diff --git a/modules/user.module b/modules/user.module
index ffe5d8b7743..9a47d8f05ef 100644
--- a/modules/user.module
+++ b/modules/user.module
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ function user_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
 
           // Perform database queries to count all users
           $all_users = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT COUNT(uid) AS count FROM {users} WHERE uid != 0 AND status != 0'));
-          $offline_users = $all_users->count - $total_users;
 
           // Format the output with proper grammar.
           if ($total_users == 1 && $guests->count == 1) {
@@ -536,14 +535,6 @@ function user_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
             $output = t('There are currently %members and %visitors online.', array('%members' => format_plural($total_users, '1 user', '%count users'), '%visitors' => format_plural($guests->count, '1 guest', '%count guests')));
           }
 
-          // Describe how many users are offline
-          if ($offline_users == 1) {
-            $output .= ' '.t('1 user is offline.');
-          }
-          else {
-            $output .= ' '.t('%a are offline.', array('%a' => format_plural($offline_users, '1 user', '%count users')));
-          }
-
           // Display a list of currently online users.
           $max_users = variable_get('user_block_max_list_count', 10);
           if ($max_users) {
diff --git a/modules/user/user.module b/modules/user/user.module
index ffe5d8b7743..9a47d8f05ef 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/modules/user/user.module
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ function user_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
 
           // Perform database queries to count all users
           $all_users = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT COUNT(uid) AS count FROM {users} WHERE uid != 0 AND status != 0'));
-          $offline_users = $all_users->count - $total_users;
 
           // Format the output with proper grammar.
           if ($total_users == 1 && $guests->count == 1) {
@@ -536,14 +535,6 @@ function user_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
             $output = t('There are currently %members and %visitors online.', array('%members' => format_plural($total_users, '1 user', '%count users'), '%visitors' => format_plural($guests->count, '1 guest', '%count guests')));
           }
 
-          // Describe how many users are offline
-          if ($offline_users == 1) {
-            $output .= ' '.t('1 user is offline.');
-          }
-          else {
-            $output .= ' '.t('%a are offline.', array('%a' => format_plural($offline_users, '1 user', '%count users')));
-          }
-
           // Display a list of currently online users.
           $max_users = variable_get('user_block_max_list_count', 10);
           if ($max_users) {