diff --git a/.update/patches b/.update/patches
index 0bc59380ef..07094616cf 100644
--- a/.update/patches
+++ b/.update/patches
@@ -157,13 +157,6 @@ Patch_7_2()
 \nYou may upgrade via: dietpi-software reinstall 86
 \nNB: Roon extensions which were installed via the legacy method must be reinstalled with the new Roon Extension Manager. Extensions which were installed as Docker images already, will continue to function.'
 
-	# Pi-hole: Whitelist domain of GEO IP API we use in banner and DietPi-VPN as this is part of public blocklists: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/4398#issuecomment-845477200
-	if command -v pihole > /dev/null
-	then
-		G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 'Whitelisting "freegeoip.app" in Pi-hole, which is used by dietpi-banner and dietpi-vpn to obtain your public IP and location...'
-		pihole -w freegeoip.app --comment 'Used by dietpi-banner and dietpi-vpn to obtain your public IP and location'
-	fi
-
 	# Inform about available software updates
 	if [[ -f '/boot/dietpi/.installed' ]]
 	then
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index bdc8bcd084..436d0b922a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Remove software:
 - CouchPotato | Sadly, the CouchPotato project is not maintained anymore and has been abandoned. In turn we removed it from DietPi. The instance installed on your system will remain, but it cannot be installed, reinstalled or uninstalled anymore. We recommend to migrate to an alternative project, like Radarr, which can be found in DietPi-Software was well. Manual CouchPotato uninstall instructions: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4323#issuecomment-927128724
 
 Changes:
+- DietPi-Globals | G_GET_WAN_IP: We use our own GEO IP service now to show the systems WAN IP and location in the DietPi banner and DietPi-VPN. When Pi-hole was used, with a previous update, "freegeoip.app" was added to Pi-hole's whitlist, which is now not required anymore. You may hence remove that entry from the whitelist.
 - DietPi-Login | The DietPi banner on login won't be shown anymore if ~/.hushlogin exists, which is a common method to prevent the shell from printing /etc/motd on login and should hence be respected for the DietPi banner as well. Many thanks to @dnknth for doing this suggestion: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4786
 
 Fixes:
diff --git a/dietpi/dietpi-vpn b/dietpi/dietpi-vpn
index 91f6991d2c..cbf037c524 100644
--- a/dietpi/dietpi-vpn
+++ b/dietpi/dietpi-vpn
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Available commands:
 	RX='N/A'
 	TX='N/A'
 
-	Update_WAN_IP(){ WAN_IP=$(G_GET_WAN_IP); }
+	Update_WAN_IP(){ WAN_IP=$(G_GET_WAN_IP 2>&1); }
 
 	Check_Connected()
 	{
diff --git a/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner b/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner
index 42a55a4124..d3dbdaa121 100644
--- a/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner
+++ b/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ $GREEN_LINE"
 		# LAN IP [5]
 		Print_Local_Ip
 		# WAN IP + location info: Move this to /run/dietpi/.network?
-		(( ${aENABLED[6]} == 1 )) && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[6]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(G_GET_WAN_IP)"
+		(( ${aENABLED[6]} == 1 )) && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[6]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(G_GET_WAN_IP 2>&1)"
 		# DietPi-VPN connection status
 		(( ${aENABLED[13]} == 1 )) && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[13]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(/boot/dietpi/dietpi-vpn status 2>&1)"
 		# Freespace (RootFS)
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ $GREEN_LINE"
 		# Freespace (DietPi userdata)
 		(( ${aENABLED[8]} == 1 )) && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[8]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(df -h --output=avail /mnt/dietpi_userdata | mawk 'NR==2 {print $1}' 2>&1)"
 		# Weather
-		(( ${aENABLED[9]} == 1 )) && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[9]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(curl -sSfLm 3 https://wttr.in/?format=4 2>&1)"
+		(( ${aENABLED[9]} == 1 )) && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[9]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(curl -sSfLm 3 'https://wttr.in/?format=4' 2>&1)"
 		# Custom
 		[[ ${aENABLED[10]} == 1 && -x $FP_CUSTOM ]] && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[10]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $(bash $FP_CUSTOM 2>&1)"
 		# MOTD
 		if (( ${aENABLED[12]} == 1 )); then
 
 			local motd fp_motd='/run/dietpi/.dietpi_motd'
-			[[ -f $fp_motd ]] || curl -sSfLm 3 https://dietpi.com/motd -o $fp_motd
+			[[ -f $fp_motd ]] || curl -sSfLm 3 'https://dietpi.com/motd' -o $fp_motd
 			[[ -f $fp_motd ]] && . $fp_motd &> /dev/null && [[ $motd ]] && echo -e "$GREEN_BULLET ${aCOLOUR[1]}${aDESCRIPTION[12]} $GREEN_SEPARATOR $motd"
 
 		fi
diff --git a/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals b/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
index ded857eb48..1ce1bacf85 100644
--- a/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
+++ b/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
@@ -1177,10 +1177,7 @@ $log_content" || break # Exit error handler menu loop on cancel
 			esac
 			shift
 		done
-		local response=$(curl -sSfLm "$timeout" https://freegeoip.app/csv/ 2>&1 | mawk -F, '($5){r=$5" "}{print $1" "r$3}')
-		# https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4445
-		[[ $response == 'curl: (60)'* ]] && response='freegeoip.app seems to be blocked via DNS, please add it to the whitelist to allow WAN IP retrieval.'
-		echo "$response"		
+		curl -sSfLm "$timeout" 'https://dietpi.com/geoip'
 	}
 
 	# $1 = directory to test permissions support