diff --git a/node.lua b/node.lua
index 6bc9b5c..494b1d9 100644
--- a/node.lua
+++ b/node.lua
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ font = resource.load_font("vera.ttf")
 
 local v = {
     network = "<unkown>",
-    ethipv4 = "<unkown>",
-    ethipv6 = "<unkown>",
-    wlanipv4 = "<unkown>",
-    wlanipv6 = "<unkown>",
+    ethip = "<unkown>",
+    wlanip = "<unkown>",
     gw = "<unkown>"
 }
 
@@ -82,13 +80,9 @@ function node.render()
 
     -- right side: IP addresses
     y = y_start
-    font:write(x_right, y, "Eth:  " .. v.ethipv4, fontsize, 1,1,1,1)
+    font:write(x_right, y, "Eth:  " .. v.ethip, fontsize, 1,1,1,1)
+
     y = y + offset
-    font:write(x_right, y, v.ethipv6, fontsize, 1,1,1,1)
-    
-    y = y + offset
-    font:write(x_right, y, "WiFi: " .. v.wlanipv4, fontsize, 1,1,1,1)
-    y = y + offset
-    font:write(x_right, y, v.wlanipv6, fontsize, 1,1,1,1)
+    font:write(x_right, y, "WiFi: " .. v.wlanip, fontsize, 1,1,1,1)
 
 end
diff --git a/service b/service
index 7e766d2..7cb2d04 100644
--- a/service
+++ b/service
@@ -60,30 +60,6 @@ def get_ipv4(ifname):
         return None
 
 
-def get_ipv6(ifname):
-    try:
-        # doesn't work as there is no ipv6 support in info-beamer OS?
-        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-        info = fcntl.ioctl(s.fileno(), 0x8915,
-                           struct.pack('256s', ifname[:15]))
-        ip = socket.inet_ntoa(info[20:24])
-
-        mask = struct.unpack('>I', fcntl.ioctl(
-            s.fileno(), 0x891b, struct.pack('256s', ifname))[20:24])[0]
-        # Remember: not everything has to be performance optimal :-)
-        mask = bin(mask)[2:].count('1')
-        return "%s/%d" % (ip, mask)
-
-        # This will only get us some global IPv6 address
-        # ipv6 = socket.getaddrinfo(
-        #     socket.gethostname(), None, socket.AF_INET6)[1][4][0]
-        # return "%s" & ipv6
-    except IOError:
-        return "<no ipv6>"
-    except:
-        return None
-
-
 def check_network():
     return os.path.exists('/sd/config/network') and "static" or "dhcp"
 
@@ -104,10 +80,8 @@ def check_internet():
 
 
 tests = [
-    (1,  "ethipv4",   partial(get_ipv4, "eth0")),
-    (1,  "ethipv6",   partial(get_ipv6, "eth0")),
-    (1,  "wlanipv4",  partial(get_ipv4, "wlan0")),
-    (1,  "wlanipv6",  partial(get_ipv6, "wlan0")),
+    (1,  "ethip",   partial(get_ipv4, "eth0")),
+    (1,  "wlanip",  partial(get_ipv4, "wlan0")),
     (1,  "gw",      get_default_gateway),
     (10, "online",  check_internet),
     (5,  "network", check_network),