diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
index 630db17..98bb3e4 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ func (a *admin) getData_getSelf() *admin_nodeInfo {
 		{"ip", a.core.GetAddress().String()},
 		{"subnet", a.core.GetSubnet().String()},
 		{"coords", fmt.Sprint(coords)},
-		{"friendly_name", a.core.friendlyName},
 	}
 	return &self
 }
@@ -494,7 +493,6 @@ func (a *admin) getData_getPeers() []admin_nodeInfo {
 			{"bytes_sent", atomic.LoadUint64(&p.bytesSent)},
 			{"bytes_recvd", atomic.LoadUint64(&p.bytesRecvd)},
 			{"endpoint", p.endpoint},
-			{"friendly_name", p.friendlyName},
 		}
 		peerInfos = append(peerInfos, info)
 	}
@@ -520,7 +518,6 @@ func (a *admin) getData_getSwitchPeers() []admin_nodeInfo {
 			{"bytes_sent", atomic.LoadUint64(&peer.bytesSent)},
 			{"bytes_recvd", atomic.LoadUint64(&peer.bytesRecvd)},
 			{"endpoint", peer.endpoint},
-			{"friendly_name", peer.friendlyName},
 		}
 		peerInfos = append(peerInfos, info)
 	}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go b/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go
index 530c18c..bcf4f32 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package config
 
 // NodeConfig defines all configuration values needed to run a signle yggdrasil node
 type NodeConfig struct {
-	FriendlyName                string              `comment:"Friendly name for this node. It is visible to direct peers."`
 	Listen                      string              `comment:"Listen address for peer connections. Default is to listen for all\nTCP connections over IPv4 and IPv6 with a random port."`
 	AdminListen                 string              `comment:"Listen address for admin connections Default is to listen for local\nconnections either on TCP/9001 or a UNIX socket depending on your\nplatform. Use this value for yggdrasilctl -endpoint=X."`
 	Peers                       []string            `comment:"List of connection strings for static peers in URI format, i.e.\ntcp://a.b.c.d:e or socks://a.b.c.d:e/f.g.h.i:j."`
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/core.go b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
index 8f61bf6..015147c 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/core.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
@@ -16,31 +16,29 @@ import (
 // object for each Yggdrasil node you plan to run.
 type Core struct {
 	// This is the main data structure that holds everything else for a node
-	boxPub       boxPubKey
-	boxPriv      boxPrivKey
-	sigPub       sigPubKey
-	sigPriv      sigPrivKey
-	friendlyName string
-	switchTable  switchTable
-	peers        peers
-	sigs         sigManager
-	sessions     sessions
-	router       router
-	dht          dht
-	tun          tunDevice
-	admin        admin
-	searches     searches
-	multicast    multicast
-	tcp          tcpInterface
-	log          *log.Logger
-	ifceExpr     []*regexp.Regexp // the zone of link-local IPv6 peers must match this
+	boxPub      boxPubKey
+	boxPriv     boxPrivKey
+	sigPub      sigPubKey
+	sigPriv     sigPrivKey
+	switchTable switchTable
+	peers       peers
+	sigs        sigManager
+	sessions    sessions
+	router      router
+	dht         dht
+	tun         tunDevice
+	admin       admin
+	searches    searches
+	multicast   multicast
+	tcp         tcpInterface
+	log         *log.Logger
+	ifceExpr    []*regexp.Regexp // the zone of link-local IPv6 peers must match this
 }
 
 func (c *Core) init(bpub *boxPubKey,
 	bpriv *boxPrivKey,
 	spub *sigPubKey,
-	spriv *sigPrivKey,
-	friendlyname string) {
+	spriv *sigPrivKey) {
 	// TODO separate init and start functions
 	//  Init sets up structs
 	//  Start launches goroutines that depend on structs being set up
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ func (c *Core) init(bpub *boxPubKey,
 	}
 	c.boxPub, c.boxPriv = *bpub, *bpriv
 	c.sigPub, c.sigPriv = *spub, *spriv
-	c.friendlyName = friendlyname
 	c.admin.core = c
 	c.sigs.init()
 	c.searches.init(c)
@@ -64,14 +61,6 @@ func (c *Core) init(bpub *boxPubKey,
 	c.tun.init(c)
 }
 
-// Gets the friendly name of this node, as specified in the NodeConfig.
-func (c *Core) GetFriendlyName() string {
-	if c.friendlyName == "" {
-		return "(none)"
-	}
-	return c.friendlyName
-}
-
 // Starts up Yggdrasil using the provided NodeConfig, and outputs debug logging
 // through the provided log.Logger. The started stack will include TCP and UDP
 // sockets, a multicast discovery socket, an admin socket, router, switch and
@@ -105,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *Core) Start(nc *config.NodeConfig, log *log.Logger) error {
 	copy(sigPub[:], sigPubHex)
 	copy(sigPriv[:], sigPrivHex)
 
-	c.init(&boxPub, &boxPriv, &sigPub, &sigPriv, nc.FriendlyName)
+	c.init(&boxPub, &boxPriv, &sigPub, &sigPriv)
 	c.admin.init(c, nc.AdminListen)
 
 	if err := c.tcp.init(c, nc.Listen, nc.ReadTimeout); err != nil {
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/debug.go b/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
index 892529b..6e74979 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (c *Core) DEBUG_getPeers() *peers {
 func (ps *peers) DEBUG_newPeer(box boxPubKey, sig sigPubKey, link boxSharedKey) *peer {
 	//in <-chan []byte,
 	//out chan<- []byte) *peer {
-	return ps.newPeer(&box, &sig, &link) //, in, out)
+	return ps.newPeer(&box, &sig, &link, "(simulator)") //, in, out)
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/peer.go b/src/yggdrasil/peer.go
index 4f79237..092a3c6 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/peer.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/peer.go
@@ -96,17 +96,16 @@ type peer struct {
 }
 
 // Creates a new peer with the specified box, sig, and linkShared keys, using the lowest unocupied port number.
-func (ps *peers) newPeer(box *boxPubKey, sig *sigPubKey, linkShared *boxSharedKey, endpoint string, friendlyname string) *peer {
+func (ps *peers) newPeer(box *boxPubKey, sig *sigPubKey, linkShared *boxSharedKey, endpoint string) *peer {
 	now := time.Now()
 	p := peer{box: *box,
-		sig:          *sig,
-		shared:       *getSharedKey(&ps.core.boxPriv, box),
-		linkShared:   *linkShared,
-		endpoint:     endpoint,
-		friendlyName: friendlyname,
-		firstSeen:    now,
-		doSend:       make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		core:         ps.core}
+		sig:        *sig,
+		shared:     *getSharedKey(&ps.core.boxPriv, box),
+		linkShared: *linkShared,
+		endpoint:   endpoint,
+		firstSeen:  now,
+		doSend:     make(chan struct{}, 1),
+		core:       ps.core}
 	ps.mutex.Lock()
 	defer ps.mutex.Unlock()
 	oldPorts := ps.getPorts()
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/router.go b/src/yggdrasil/router.go
index dcc6a5c..86eb193 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/router.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/router.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (r *router) init(core *Core) {
 	r.core = core
 	r.addr = *address_addrForNodeID(&r.core.dht.nodeID)
 	in := make(chan []byte, 32) // TODO something better than this...
-	p := r.core.peers.newPeer(&r.core.boxPub, &r.core.sigPub, &boxSharedKey{}, "(self)", r.core.GetFriendlyName())
+	p := r.core.peers.newPeer(&r.core.boxPub, &r.core.sigPub, &boxSharedKey{}, "(self)")
 	p.out = func(packet []byte) {
 		// This is to make very sure it never blocks
 		select {
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go b/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
index 58d9422..5ca6630 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock net.Conn, incoming bool) {
 	}()
 	// Note that multiple connections to the same node are allowed
 	//  E.g. over different interfaces
-	p := iface.core.peers.newPeer(&info.box, &info.sig, getSharedKey(myLinkPriv, &meta.link), sock.RemoteAddr().String(), "(none)")
+	p := iface.core.peers.newPeer(&info.box, &info.sig, getSharedKey(myLinkPriv, &meta.link), sock.RemoteAddr().String())
 	p.linkOut = make(chan []byte, 1)
 	in := func(bs []byte) {
 		p.handlePacket(bs)
diff --git a/yggdrasilctl.go b/yggdrasilctl.go
index 2b5b79a..d98386b 100644
--- a/yggdrasilctl.go
+++ b/yggdrasilctl.go
@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ func main() {
 							minutes := uint(preformatted.(float64)/60) % 60
 							hours := uint(preformatted.(float64) / 60 / 60)
 							formatted = fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds)
-						case "friendly_name":
-							if len(preformatted.(string)) > 32 {
-								formatted = fmt.Sprintf("%s...", preformatted.(string)[:32])
-							} else {
-								formatted = preformatted.(string)
-							}
 						default:
 							formatted = fmt.Sprint(preformatted)
 						}