diff --git a/src/slic3r/Utils/MoonrakerPrinterAgent.cpp b/src/slic3r/Utils/MoonrakerPrinterAgent.cpp
index 8494eb5cfd..025f0ba918 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/Utils/MoonrakerPrinterAgent.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/Utils/MoonrakerPrinterAgent.cpp
@@ -1415,16 +1415,8 @@ void MoonrakerPrinterAgent::announce_printhost_device()
         }
     }
 
-    // Try to fetch actual device name from Moonraker
-    // Priority: 1) Moonraker hostname, 2) Preset model name, 3) Generic fallback
-    std::string         dev_name;
-    MoonrakerDeviceInfo info;
-    std::string         fetch_error;
-    if (fetch_device_info(device_info.base_url, device_info.api_key, info, fetch_error) && !info.dev_name.empty()) {
-        dev_name = info.dev_name;
-    } else {
-        dev_name = device_info.model_name.empty() ? "Moonraker Printer" : device_info.model_name;
-    }
+    // Never asks the printer, since discovery runs on the GUI thread and an unreachable printer would freeze it
+    const std::string dev_name = device_info.model_name.empty() ? "Moonraker Printer" : device_info.model_name;
 
     const std::string model_id = device_info.model_id;
 
diff --git a/tests/slic3rutils/test_moonraker_printer_agent.cpp b/tests/slic3rutils/test_moonraker_printer_agent.cpp
index d3559cea1f..d3d61903fb 100644
--- a/tests/slic3rutils/test_moonraker_printer_agent.cpp
+++ b/tests/slic3rutils/test_moonraker_printer_agent.cpp
@@ -420,12 +420,13 @@ TEST_CASE("Moonraker discovery waits for a complete device identity", "[Moonrake
     agent.device_info.dev_id = "127.0.0.1:7125";
     agent.device_info.dev_ip = agent.device_info.dev_id;
     agent.device_info.base_url = "http://127.0.0.1:7125";
+    agent.device_info.model_name = "Test model";
     agent.start_discovery(true, false);
     REQUIRE(announcements == 1);
-    REQUIRE(agent.fetch_count == 1);
+    REQUIRE(agent.fetch_count == 0);
     REQUIRE(announcement.at("dev_id") == agent.device_info.dev_id);
     REQUIRE(announcement.at("dev_ip") == agent.device_info.dev_ip);
-    REQUIRE(announcement.at("dev_name") == "Test printer");
+    REQUIRE(announcement.at("dev_name") == "Test model");
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("Stopping the status stream gives a silent printer no more than its timeouts", "[MoonrakerPrinterAgent][StatusStream]")