diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index 6e1843315b..793d0d54bc 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ function get_forum_parents($forum_data)
 // Obtain list of moderators of each forum
 function get_moderators(&$forum_moderators, $forum_id = false)
 {
-	global $cache, $SID, $db, $acl_options, $phpEx;
+	global $config, $template, $db;
+
+	// Have we disabled the display of moderators? If so, then return
+	// from whence we came ... after setting an S_ template var
+	if (empty($config['load_moderators']))
+	{
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (!empty($forum_id) && is_array($forum_id))
 	{
diff --git a/phpBB/posting.php b/phpBB/posting.php
index 28a70170ba..227dfc143d 100644
--- a/phpBB/posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/posting.php
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
 	'FORUM_NAME' 			=> $forum_name,
 	'FORUM_DESC'			=> (!empty($forum_desc)) ? strip_tags($forum_desc) : '',
 	'TOPIC_TITLE' 			=> $topic_title,
-	'MODERATORS' 			=> (sizeof($moderators)) ? implode(', ', $moderators[$forum_id]) : $user->lang['NONE'],
+	'MODERATORS' 			=> (sizeof($moderators)) ? implode(', ', $moderators[$forum_id]) : '',
 	'USERNAME'				=> (((!$preview) && ($mode != 'quote')) || ($preview)) ? stripslashes($username) : '',
 	'SUBJECT'				=> $post_subject,
 	'PREVIEW_SUBJECT'		=> ($preview) ? $preview_subject : '',
diff --git a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html
index 5e6f05d654..673a117d96 100644
--- a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function checkForm()
 <form action="{S_POST_ACTION}" method="post" name="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this)" {S_FORM_ENCTYPE}>
 <table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center">
 	<tr>
-		<td colspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom"><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_FORUM}" title="{FORUM_DESC}">{FORUM_NAME}</a><!-- IF TOPIC_TITLE --> :: <a class="titles" href="{U_VIEWTOPIC}">{TOPIC_TITLE}</a><!-- ENDIF --><br /><b class="gensmall">{L_MODERATORS}: {MODERATORS}</b><br /><br /><b class="gensmall">{LOGGED_IN_USER_LIST}</b></td>
+		<td colspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom"><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_FORUM}" title="{FORUM_DESC}">{FORUM_NAME}</a><!-- IF TOPIC_TITLE --> :: <a class="titles" href="{U_VIEWTOPIC}">{TOPIC_TITLE}</a><!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF MODERATORS neq '' --><br /><b class="gensmall">{L_MODERATORS}: {MODERATORS}</b><br /><!-- ENDIF --><br /><b class="gensmall">{LOGGED_IN_USER_LIST}</b></td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 		<td class="nav" width="100%" align="left" valign="middle"><a href="{U_INDEX}">{L_INDEX}</a><!-- BEGIN navlinks --> -> <a href="{navlinks.U_VIEW_FORUM}">{navlinks.FORUM_NAME}</a><!-- END navlinks --></td>
diff --git a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewforum_body.html b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewforum_body.html
index 8e5aa18014..cd949f814e 100644
--- a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewforum_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewforum_body.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center">
 	<tr>
-		<td align="left" valign="bottom"><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_FORUM}" title="{FORUM_DESC}">{FORUM_NAME}</a><br /><!-- IF S_IS_POSTABLE --><span class="gensmall"><b>{L_MODERATORS}: {MODERATORS}</b></span><!-- ENDIF --></td>
+		<td align="left" valign="bottom"><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_FORUM}" title="{FORUM_DESC}">{FORUM_NAME}</a><br /><!-- IF S_IS_POSTABLE --><!-- IF MODERATORS neq '' --><span class="gensmall"><b>{L_MODERATORS}: {MODERATORS}</b></span><!-- ENDIF --><!-- ENDIF --></td>
 		<td class="gensmall" align="right" valign="bottom"><!-- IF S_IS_POSTABLE -->{MOD_CP}<!-- ENDIF --></td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
diff --git a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewtopic_body.html b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewtopic_body.html
index 848a45f6de..3f284da1f8 100644
--- a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewtopic_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/viewtopic_body.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center">
 	<tr>
-		<td align="left" valign="bottom"><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_TOPIC}">{TOPIC_TITLE}</a><br /><span class="gensmall"><b>{L_MODERATORS}: {MODERATORS}</b></span></td>
+		<td align="left" valign="bottom"><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_TOPIC}">{TOPIC_TITLE}</a><!-- IF MODERATORS neq '' --><br /><span class="gensmall"><b>{L_MODERATORS}: {MODERATORS}</b></span><!-- ENDIF --></td>
 		<td class="gensmall" align="right" valign="bottom">{MCP}</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
diff --git a/phpBB/viewforum.php b/phpBB/viewforum.php
index d729a4b0f4..693dc57cb9 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewforum.php
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ if ($forum_data['forum_postable'])
 		'PAGE_NUMBER'	=> on_page($topics_count, $config['topics_per_page'], $start), 
 		'TOTAL_TOPICS'	=> ($topics_count == 1) ? $user->lang['VIEW_FORUM_TOPIC'] : sprintf($user->lang['VIEW_FORUM_TOPICS'], $topics_count),
 		'MOD_CP' 		=> ($auth->acl_gets('m_', $forum_id)) ? sprintf($user->lang['MCP'], '<a href="mcp.' . $phpEx . '?sid=' . $user->session_id . '&amp;f=' . $forum_id . '">', '</a>') : '', 
-		'MODERATORS'	=> (!empty($moderators[$forum_id])) ? implode(', ', $moderators[$forum_id]) : $user->lang['NONE'],
+		'MODERATORS'	=> (!empty($moderators[$forum_id])) ? implode(', ', $moderators[$forum_id]) : '',
 
 		'POST_IMG' 				=> (intval($forum_data['forum_status']) == ITEM_LOCKED) ? $user->img('btn_locked', $post_alt) : $user->img('btn_post', $post_alt),
 		'FOLDER_IMG' 			=> $user->img('folder', 'NO_NEW_POSTS'),
diff --git a/phpBB/viewtopic.php b/phpBB/viewtopic.php
index e31b3c9b08..e0b500ea21 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewtopic.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewtopic.php
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
 	'PAGE_NUMBER' 	=> (isset($_GET['view']) && $_GET['view'] == 'print') ? '' : on_page($total_posts, $config['posts_per_page'], $start),
 	'TOTAL_POSTS'	=> ($total_posts == 1) ? $user->lang['VIEW_TOPIC_POST'] : sprintf($user->lang['VIEW_TOPIC_POSTS'], $total_posts), 
 	'MCP' 			=> ($auth->acl_get('m_', $forum_id)) ? sprintf($user->lang['MCP'], "<a href=\"mcp.$phpEx?sid=" . $user->session_id . "&amp;t=$topic_id&amp;start=$start&amp;st=$sort_days&amp;sk=$sort_key&amp;sd=$sort_dir&amp;posts_per_page=" . $config['posts_per_page'] . '">', '</a>') : '',
-	'MODERATORS'	=> (sizeof($forum_moderators[$forum_id])) ? implode(', ', $forum_moderators[$forum_id]) : $user->lang['NONE'],
+	'MODERATORS'	=> (sizeof($forum_moderators[$forum_id])) ? implode(', ', $forum_moderators[$forum_id]) : '',
 
 	'POST_IMG' 		=> $post_img,
 	'REPLY_IMG'		=> $reply_img,