diff --git a/register_judges_personal.php b/register_judges_personal.php
index 3e0c485f..95c19bc0 100644
--- a/register_judges_personal.php
+++ b/register_judges_personal.php
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@
 			"years_regional='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['years_regional']))."', ".
 			"years_national='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['years_national']))."', ".
 			"willing_chair='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['willing_chair']))."', ".
-			"attending_lunch='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['attending_lunch']))."', ".
-			"dateofbirth='$dob' ".
+			"attending_lunch='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['attending_lunch']))."' ".
 			"WHERE id='".$_SESSION['judges_id']."'");
 			echo mysql_error();
 	echo notice(i18n("%1 %2 successfully updated",array($_POST['firstname'],$_POST['lastname'])));
@@ -112,6 +111,8 @@ echo " <td>".i18n("Postal Code")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"postalcod
 echo " <td>".i18n("Phone (Home)")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"phonehome\" value=\"$judgeinfo->phonehome\" /></td>\n";
 echo "</tr>\n";
 
+/*
+//remove date of birth... its really not something that we should be asking
 echo "<tr>\n";
 echo " <td>".i18n("Date of Birth")."</td><td>\n";
 list($year,$month,$day)=split("-",$judgeinfo->dateofbirth);
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ list($year,$month,$day)=split("-",$judgeinfo->dateofbirth);
 echo " </td>\n";
 echo " <td>".i18n("Phone (Work)")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"phonework\" value=\"$judgeinfo->phonework\" /></td>\n";
 echo "</tr>";
+*/
 
 echo "<tr>\n";
 echo " <td>".i18n("Organization")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"organization\" value=\"$judgeinfo->organization\" /></td>\n";