diff --git a/Userland/Applets/Network/main.cpp b/Userland/Applets/Network/main.cpp
index fee24bbaae..fd7f8e3655 100644
--- a/Userland/Applets/Network/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applets/Network/main.cpp
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ private:
 
     void update_widget()
     {
-        auto adapter_info = get_adapter_info();
-
-        if (adapter_info == "") {
+        auto adapter_info_or_error = get_adapter_info();
+        if (adapter_info_or_error.is_error()) {
+            dbgln("Couldn't update adapter info: {}", adapter_info_or_error.error());
             set_connected(false);
-            m_adapter_info = "No network adapters";
+            m_adapter_info = "No network adapters"_string;
         } else {
-            m_adapter_info = adapter_info;
+            m_adapter_info = adapter_info_or_error.release_value();
         }
 
-        set_tooltip_deprecated(m_adapter_info);
+        set_tooltip(m_adapter_info);
 
         if (m_connected)
             NetworkWidget::set_bitmap(m_connected_icon);
@@ -103,29 +103,15 @@ private:
         m_connected = connected;
     }
 
-    DeprecatedString get_adapter_info()
+    ErrorOr<String> get_adapter_info()
     {
+        auto file = TRY(Core::File::open("/sys/kernel/net/adapters"sv, Core::File::OpenMode::Read));
+        auto file_contents = TRY(file->read_until_eof());
+        auto json = TRY(JsonValue::from_string(file_contents));
+
         StringBuilder adapter_info;
-
-        auto file_or_error = Core::File::open("/sys/kernel/net/adapters"sv, Core::File::OpenMode::Read);
-        if (file_or_error.is_error()) {
-            dbgln("Error: Could not open /sys/kernel/net/adapters: {}", file_or_error.error());
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        auto file_contents_or_error = file_or_error.value()->read_until_eof();
-        if (file_contents_or_error.is_error()) {
-            dbgln("Error: Could not read /sys/kernel/net/adapters: {}", file_contents_or_error.error());
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        auto json = JsonValue::from_string(file_contents_or_error.value());
-
-        if (json.is_error())
-            return adapter_info.to_deprecated_string();
-
         int connected_adapters = 0;
-        json.value().as_array().for_each([&adapter_info, &connected_adapters](auto& value) {
+        json.as_array().for_each([&adapter_info, &connected_adapters](auto& value) {
             auto& if_object = value.as_object();
             auto ip_address = if_object.get_deprecated_string("ipv4_address"sv).value_or("no IP");
             auto ifname = if_object.get_deprecated_string("name"sv).value();
@@ -151,10 +137,10 @@ private:
         // show connected icon so long as at least one adapter is connected
         connected_adapters ? set_connected(true) : set_connected(false);
 
-        return adapter_info.to_deprecated_string();
+        return adapter_info.to_string();
     }
 
-    DeprecatedString m_adapter_info;
+    String m_adapter_info;
     bool m_connected = false;
     bool m_notifications = true;
     NonnullRefPtr<Gfx::Bitmap> m_connected_icon;