diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index c5da0ebed3..f0f5d3623e 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -276,8 +276,10 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 		$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ",intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 
+		// FROM `item` FORCE INDEX (created, uid) LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
+
 		$r = q("SELECT `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
-			FROM `item` FORCE INDEX (created, uid) LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
+			FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
 			WHERE `item`.`uid` = %d AND `item`.`visible` = 1 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0
 			and `item`.`moderated` = 0 AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 			AND `item`.`id` = `item`.`parent` AND `item`.`wall` = 1