diff --git a/drivers/libusb1.c b/drivers/libusb1.c
index 2f325f30f1..6bd54280b2 100644
--- a/drivers/libusb1.c
+++ b/drivers/libusb1.c
@@ -601,70 +601,6 @@ static int nut_libusb_open(libusb_device_handle **udevp,
 
 		nut_usb_set_altinterface(udev);
 
-		/* If libusb failed to identify the device strings earlier,
-		 * can we do that after claiming the interface? Just try...
-		 * Note that we succeeded so far, meaning these strings were
-		 * not among matching criteria. But they can be important for
-		 * our drivers (e.g. per-model tweaks) and pretty reporting
-		 * of certain `device.*` and/or `ups.*` data points.
-		 */
-		if (!curDevice->Vendor) {
-			retries = MAX_RETRY;
-			while (retries > 0) {
-				ret = libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(udev, dev_desc.iManufacturer,
-					(unsigned char*)string, sizeof(string));
-				if (ret > 0) {
-					curDevice->Vendor = strdup(string);
-					if (curDevice->Vendor == NULL) {
-						libusb_free_device_list(devlist, 1);
-						fatal_with_errno(EXIT_FAILURE, "Out of memory");
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-				retries--;
-				upsdebugx(1, "%s get iManufacturer failed, retrying...", __func__);
-			}
-			upsdebugx(2, "- Manufacturer: %s", curDevice->Vendor ? curDevice->Vendor : "unknown");
-		}
-
-		if (!curDevice->Product) {
-			retries = MAX_RETRY;
-			while (retries > 0) {
-				ret = libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(udev, dev_desc.iProduct,
-					(unsigned char*)string, sizeof(string));
-				if (ret > 0) {
-					curDevice->Product = strdup(string);
-					if (curDevice->Product == NULL) {
-						libusb_free_device_list(devlist, 1);
-						fatal_with_errno(EXIT_FAILURE, "Out of memory");
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-				retries--;
-				upsdebugx(1, "%s get iProduct failed, retrying...", __func__);
-			}
-			upsdebugx(2, "- Product: %s", curDevice->Product ? curDevice->Product : "unknown");
-		}
-
-		if (!curDevice->Serial) {
-			retries = MAX_RETRY;
-			while (retries > 0) {
-				ret = libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(udev, dev_desc.iSerialNumber,
-					(unsigned char*)string, sizeof(string));
-				if (ret > 0) {
-					curDevice->Serial = strdup(string);
-					if (curDevice->Serial == NULL) {
-						libusb_free_device_list(devlist, 1);
-						fatal_with_errno(EXIT_FAILURE, "Out of memory");
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-				retries--;
-				upsdebugx(1, "%s get iSerialNumber failed, retrying...", __func__);
-			}
-			upsdebugx(2, "- Serial Number: %s", curDevice->Serial ? curDevice->Serial : "unknown");
-		}
-
 		/* Did the driver provide a callback method for any further
 		 * device acceptance checks (e.g. when same ID is supported
 		 * by several sub-drivers, differing by vendor/model strings)?