diff --git a/Netdisco/public/css/netdisco.css b/Netdisco/public/css/netdisco.css
index 0bfe1db0..37eb9720 100644
--- a/Netdisco/public/css/netdisco.css
+++ b/Netdisco/public/css/netdisco.css
@@ -117,18 +117,6 @@ body {
     margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
-/* right hand side device label */
-.device_label_right {
-  float: right !important;
-  margin-bottom: -7px !important;
-  display: none;
-}
-
-/* take a block element and force it inline */
-.inline {
-  display: inline !important;
-}
-
 /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
 /* style customization for many items which appear in the sidebar */
 
@@ -179,20 +167,6 @@ form .clearfix.success input {
   background-color: #A9DBA9;
 }
 
-/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
-/* device and ip label in sidebar */
-
-/* pull the device label closer to the top of the sidebar
-to reduce the useless gap */
-h3.device_label {
-  margin-top: -12px;
-}
-
-/* colour for device name and ip in sidebar */
-.device_label {
-  color: #660033;
-}
-
 /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
 /* sidebar collapser */
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/public/javascripts/netdisco.js b/Netdisco/public/javascripts/netdisco.js
index e7025392..9e335209 100644
--- a/Netdisco/public/javascripts/netdisco.js
+++ b/Netdisco/public/javascripts/netdisco.js
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         function() {
           $('#sidebar_toggle_img_out').toggle();
           $('.content').animate({'margin-right': '10px !important'}, 50);
-          $('.device_label_right').toggle();
         }
       );
       sidebar_hidden = 1;
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
       $('#sidebar_toggle_img_out').toggle();
       $('.content').animate({'margin-right': '220px !important'}, 100,
         function() {
-          $('.device_label_right').toggle();
           $('.sidebar').toggle(200);
           $(window).scrollTop(0);
         }
diff --git a/Netdisco/views/device.tt b/Netdisco/views/device.tt
index fa91beb9..8dd5f277 100644
--- a/Netdisco/views/device.tt
+++ b/Netdisco/views/device.tt
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
       [% FOREACH tab IN vars.tabs %]
       <li[% ' class="active"' IF params.tab == tab.id %]><a id="[% tab.id %]_link" href="#[% tab.id %]_pane">[% tab.label %]</a></li>
       [% END %]
-      <li class="device_label_right">
-        <h3 class="inline device_label">[% d.ip %]</h3>
-        [% IF d.dns %]
-        <h5 class="inline device_label">([% d.dns.remove(settings.domain_suffix) %])</h5>
-        [% END %]
-      </li>
     </ul>
     <div class="tab-content">
       [% FOREACH tab IN vars.tabs %]