diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 23fb334953..03445d787f 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -175,18 +175,22 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 	app.createUserTooltips = function(els) {
 		els = els || $('body');
 		els.find('img[title].teaser-pic,img[title].user-img,div.user-icon,span.user-icon').each(function() {
-			$(this).tooltip({
-				placement: 'top',
-				title: $(this).attr('title')
-			});
+			if (!utils.isTouchDevice()) {
+				$(this).tooltip({
+					placement: 'top',
+					title: $(this).attr('title')
+				});
+			}
 		});
 	};
 
 	app.createStatusTooltips = function() {
-		$('body').tooltip({
-			selector:'.fa-circle.status',
-			placement: 'top'
-		});
+		if (!utils.isTouchDevice()) {
+			$('body').tooltip({
+				selector:'.fa-circle.status',
+				placement: 'top'
+			});
+		}
 	};
 
 	app.replaceSelfLinks = function(selector) {
@@ -332,21 +336,27 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 			return;
 		}
 		$('#header-menu li a[title]').each(function() {
-			$(this).tooltip({
-				placement: 'bottom',
-				title: $(this).attr('title')
-			});
+			if (!utils.isTouchDevice()) {
+				$(this).tooltip({
+					placement: 'bottom',
+					title: $(this).attr('title')
+				});
+			}
 		});
 
-		$('#search-form').parent().tooltip({
-			placement: 'bottom',
-			title: $('#search-button i').attr('title')
-		});
+		if (!utils.isTouchDevice()) {
+			$('#search-form').parent().tooltip({
+				placement: 'bottom',
+				title: $('#search-button i').attr('title')
+			});
+		}
 
-		$('#user_dropdown').tooltip({
-			placement: 'bottom',
-			title: $('#user_dropdown').attr('title')
-		});
+		if (!utils.isTouchDevice()) {
+			$('#user_dropdown').tooltip({
+				placement: 'bottom',
+				title: $('#user_dropdown').attr('title')
+			});
+		}
 	}
 
 	app.handleSearch = function () {
diff --git a/public/src/utils.js b/public/src/utils.js
index a2f8ea7a80..d214370d8a 100644
--- a/public/src/utils.js
+++ b/public/src/utils.js
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@
 			return ((nua.indexOf('Mozilla/5.0') > -1 && nua.indexOf('Android ') > -1 && nua.indexOf('AppleWebKit') > -1) && !(nua.indexOf('Chrome') > -1));
 		},
 
+		isTouchDevice: function() {
+			return 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement;
+		},
+
 		findBootstrapEnvironment: function() {
 			//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14441456/how-to-detect-which-device-view-youre-on-using-twitter-bootstrap-api
 			var envs = ['xs', 'sm', 'md', 'lg'],