diff --git a/modules/profile/profile.module b/modules/profile/profile.module
index 4068cf18a6ccf013205bd8676fd3c5c433be9152..9ff9efeff3aeff1a33c6de3ea8cd8a3c09c9d3a0 100644
--- a/modules/profile/profile.module
+++ b/modules/profile/profile.module
@@ -602,7 +602,6 @@ function profile_view_profile($user) {
 
   while ($field = db_fetch_object($result)) {
     if ($value = profile_view_field($user, $field)) {
-      $description = ($field->visibility == PROFILE_PRIVATE) ? t('The content of this field is private and only visible to yourself.') : '';
       $title = ($field->type != 'checkbox') ? check_plain($field->title) : NULL;
       $item = array('title' => $title,
         'value' => $value,