diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 636062136c..45e02d1ed8 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1046,11 +1046,10 @@ function get_events() {
 	$bd_short = t('F d');
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `event`.* FROM `event` 
-		WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND `type` != 'birthday' AND `start` < '%s' AND `finish` > '%s' 
+		WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND `type` != 'birthday' AND `start` < '%s' 
 		ORDER BY `start` DESC ",
 		intval(local_user()),
-		dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now + 6 days')),
-		dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now'))
+		dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now + 6 days'))
 	);
 
 	if($r && count($r)) {