diff --git a/panels/printers/pp-new-printer-dialog.c b/panels/printers/pp-new-printer-dialog.c
index f0c53aa2d..fe48d1d54 100644
--- a/panels/printers/pp-new-printer-dialog.c
+++ b/panels/printers/pp-new-printer-dialog.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ authenticate_samba_server (GtkButton *button,
         {
           g_clear_object (&priv->samba_host);
 
-          priv->samba_host = pp_samba_new (GTK_WINDOW (priv->dialog), server_name);
+          priv->samba_host = pp_samba_new (server_name);
           g_signal_connect_object (priv->samba_host,
                                    "authentication-required",
                                    G_CALLBACK (on_authentication_required),
@@ -1562,8 +1562,7 @@ search_for_remote_printers (THostSearchData *data)
         g_object_set (priv->lpd_host, "port", data->host_port, NULL);
     }
 
-  priv->samba_host = pp_samba_new (GTK_WINDOW (priv->dialog),
-                                   data->host_name);
+  priv->samba_host = pp_samba_new (data->host_name);
 
   update_dialog_state (data->dialog);
 
@@ -2060,7 +2059,7 @@ populate_devices_list (PpNewPrinterDialog *dialog)
   priv->samba_searching = TRUE;
   update_dialog_state (dialog);
 
-  samba = pp_samba_new (GTK_WINDOW (priv->dialog), NULL);
+  samba = pp_samba_new (NULL);
   pp_samba_get_devices_async (samba, FALSE, priv->cancellable, get_samba_devices_cb, dialog);
 }
 
diff --git a/panels/printers/pp-samba.c b/panels/printers/pp-samba.c
index 4667911f8..e2cb88ce0 100644
--- a/panels/printers/pp-samba.c
+++ b/panels/printers/pp-samba.c
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ pp_samba_init (PpSamba *samba)
 }
 
 PpSamba *
-pp_samba_new (GtkWindow   *parent,
-              const gchar *hostname)
+pp_samba_new (const gchar *hostname)
 {
   return g_object_new (PP_TYPE_SAMBA,
                        "hostname", hostname,
diff --git a/panels/printers/pp-samba.h b/panels/printers/pp-samba.h
index 4dad0d613..d0a5023c1 100644
--- a/panels/printers/pp-samba.h
+++ b/panels/printers/pp-samba.h
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ struct _PpSambaClass
 
 GType          pp_samba_get_type           (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
-PpSamba       *pp_samba_new                (GtkWindow           *parent,
-                                            const gchar         *hostname);
+PpSamba       *pp_samba_new                (const gchar         *hostname);
 
 void           pp_samba_get_devices_async  (PpSamba             *samba,
                                             gboolean             auth_if_needed,