diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 4e1249e19..2bcbb4ebd 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ function feed_birthday($uid, $tz)
 		$tz = 'UTC';
 	}
 
-	$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['dob'], ['is-default' => true, 'uid' => $uid]);
+	$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['dob'], ['uid' => $uid]);
 	if (DBA::isResult($profile)) {
 		$tmp_dob = substr($profile['dob'], 5);
 		if (intval($tmp_dob)) {
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index b5edafc5f..8be552013 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function display_init(App $a)
 		if ($nickname != $a->user["nickname"]) {
 			$profile = DBA::fetchFirst("SELECT `profile`.* , `contact`.`avatar-date` AS picdate, `user`.* FROM `profile`
 				INNER JOIN `contact` on `contact`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid` INNER JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-				WHERE `user`.`nickname` = ? AND `profile`.`is-default` AND `contact`.`self` LIMIT 1",
+				WHERE `user`.`nickname` = ? AND `contact`.`self` LIMIT 1",
 				$nickname
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($profile)) {
diff --git a/mod/msearch.php b/mod/msearch.php
index 67b8ea6fd..958477600 100644
--- a/mod/msearch.php
+++ b/mod/msearch.php
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ function msearch_post(App $a)
 		"SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`
 			FROM `profile`
 		  	JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-			WHERE `is-default` = 1
-			AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0
+			WHERE `user`.`hidewall` = 0
 		  	AND MATCH(`pub_keywords`) AGAINST (?)",
 		$search
 	);
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ function msearch_post(App $a)
 		"SELECT `pub_keywords`, `username`, `nickname`, `user`.`uid`
 			FROM `user`
 			JOIN `profile` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-			WHERE `is-default` = 1
-			AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0
+			WHERE `user`.`hidewall` = 0
 			AND MATCH(`pub_keywords`) AGAINST (?)
 			LIMIT ?, ?",
 		$search,
diff --git a/mod/poco.php b/mod/poco.php
index 8e7d63418..d8941e51a 100644
--- a/mod/poco.php
+++ b/mod/poco.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 
 	if (! $system_mode && ! $global) {
 		$users = q("SELECT `user`.*,`profile`.`hide-friends` from user left join profile on `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-			where `user`.`nickname` = '%s' and `profile`.`is-default` = 1 limit 1",
+			where `user`.`nickname` = '%s' limit 1",
 			DBA::escape($nickname)
 		);
 		if (! DBA::isResult($users) || $users[0]['hidewall'] || $users[0]['hide-friends']) {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 				`profile`.`postal-code` AS `ppostalcode`, `profile`.`country-name` AS `pcountry`, `user`.`account-type`
 			FROM `contact` INNER JOIN `profile` ON `profile`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
 				INNER JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-			WHERE `self` = 1 AND `profile`.`is-default`
+			WHERE `self` = 1
 			AND `contact`.`uid` IN (SELECT `uid` FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'system' AND `k` = 'suggestme' AND `v` = 1) LIMIT %d, %d",
 			intval($startIndex),
 			intval($itemsPerPage)
diff --git a/mod/regmod.php b/mod/regmod.php
index a3039b798..ed030723d 100644
--- a/mod/regmod.php
+++ b/mod/regmod.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function user_allow($hash)
 
 	DBA::update('user', ['blocked' => false, 'verified' => true], ['uid' => $register['uid']]);
 
-	$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['net-publish'], ['uid' => $register['uid'], 'is-default' => true]);
+	$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['net-publish'], ['uid' => $register['uid']]);
 
 	if (DBA::isResult($profile) && $profile['net-publish'] && DI::config()->get('system', 'directory')) {
 		$url = DI::baseUrl() . '/profile/' . $user['nickname'];
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index a07ad24cc..3ba5dc2b3 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 		`name` = '%s',
 		`net-publish` = %d,
 		`hide-friends` = %d
-		WHERE `is-default` = 1 AND `uid` = %d",
+		WHERE `uid` = %d",
 		intval($publish),
 		DBA::escape($username),
 		intval($net_publish),
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 	 * ACCOUNT SETTINGS
 	 */
 
-	$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', [], ['is-default' => true, 'uid' => local_user()]);
+	$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', [], ['uid' => local_user()]);
 	if (!DBA::isResult($profile)) {
 		notice(DI::l10n()->t('Unable to find your profile. Please contact your admin.') . EOL);
 		return;
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 08c67f8ef..d20872ed6 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ class Contact
 
 		$fields = ['name', 'photo', 'thumb', 'about', 'address', 'locality', 'region',
 			'country-name', 'gender', 'pub_keywords', 'xmpp', 'net-publish'];
-		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'is-default' => true]);
+		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($profile)) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ class Contact
 			// Update the profile
 			$fields = ['photo' => DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/profile/' .$uid . '.' . $file_suffix,
 				'thumb' => DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/avatar/' . $uid .'.' . $file_suffix];
-			DBA::update('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'is-default' => true]);
+			DBA::update('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid]);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 774f419ee..86fb1a94c 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ class Profile
 	 */
 	public static function getByUID($uid)
 	{
-		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', [], ['uid' => $uid, 'is-default' => true]);
-		return $profile;
+		return DBA::selectFirst('profile', [], ['uid' => $uid]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ class Profile
 			}
 		}
 
-		$profile = self::getByNickname($nickname, $user['uid'], $profile_id);
+		$profile = self::getByNickname($nickname, $user['uid']);
 
 		if (empty($profile) && empty($profiledata)) {
 			Logger::log('profile error: ' . DI::args()->getQueryString(), Logger::DEBUG);
@@ -159,17 +158,7 @@ class Profile
 		}
 
 		if (empty($profile)) {
-			$profile = ['uid' => 0, 'is-default' => false,'name' => $nickname];
-		}
-
-		// fetch user tags if this isn't the default profile
-
-		if (!$profile['is-default']) {
-			$condition = ['uid' => $profile['uid'], 'is-default' => true];
-			$profile_id = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['pub_keywords'], $condition);
-			if (DBA::isResult($profile_id)) {
-				$profile['pub_keywords'] = $profile_id['pub_keywords'];
-			}
+			$profile = ['uid' => 0, 'name' => $nickname];
 		}
 
 		$a->profile = $profile;
@@ -1031,7 +1020,7 @@ class Profile
 	 */
 	public static function searchProfiles($start = 0, $count = 100, $search = null)
 	{
-		$publish = (DI::config()->get('system', 'publish_all') ? '' : " AND `publish` = 1 ");
+		$publish = (DI::config()->get('system', 'publish_all') ? '' : "`publish` = 1");
 		$total = 0;
 
 		if (!empty($search)) {
@@ -1039,7 +1028,7 @@ class Profile
 			$cnt = DBA::fetchFirst("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`
 				FROM `profile`
 				LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-				WHERE `is-default` $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed`
+				WHERE $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed`
 				AND ((`profile`.`name` LIKE ?) OR
 				(`user`.`nickname` LIKE ?) OR
 				(`profile`.`pdesc` LIKE ?) OR
@@ -1061,7 +1050,7 @@ class Profile
 			$cnt = DBA::fetchFirst("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`
 				FROM `profile`
 				LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-				WHERE `is-default` $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed`");
+				WHERE $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed`");
 		}
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($cnt)) {
@@ -1081,7 +1070,7 @@ class Profile
 			FROM `profile`
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
 			LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-			WHERE `is-default` $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed` AND `contact`.`self`
+			WHERE $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed` AND `contact`.`self`
 			AND ((`profile`.`name` LIKE ?) OR
 				(`user`.`nickname` LIKE ?) OR
 				(`profile`.`pdesc` LIKE ?) OR
@@ -1108,7 +1097,7 @@ class Profile
 			FROM `profile`
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
 			LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-			WHERE `is-default` $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed` AND `contact`.`self`
+			WHERE $publish AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed` AND `contact`.`self`
 			$order LIMIT ?,?",
 					$start, $count
 				);
diff --git a/src/Model/User.php b/src/Model/User.php
index 0e8d11f73..fd7238819 100644
--- a/src/Model/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/User.php
@@ -782,9 +782,7 @@ class User
 			'photo' => DI::baseUrl() . "/photo/profile/{$uid}.jpg",
 			'thumb' => DI::baseUrl() . "/photo/avatar/{$uid}.jpg",
 			'publish' => $publish,
-			'is-default' => 1,
 			'net-publish' => $netpublish,
-			'profile-name' => DI::l10n()->t('default')
 		]);
 		if (!$insert_result) {
 			DBA::delete('user', ['uid' => $uid]);
@@ -1113,7 +1111,7 @@ class User
 
 		$userStmt = DBA::p("SELECT `user`.`uid`, `user`.`login_date`, `contact`.`last-item`
 			FROM `user`
-			INNER JOIN `profile` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid` AND `profile`.`is-default`
+			INNER JOIN `profile` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid` AND `contact`.`self`
 			WHERE (`profile`.`publish` OR `profile`.`net-publish`) AND `user`.`verified`
 				AND NOT `user`.`blocked` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed`
diff --git a/src/Module/Settings/Profile/Index.php b/src/Module/Settings/Profile/Index.php
index ea3df3ca2..b0eb194ed 100644
--- a/src/Module/Settings/Profile/Index.php
+++ b/src/Module/Settings/Profile/Index.php
@@ -115,10 +115,7 @@ class Index extends BaseSettingsModule
 				'prv_keywords' => $prv_keywords,
 				'hide-friends' => $hide_friends,
 			],
-			[
-				'uid' => local_user(),
-				'is-default' => true,
-			]
+			['uid' => local_user()]
 		);
 
 		if ($result) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index c9d39dede..23301456a 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Transmitter
 		}
 
 		$fields = ['locality', 'region', 'country-name'];
-		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'is-default' => true]);
+		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($profile)) {
 			return [];
 		}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index f649df558..424b51906 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ class DFRN
 				`profile`.`pub_keywords`, `profile`.`xmpp`, `profile`.`dob`
 			FROM `profile`
 				INNER JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-				WHERE `profile`.`is-default` AND NOT `user`.`hidewall` AND `user`.`uid` = %d",
+				WHERE NOT `user`.`hidewall` AND `user`.`uid` = %d",
 			intval($owner['uid'])
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index beb0485c4..bff56d5af 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -4092,7 +4092,7 @@ class Diaspora
 			FROM `profile`
 			INNER JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `profile`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-			WHERE `user`.`uid` = %d AND `profile`.`is-default` AND `contact`.`self` LIMIT 1",
+			WHERE `user`.`uid` = %d AND `contact`.`self` LIMIT 1",
 			intval($uid)
 		);
 
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index 225c2ec2b..dc30b596f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ class OStatus
 	 */
 	private static function addAuthor(DOMDocument $doc, array $owner, $show_profile = true)
 	{
-		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['homepage', 'publish'], ['uid' => $owner['uid'], 'is-default' => true]);
+		$profile = DBA::selectFirst('profile', ['homepage', 'publish'], ['uid' => $owner['uid']]);
 		$author = $doc->createElement("author");
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "id", $owner["url"]);
 		if ($owner['account-type'] == User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Directory.php b/src/Worker/Directory.php
index 4d5393dd8..ac9aeae5b 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Directory.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Directory.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Directory
 		$r = q("SELECT `url` FROM `contact`
 			INNER JOIN `profile` ON `profile`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
 			INNER JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-				WHERE `contact`.`self` AND `profile`.`net-publish` AND `profile`.`is-default` AND
+				WHERE `contact`.`self` AND `profile`.`net-publish` AND
 					NOT `user`.`account_expired` AND `user`.`verified`");
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/theme.php b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
index 9188bcbc9..e5d5e1ce9 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ function vier_community_info()
 
 	// last 9 users
 	if ($show_lastusers) {
-		$publish = (DI::config()->get('system', 'publish_all') ? '' : " AND `publish` = 1 ");
+		$publish = (DI::config()->get('system', 'publish_all') ? '' : "`publish` = 1");
 		$order = " ORDER BY `register_date` DESC ";
 
 		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('ch_directory_item.tpl');
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `profile`.*, `user`.`nickname`
 				FROM `profile` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
-				WHERE `is-default` = 1 $publish AND `user`.`blocked` = 0 $order LIMIT %d , %d ",
+				WHERE $publish AND `user`.`blocked` = 0 $order LIMIT %d , %d ",
 			0,
 			9
 		);