diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1316143..d2a7ba2 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ DISTROS_LSB_GOOD="mandrake-release mandriva-release mandrakelinux-release"
 # $'\1' gets weird results :
 # user@host $ ARR=($'\x01'"one two" three four); echo ${ARR[0]} | hd -v
 # 00000000  01 01 6f 6e 65 20 74 77  6f 0a                    |..one two.|
-A_NORMAL_BANS=( computing computer corporation communications electronics electrical electric gmbh group industrial international revision software technologies technology $'\2'"\<ltd\>" ltd. ltd $'\2'"\<inc\>" intl. inc. $'\2'\<co\> co. corp. corp "(tm)" "(r)" "®" $'\2'"\(rev ..\)" )
+A_NORMAL_BANS=( computing computer corporation communications electronics electrical electric gmbh group industrial international revision software technologies technology $'\2'"\<ltd\>" ltd. ltd $'\2'"\<inc\>" intl. inc. $'\2'\<co\> co. corp. "(tm)" "(r)" "®" $'\2'"\(rev ..\)" )
 A_CPU_BANS=( @ cpu deca 'dual core' dual-core 'tri core' tri-core 'quad core' quad-core ennea genuine hepta hexa multi octa penta 'processor' processor single triple $'\2'"[0-9.]+ *[MmGg][Hh][Zz]" )
 # after processing, the ban arrays will be put into these:
 BAN_LIST_NORMAL=''
@@ -4543,29 +4543,17 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 				sys_path=$( ls /sys/devices/pci*/*/host*/target*/*/block/$disk/uevent 2>/dev/null | sed "s|/block/$disk/uevent||" )
 				# no need to test for errors yet, probably other user systems will require some alternate paths though
 				if [[ -n $sys_path ]];then
-					vendor=$( cat $sys_path/vendor 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]\+//;s/[[:space:]]\+$//;s/,//g' )
-					model=$( cat $sys_path/model 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]\+//;s/[[:space:]]\+$//;s/,//g' )
-					rev_number=$( cat $sys_path/rev 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]\+//;s/[[:space:]]\+$//;s/,//g' )
+					vendor=$( cat $sys_path/vendor 2>/dev/null | \
+					sed -E -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' -e 's/('"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"')//g' )
+					model=$( cat $sys_path/model 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' )
+					rev_number=$( cat $sys_path/rev 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' )
 				fi
 			elif [[ -e /proc/ide/$disk/model ]];then
-				vendor=$( cat /proc/ide/$disk/model 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]\+//;s/[[:space:]]\+$//;s/,//g' )
+				vendor=$( cat /proc/ide/$disk/model 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' )
 			fi
 			if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
 				proc_cdrom="$( cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info 2>/dev/null )"
 			fi
-			if [[ -n $vendor ]];then
-				vendor=$( gawk '
-				BEGIN {
-					IGNORECASE=1
-				}
-				{
-					gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
-					gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
-					print $0
-				}' <<< $vendor
-				)
-			fi
-
 			item_string="$item_string,$vendor,$model,$rev_number"
 			echo $item_string
 		done