diff --git a/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c b/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c
index 57788c9c7dd4be21dd54b45d84efa34d1188eff8..54e46814ce72e76e423e2f5b2febdd4203fa93d2 100644
--- a/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c
+++ b/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ manager_running (NMClient *client, GParamSpec *pspec, gpointer user_data)
         /* clear all devices we added */
         if (!nm_client_get_nm_running (client)) {
                 g_debug ("NM disappeared");
-                panel_add_proxy_device (panel);
                 goto out;
         }