id;
 	header->vlen = len;
 	header->hlen = len + 3;
-
-	switch (data_policy) {
-	case G_OBEX_DATA_INHERIT:
-		header->v.data = data;
-		break;
-	case G_OBEX_DATA_COPY:
-		header->v.data = g_memdup(data, len);
-		break;
-	case G_OBEX_DATA_REF:
-		header->extdata = TRUE;
-		header->v.extdata = data;
-		break;
-	}
+	header->v.data = g_memdup(data, len);
 
 	return header;
 }
diff --git a/gobex/gobex-header.h b/gobex/gobex-header.h
index dfce62c..9a8dd03 100644
--- a/gobex/gobex-header.h
+++ b/gobex/gobex-header.h
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ gboolean g_obex_header_get_uint8(GObexHeader *header, guint8 *val);
 gboolean g_obex_header_get_uint32(GObexHeader *header, guint32 *val);
 
 GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_unicode(guint8 id, const char *str);
-GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_bytes(guint8 id, void *data, gsize len,
-						GObexDataPolicy data_policy);
+GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_bytes(guint8 id, void *data, gsize len);
 GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_uint8(guint8 id, guint8 val);
 GObexHeader *g_obex_header_new_uint32(guint8 id, guint32 val);
 
diff --git a/gobex/gobex-transfer.c b/gobex/gobex-transfer.c
index 500a6c9..bdef980 100644
--- a/gobex/gobex-transfer.c
+++ b/gobex/gobex-transfer.c
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ guint g_obex_put_req(GObex *obex, const char *type, const char *name,
 
 	if (type) {
 		hdr = g_obex_header_new_bytes(G_OBEX_HDR_ID_TYPE,
-					(char *) type, strlen(type) + 1,
-					G_OBEX_DATA_COPY);
+					(char *) type, strlen(type) + 1);
 		g_obex_packet_add_header(req, hdr);
 	}
 
@@ -318,8 +317,7 @@ guint g_obex_get_req(GObex *obex, const char *type, const char *name,
 
 	if (type) {
 		hdr = g_obex_header_new_bytes(G_OBEX_HDR_ID_TYPE,
-					(char *) type, strlen(type) + 1,
-					G_OBEX_DATA_COPY);
+					(char *) type, strlen(type) + 1);
 		g_obex_packet_add_header(req, hdr);
 	}
 
diff --git a/gobex/gobex.c b/gobex/gobex.c
index 40c06cf..9ac5c95 100644
--- a/gobex/gobex.c
+++ b/gobex/gobex.c
@@ -921,8 +921,7 @@ guint g_obex_connect(GObex *obex, void *target, gsize target_len,
 	if (target != NULL) {
 		GObexHeader *hdr;
 		hdr = g_obex_header_new_bytes(G_OBEX_HDR_ID_TARGET,
-						target, target_len,
-						G_OBEX_DATA_COPY);
+							target, target_len);
 		g_obex_packet_add_header(req, hdr);
 	}
 
diff --git a/unit/test-gobex-header.c b/unit/test-gobex-header.c
index 33ebda3..27a2ab5 100644
--- a/unit/test-gobex-header.c
+++ b/unit/test-gobex-header.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void test_header_bytes(void)
 	size_t len;
 
 	header = g_obex_header_new_bytes(G_OBEX_HDR_ID_BODY, data,
-						sizeof(data), G_OBEX_DATA_REF);
+							sizeof(data));
 	g_assert(header != NULL);
 
 	len = g_obex_header_encode(header, buf, sizeof(buf));