diff --git a/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCDetail.vue b/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCDetail.vue
index 64d7e65..6970377 100644
--- a/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCDetail.vue
+++ b/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCDetail.vue
@@ -105,9 +105,13 @@
                 <span class="info-label">Model</span>
                 <span class="info-value">{{ computer.computer?.modelname || '-' }}</span>
               </div>
-              <!-- The catalog model's own type. Kept separate from this
-                   asset's type: modeltypes spans every kind of asset. -->
-              <div class="info-row" v-if="computer.computer?.modeltypename">
+              <!-- Only when it DIFFERS from this asset's own type. The two are
+                   separate tables - modeltypes spans every kind of asset - but
+                   they carry the same names in practice, so showing both
+                   always put two identical Type rows in one section. Worth
+                   seeing only when they disagree. -->
+              <div class="info-row"
+                   v-if="computer.computer?.modeltypename && computer.computer.modeltypename !== computer.computer?.computertypename">
                 <span class="info-label">Model type</span>
                 <span class="info-value">{{ computer.computer.modeltypename }}</span>
               </div>
diff --git a/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineDetail.vue b/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineDetail.vue
index 945834f..27cce65 100644
--- a/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineDetail.vue
+++ b/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineDetail.vue
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@
                 <span class="info-label">Model</span>
                 <span class="info-value">{{ machine.machine?.modelname || '-' }}</span>
               </div>
-              <!-- The catalog model's own type. Kept separate from this
-                   asset's type: modeltypes spans every kind of asset. -->
-              <div class="info-row" v-if="machine.machine?.modeltypename">
+              <!-- Only when it DIFFERS from this asset's own type. The two are
+                   separate tables - modeltypes spans every kind of asset - but
+                   they carry the same names in practice, so showing both
+                   always put two identical Type rows in one section. Worth
+                   seeing only when they disagree. -->
+              <div class="info-row"
+                   v-if="machine.machine?.modeltypename && machine.machine.modeltypename !== machine.machine?.machinetypename">
                 <span class="info-label">Model type</span>
                 <span class="info-value">{{ machine.machine.modeltypename }}</span>
               </div>
diff --git a/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue b/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue
index c7a56c7..3e984f1 100644
--- a/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue
+++ b/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@
               <span class="info-label">Model</span>
               <span class="info-value">{{ device.networkdevice.modelname }}</span>
             </div>
-            <!-- The catalog model's own type, kept separate from the device
-                 type: modeltypes spans every kind of asset. -->
-            <div class="info-row" v-if="device.networkdevice?.modeltypename">
+            <!-- Only when it DIFFERS from the device's own type: the two are
+                 separate tables but carry the same names in practice. -->
+            <div class="info-row"
+                 v-if="device.networkdevice?.modeltypename && device.networkdevice.modeltypename !== device.networkdevice?.networkdevicetypename">
               <span class="info-label">Model type</span>
               <span class="info-value">{{ device.networkdevice.modeltypename }}</span>
             </div>
diff --git a/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDetail.vue b/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDetail.vue
index 7fbe610..b5c4229 100644
--- a/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDetail.vue
+++ b/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDetail.vue
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
               <span class="hero-detail-label">Model</span>
               <span class="hero-detail-value">{{ printer.printer.modelname }}</span>
             </div>
-            <!-- The catalog model's own type, kept separate from the printer's
-                 type: modeltypes spans every kind of asset. -->
-            <div class="hero-detail" v-if="printer.printer?.modeltypename">
+            <!-- Only when it DIFFERS from the printer's own type: the two are
+                 separate tables but carry the same names in practice. -->
+            <div class="hero-detail"
+                 v-if="printer.printer?.modeltypename && printer.printer.modeltypename !== printer.printer?.printertypename">
               <span class="hero-detail-label">Model type</span>
               <span class="hero-detail-value">{{ printer.printer.modeltypename }}</span>
             </div>