diff --git a/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/DeviceItem.qml b/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/DeviceItem.qml
--- a/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/DeviceItem.qml
+++ b/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/DeviceItem.qml
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@
                 font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
                 visible: deviceItem.state != 0 || (!actionsList.visible && !deviceItem.hasMessage)
                 text: {
-                    // FIXME: state changes do not reach the plasmoid if the
-                    // device was already attached when the plasmoid was initialized
                     if (deviceItem.state == 0) {
                         if (!hpSource.data[udi]) {
                             return ""
diff --git a/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml b/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml
--- a/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml
+++ b/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         id: sdSource
         engine: "soliddevice"
         connectedSources: hpSource.sources
-        interval: plasmoid.expanded ? 5000 : 0
+        interval: 0
         property string last
         onSourceAdded: {
             disconnectSource(source);