diff --git a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/CheckItem.tsx b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/CheckItem.tsx
index c9050b5dd3f1..5d5008554a6c 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/CheckItem.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/CheckItem.tsx
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ export const CheckItem = (props: CheckItemProps): JSX.Element | null => {
     t as TFunction,
     i18n
   )
+  const slotOnlyDisplayLocation = getDisplayLocation(
+    location,
+    labwareDefs,
+    t as TFunction,
+    i18n,
+    true
+  )
   const labwareDisplayName = getLabwareDisplayName(labwareDef)
 
   let placeItemInstruction: JSX.Element = (
@@ -445,7 +452,7 @@ export const CheckItem = (props: CheckItemProps): JSX.Element | null => {
         <JogToWell
           header={t('check_item_in_location', {
             item: isTiprack ? t('tip_rack') : t('labware'),
-            location: displayLocation,
+            location: slotOnlyDisplayLocation,
           })}
           body={
             <Trans
@@ -483,7 +490,7 @@ export const CheckItem = (props: CheckItemProps): JSX.Element | null => {
           {...props}
           header={t('prepare_item_in_location', {
             item: isTiprack ? t('tip_rack') : t('labware'),
-            location: displayLocation,
+            location: slotOnlyDisplayLocation,
           })}
           body={
             <UnorderedList
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/utils/getDisplayLocation.ts b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/utils/getDisplayLocation.ts
index 2c0fb134a406..d70b741c48da 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/utils/getDisplayLocation.ts
+++ b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/utils/getDisplayLocation.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ export function getDisplayLocation(
   location: LabwareOffsetLocation,
   labwareDefinitions: LabwareDefinition2[],
   t: TFunction,
-  i18n: i18n
+  i18n: i18n,
+  slotOnly?: boolean
 ): string {
   const slotDisplayLocation = i18n.format(
     t('slot_name', { slotName: location.slotName }),
     'titleCase'
   )
+  if (slotOnly) {
+    return slotDisplayLocation
+  }
 
   if ('definitionUri' in location && location.definitionUri != null) {
     const adapterDisplayName = labwareDefinitions.find(