diff --git a/app/styles/base.css b/app/styles/base.css
index a4d6708f..722d8c38 100644
--- a/app/styles/base.css
+++ b/app/styles/base.css
@@ -325,24 +325,6 @@ html {
   float: right;
 }
 
-/* Description Panel */
-#noVNC_description {
-  display: none;
-  position: fixed;
-
-  top: 73px;
-  right: 20px;
-  left: 20px;
-  padding: 15px;
-  color: #000;
-  background: #eee; /* default background for browsers without gradient support */
-
-  border: 2px solid #E0E0E0;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-  -moz-border-radius: 10px;
-  border-radius: 10px;
-}
-
 /* Popup Status */
 #noVNC_popup_status {
   display: none;
diff --git a/app/ui.js b/app/ui.js
index 124d9ad2..0a94a0f8 100644
--- a/app/ui.js
+++ b/app/ui.js
@@ -94,16 +94,9 @@ var UI;
             UI.addClipboardHandlers();
             UI.addSettingsHandlers();
 
-            // Show description by default when hosted at for kanaka.github.com
-            if (location.host === "kanaka.github.io") {
-                // Open the description dialog
-                document.getElementById('noVNC_description').style.display = "block";
-            } else {
-                // Show the connect panel on first load unless autoconnecting
-                if (autoconnect === UI.connSettingsOpen) {
-                    UI.toggleConnectPanel();
-                }
-            }
+            // Show the connect panel on first load unless autoconnecting
+            if (!autoconnect && !UI.connSettingsOpen)
+                UI.toggleConnectPanel();
 
             UI.updateViewClip();
             UI.setBarPosition();
@@ -207,8 +200,6 @@ var UI;
                 .addEventListener('click', UI.popupStatus);
             document.getElementById("noVNC_popup_status")
                 .addEventListener('click', UI.closePopup);
-            document.getElementById("noVNC_description_button")
-                .addEventListener('click', UI.toggleConnectPanel);
         },
 
         addTouchSpecificHandlers: function() {
@@ -563,8 +554,6 @@ var UI;
 
         // Open menu
         openSettingsMenu: function() {
-            // Close the description panel
-            document.getElementById('noVNC_description').style.display = "none";
             // Close clipboard panel if open
             if (UI.clipboardOpen === true) {
                 UI.toggleClipboardPanel();
@@ -593,8 +582,6 @@ var UI;
         //   On open, settings are refreshed from saved cookies.
         //   On close, settings are applied
         toggleSettingsPanel: function() {
-            // Close the description panel
-            document.getElementById('noVNC_description').style.display = "none";
             if (UI.settingsOpen) {
                 UI.settingsApply();
                 UI.closeSettingsMenu();
@@ -628,8 +615,6 @@ var UI;
 
         // Show the XVP panel
         toggleXvpPanel: function() {
-            // Close the description panel
-            document.getElementById('noVNC_description').style.display = "none";
             // Close settings if open
             if (UI.settingsOpen === true) {
                 UI.settingsApply();
@@ -676,8 +661,6 @@ var UI;
 
         // Show the clipboard panel
         toggleClipboardPanel: function() {
-            // Close the description panel
-            document.getElementById('noVNC_description').style.display = "none";
             // Close settings if open
             if (UI.settingsOpen === true) {
                 UI.settingsApply();
@@ -729,8 +712,6 @@ var UI;
 
         // Show the connection settings panel/menu
         toggleConnectPanel: function() {
-            // Close the description panel
-            document.getElementById('noVNC_description').style.display = "none";
             // Close connection settings if open
             if (UI.settingsOpen === true) {
                 UI.settingsApply();
diff --git a/vnc.html b/vnc.html
index 2830bc1a..5eb3af90 100644
--- a/vnc.html
+++ b/vnc.html
@@ -190,22 +190,6 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
-        <!-- Description Panel -->
-        <!-- Shown by default when hosted at for kanaka.github.com -->
-        <div id="noVNC_description" class="">
-            noVNC is a browser based VNC client implemented using HTML5 Canvas
-            and WebSockets. You will either need a VNC server with WebSockets
-            support (such as <a href="http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/">libvncserver</a>)
-            or you will need to use
-            <a href="https://github.com/kanaka/websockify">websockify</a>
-            to bridge between your browser and VNC server. See the noVNC
-            <a href="https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC">README</a>
-            and <a href="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC">website</a>
-            for more information.
-            <br />
-            <input id="noVNC_description_button" type="button" value="Close" />
-        </div>
-
         <!-- Popup Status -->
         <div id="noVNC_popup_status" class="">
         </div>