diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
index 415211162e..7dcce73acb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ class Document(QWebPage):  # {{{
     settings_changed = pyqtSignal()
     animated_scroll_done_signal = pyqtSignal()
 
-    def userAgentForUrl(self, url):
-        return QWebPage.userAgentForUrl(self, url).replace('libprs500', 'calibre (libprs500)/%s' % __version__)
-
     def set_font_settings(self, opts):
         settings = self.settings()
         apply_settings(settings, opts)