diff --git a/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php b/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php
index 2d07c8292..5baad462c 100644
--- a/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php
+++ b/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function forumdirectory_content(App $a)
 
 	$limit = $pager->getStart()."," . $pager->getItemsPerPage();
 
-	$r = DBA::p("SELECT `profile`.*, `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`timezone` , `user`.`page-flags`,
+	$r = DBA::p("SELECT `profile`.*, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`timezone` , `user`.`page-flags`,
 			`contact`.`addr`, `contact`.`url` AS `profile_url` FROM `profile`
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
 			LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
diff --git a/widgets/widget_friendheader.php b/widgets/widget_friendheader.php
index f47b1b572..c40312906 100644
--- a/widgets/widget_friendheader.php
+++ b/widgets/widget_friendheader.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function friendheader_widget_size()
 
 function friendheader_widget_content(&$a, $conf)
 {
-	$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `profile`.* , `user`.* FROM `profile`
+	$r = q("SELECT `profile`.* , `user`.* FROM `profile`
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			WHERE `user`.`uid` = %s LIMIT 1",
 		intval($conf['uid'])
diff --git a/widgets/widget_friends.php b/widgets/widget_friends.php
index a3951cdc8..08b7415c5 100644
--- a/widgets/widget_friends.php
+++ b/widgets/widget_friends.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function friends_widget_size()
 
 function friends_widget_content(&$a, $conf)
 {
-	$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `profile`.* , `user`.* FROM `profile`
+	$r = q("SELECT `profile`.* , `user`.* FROM `profile`
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			WHERE `user`.`uid` = %s LIMIT 1",
 		intval($conf['uid'])