diff --git a/include/main.js b/include/main.js
index 5b9dae4610..c2772000d7 100644
--- a/include/main.js
+++ b/include/main.js
@@ -47,11 +47,7 @@
 			if(mail == 0) { mail = '';  $('#mail-update').hide() } else { $('#mail-update').show() }
 			$('#mail-update').html(mail);
 			var intro = $(data).find('intro').text();
-			var register = $(data).find('register').text();
-			if(intro == 0) { intro = ''; }
-			if(register != 0 && intro != '') { intro = intro+'/'+register; }
-			if(register != 0 && intro == '') { intro = '0/'+register; }
-			if (intro == '') { $('#notify-update').hide() } else { $('#notify-update').show() }
+			if(intro == 0) { intro = ''; $('#notify-update').hide() } else { $('#notify-update').show() }
 			$('#notify-update').html(intro);
 		});
 		
diff --git a/mod/notifications.php b/mod/notifications.php
index 90f62fa476..c6f073058d 100644
--- a/mod/notifications.php
+++ b/mod/notifications.php
@@ -167,30 +167,6 @@ function notifications_content(&$a) {
 	else
 		info( t('No notifications.') . EOL);
 
-/*
-	if ($a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_APPROVE &&	
-		$a->config['admin_email'] === $a->user['email']){
-		$o .= '<h1>' . t('User registrations waiting for confirm') . '</h1>' . "\r\n";
-		
-		$r = q("SELECT `register`.*, `contact`.`name`, `user`.`email`
-				 FROM `register`
-				 LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `register`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-				 LEFT JOIN `user` ON `register`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`;");
-		if(($r !== false) && (count($r))) {
-			$o .= '<ul>';
-			foreach($r as $rr) {
-				$o .= '<li>' . sprintf('%s (%s) : ', $rr['name'],$rr['email']) 
-					. '<a href="regmod/allow/' . $rr['hash'] .'">' . t('Approve') 
-					. '</a> - <a href="regmod/deny/' . $rr['hash'] . '">' . t('Deny') . '</a></li>' . "\r\n";
-			}
-			$o .= "</ul>";
-		}
-		else
-			info( t('No registrations.') . EOL);
-
-	}
-*/
-
 	$o .= paginate($a);
 	return $o;
 }
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 6e8618bbdc..7c31f00c9c 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 	);
 	$intro = $r[0]['total'];
 
-	if (($a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_APPROVE) && (is_site_admin())) {
-			$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `register`");
-			$register = $r[0]['total'];
-	} else {
-		$register = "0";
-	}
-
-
 	$myurl = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $a->user['nickname'] ;
 	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `mail`
 		WHERE `uid` = %d AND `seen` = 0 AND `from-url` != '%s' ",
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 	$mail = $r[0]['total'];
 	
 	header("Content-type: text/xml");
-	echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\r\n<result><register>$register</register><intro>$intro</intro><mail>$mail</mail><net>$network</net><home>$home</home></result>\r\n";
+	echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\r\n<result><intro>$intro</intro><mail>$mail</mail><net>$network</net><home>$home</home></result>\r\n";
 
 	killme();
 }