diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.py
index 4e10f77cc9..ba58b71048 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from __future__ import (unicode_literals, division, absolute_import,
 __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 
-import netifaces
-
 from PyQt4.Qt import (QDialog, QLineEdit, Qt, QPushButton, QDialogButtonBox)
 
 from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog
@@ -69,8 +67,7 @@ class SmartdeviceDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
 
 
         self.ip_addresses.setToolTip('<p>' +
-            _('These are the IP addresses detected by calibre for the computer '
-              'running calibre. If you decide to have your device connect to '
+            _('These are the IP addresses for this computer. If you decide to have your device connect to '
               'calibre using a fixed IP address, one of these addresses should '
               'be the one you use. It is unlikely but possible that the correct '
               'IP address is not listed here, in which case you will need to go '
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.ui
index f8e42d5d0e..5a6e1e59e5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/smartdevice.ui
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label_23">
      <property name="text">
-      <string>Calibre's IP addresses:</string>
+      <string>Calibre IP addresses:</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>