diff --git a/templates/useroptions.jade b/templates/useroptions.jade
index 4a427b1d..43feea92 100644
--- a/templates/useroptions.jade
+++ b/templates/useroptions.jade
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ mixin us-general
         p.text-danger Changing layouts may require refreshing to take effect.
       mixin rcheckbox("us-no-channelcss", "Ignore Channel CSS")
       mixin rcheckbox("us-no-channeljs", "Ignore Channel Javascript")
-      .col-sm-4
-      .col-sm-8
-        p#us-conninfo.text-info <strong>Connection Information: </strong>
       .clear
 
 mixin us-scripts
diff --git a/www/js/callbacks.js b/www/js/callbacks.js
index e598e93b..e89341b2 100644
--- a/www/js/callbacks.js
+++ b/www/js/callbacks.js
@@ -1138,7 +1138,6 @@ setupCallbacks = function() {
             }
 
             var opts = {
-                transports: ["websocket", "polling"],
                 secure: chosenServer.secure
             };
 
diff --git a/www/js/util.js b/www/js/util.js
index 899b5a6c..605c6a71 100644
--- a/www/js/util.js
+++ b/www/js/util.js
@@ -624,23 +624,6 @@ function showUserOptions() {
     $("#us-layout").val(USEROPTS.layout);
     $("#us-no-channelcss").prop("checked", USEROPTS.ignore_channelcss);
     $("#us-no-channeljs").prop("checked", USEROPTS.ignore_channeljs);
-    var conninfo = "<strong>Connection Information: </strong>" +
-                   "Connected to <code>" + IO_URL + "</code> (";
-    if (IO_V6) {
-        conninfo += "IPv6, ";
-    } else {
-        conninfo += "IPv4, ";
-    }
-
-    if (IO_URL === IO_URLS["ipv4-ssl"] || IO_URL === IO_URLS["ipv6-ssl"]) {
-        conninfo += "SSL)";
-    } else {
-        conninfo += "no SSL)";
-    }
-
-    conninfo += ".  SSL is enabled by default if it is supported by the server.";
-    $("#us-conninfo").html(conninfo);
-
 
     $("#us-synch").prop("checked", USEROPTS.synch);
     $("#us-synch-accuracy").val(USEROPTS.sync_accuracy);