A drug delivery device (1 OO), including a body (104, 1 16) having a reservoir (164, 176) disposed therein for containing a medicament and an injection needle (1 52) for penetrating the skin of a patient, the needle (152) providing a path for the medicament between the reservoir (164, 176) and the patient. The device (100) also includes a needle cover (1 14) for selectively covering the injection needle (152), an adhesive (264) for selectively adhering the device to the patient, a release liner (500) for selectively covering a patient side of the adhesive (264), and a connecting means (1 12, 520, 512, 508, 524) for connecting the needle cover (1 14) and the release liner (500) such that removal of one of the needle cover (1 14) and the release liner (500) from the device (100) removes the other one of the needle cover (1 14) and the release liner (500).