diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 4dbdc377f4..9eb86720df 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -301,15 +301,11 @@ function admin_page_federation(&$a) {
 		//
 		// some platforms do not provide version information, add a unkown there
 		// to the version string for the displayed list.
-		$newV = array();
-		foreach ($v as $vv) {
-			if ($vv['version'] == '') {
-				$newV[] = array('total'=>$vv['total'], 'version'=>t('unknown'));
-			} else {
-				$newV[] = $vv;
+		foreach ($v as $key => $value) {
+			if ($v[$key]['version'] == '') {
+				$v[$key] = array('total'=>$v[$key]['total'], 'version'=>t('unknown'));
 			}
 		}
- 		$v = $newV;
 		// in the DB the Diaspora versions have the format x.x.x.x-xx the last
 		// part (-xx) should be removed to clean up the versions from the "head
 		// commit" information and combined into a single entry for x.x.x.x