diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index 0ab6a4dc08b46461161ddaa677cf230a0e0ed761..dfcfd544cfe1ae24987b86cf8600e25cf388460b 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 				src="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'logo-wide.svg')); ?>" alt="<?php p($theme->getName()); ?>" /></a>
 			<div id="logo-claim" style="display:none;"><?php p($theme->getLogoClaim()); ?></div>
 
-			<?php if (isset($_['avatar'])) { print_unescaped($_['avatar']); } ?>
+			<?php print_unescaped($_['avatar']); ?>
 
 			<ul id="settings" class="svg">
 				<span id="expand" tabindex="0" role="link">
diff --git a/lib/templatelayout.php b/lib/templatelayout.php
index 2e31b0395d57f8b82bb4e653a63ee4b89a24c54d..b69d932c0a0ebaf345f75095e0b93d8d912fac76 100644
--- a/lib/templatelayout.php
+++ b/lib/templatelayout.php
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ class OC_TemplateLayout extends OC_Template {
 				$this->assign('bodyid', 'body-user');
 			}
 
-			// display avatars if they are enabled
-			if (OC_Config::getValue('avatar') === 'gravatar' || OC_Config::getValue('avatar', 'local') === 'local') {
-				$this->assign('avatar', '<img class="avatar" src="'.\OC_Helper::linkToRoute('core_avatar_get').'/'.OC_User::getUser().'/32">');
-			}
+			$this->assign('avatar', '<img class="avatar" src="'.\OC_Helper::linkToRoute('core_avatar_get').'/'.OC_User::getUser().'/32">');
 
 			// Update notification
 			if(OC_Config::getValue('updatechecker', true) === true) {
diff --git a/settings/templates/personal.php b/settings/templates/personal.php
index 1ea005cf3353cea22599be58ab503a88ade64ddb..9602414b66896eb5b948903e0cc854e34c9ec97f 100644
--- a/settings/templates/personal.php
+++ b/settings/templates/personal.php
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ if($_['passwordChangeSupported']) {
 		<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php p($_['email']); ?>"
 			placeholder="<?php p($l->t('Your email address'));?>" /><span class="msg"></span><br />
 		<em><?php p($l->t('Fill in an email address to enable password recovery'));?></em>
-		<?php if($_['avatar'] === "gravatar") {
-			print_unescaped($l->t('<br><em>Your Email will be used for your gravatar<em>'));
-		} ?>
 	</fieldset>
 </form>
 <?php
diff --git a/settings/users.php b/settings/users.php
index 7dba45e1284133752190c467ce131d79b4acc0f5..213d1eecfda01ef0d921531705dc923619fbcbbf 100644
--- a/settings/users.php
+++ b/settings/users.php
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ foreach($accessibleusers as $uid => $displayName) {
 
 	$users[] = array(
 		"name" => $uid,
-		"avatar" => \OC_Avatar::get($uid, 32),
 		"displayName" => $displayName,
 		"groups" => OC_Group::getUserGroups($uid),
 		'quota' => $quota,