diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_register.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_register.php
index fe09d0a9fe..56efc4706f 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_register.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_register.php
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ class ucp_register
 				$s_hidden_fields = array_merge($s_hidden_fields, array(
 					'username'			=> utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('username', '', true)),
 					'email'				=> strtolower(request_var('email', '')),
-					'email_confirm'		=> strtolower(request_var('email_confirm', '')),
 					'lang'				=> $user->lang_name,
 					'tz'				=> request_var('tz', (float) $config['board_timezone']),
 				));
@@ -189,7 +188,6 @@ class ucp_register
 			'new_password'		=> request_var('new_password', '', true),
 			'password_confirm'	=> request_var('password_confirm', '', true),
 			'email'				=> strtolower(request_var('email', '')),
-			'email_confirm'		=> strtolower(request_var('email_confirm', '')),
 			'lang'				=> basename(request_var('lang', $user->lang_name)),
 			'tz'				=> request_var('tz', (float) $timezone),
 		);
@@ -208,7 +206,6 @@ class ucp_register
 				'email'				=> array(
 					array('string', false, 6, 60),
 					array('email')),
-				'email_confirm'		=> array('string', false, 6, 60),
 				'tz'				=> array('num', false, -14, 14),
 				'lang'				=> array('language_iso_name'),
 			));
@@ -253,11 +250,6 @@ class ucp_register
 				{
 					$error[] = $user->lang['NEW_PASSWORD_ERROR'];
 				}
-
-				if ($data['email'] != $data['email_confirm'])
-				{
-					$error[] = $user->lang['NEW_EMAIL_ERROR'];
-				}
 			}
 
 			if (!sizeof($error))
@@ -472,7 +464,6 @@ class ucp_register
 			'PASSWORD'			=> $data['new_password'],
 			'PASSWORD_CONFIRM'	=> $data['password_confirm'],
 			'EMAIL'				=> $data['email'],
-			'EMAIL_CONFIRM'		=> $data['email_confirm'],
 
 			'L_REG_COND'				=> $l_reg_cond,
 			'L_USERNAME_EXPLAIN'		=> $user->lang($config['allow_name_chars'] . '_EXPLAIN', $user->lang('CHARACTERS', (int) $config['min_name_chars']), $user->lang('CHARACTERS', (int) $config['max_name_chars'])),
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html
index dd0e5ad02a..30ed37eecc 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
 		<dt><label for="email">{L_EMAIL_ADDRESS}:</label></dt>
 		<dd><input type="text" tabindex="2" name="email" id="email" size="25" maxlength="100" value="{EMAIL}" class="inputbox autowidth" title="{L_EMAIL_ADDRESS}" /></dd>
 	</dl>
-	<dl>
-		<dt><label for="email_confirm">{L_CONFIRM_EMAIL}:</label></dt>
-		<dd><input type="text" tabindex="3" name="email_confirm" id="email_confirm" size="25" maxlength="100" value="{EMAIL_CONFIRM}" class="inputbox autowidth" title="{L_CONFIRM_EMAIL}" /></dd>
-	</dl>
 	<dl>
 		<dt><label for="new_password">{L_PASSWORD}:</label><br /><span>{L_PASSWORD_EXPLAIN}</span></dt>
 		<dd><input type="password" tabindex="4" name="new_password" id="new_password" size="25" value="{PASSWORD}" class="inputbox autowidth" title="{L_NEW_PASSWORD}" /></dd>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_register.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_register.html
index ad6fb8d056..0c3533292d 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_register.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_register.html
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 	<td class="row1"><b class="genmed">{L_EMAIL_ADDRESS}: </b></td>
 	<td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="email" size="25" maxlength="100" value="{EMAIL}" /></td>
 </tr>
-<tr>
-	<td class="row1"><b class="genmed">{L_CONFIRM_EMAIL}: </b></td>
-	<td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="email_confirm" size="25" maxlength="100" value="{EMAIL_CONFIRM}" /></td>
-</tr>
 <tr>
 	<td class="row1"><b class="genmed">{L_PASSWORD}: </b><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_PASSWORD_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
 	<td class="row2"><input class="post" type="password" name="new_password" size="25" value="{PASSWORD}" /></td>