diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/acp_avatar_options_local.html b/phpBB/adm/style/acp_avatar_options_local.html
index 0cdb3644d7..8adafa1d99 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/acp_avatar_options_local.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/acp_avatar_options_local.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <dl>
 	<dt><label for="category">{L_AVATAR_CATEGORY}{L_COLON}</label></dt>
 	<dd><select name="avatar_local_cat" id="category">
-		<option value="">{L_NO_AVATAR_CATEGORY}</option>
 		<!-- BEGIN avatar_local_cats -->
 		<option value="{avatar_local_cats.NAME}"<!-- IF avatar_local_cats.SELECTED --> selected="selected"<!-- ENDIF -->>{avatar_local_cats.NAME}</option>
 		<!-- END avatar_local_cats -->
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/avatar/driver/local.php b/phpBB/phpbb/avatar/driver/local.php
index c9e6781205..f3acf7cb2c 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/avatar/driver/local.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/avatar/driver/local.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class local extends \phpbb\avatar\driver\driver
 		}
 
 		return array(
-			'avatar' => ($category != $user->lang['MAIN']) ? $category . '/' . $file : $file,
+			'avatar' => ($category != $user->lang['NO_AVATAR_CATEGORY']) ? $category . '/' . $file : $file,
 			'avatar_width' => $avatar_list[$category][urldecode($file)]['width'],
 			'avatar_height' => $avatar_list[$category][urldecode($file)]['height'],
 		);
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ class local extends \phpbb\avatar\driver\driver
 					{
 						$dims = array(0, 0);
 					}
-					$cat = ($path == $file_path) ? $user->lang['MAIN'] : str_replace("$path/", '', $file_path);
+					$cat = ($path == $file_path) ? $user->lang['NO_AVATAR_CATEGORY'] : str_replace("$path/", '', $file_path);
 					$avatar_list[$cat][$image] = array(
-						'file'      => ($cat != $user->lang['MAIN']) ? rawurlencode($cat) . '/' . rawurlencode($image) : rawurlencode($image),
+						'file'      => ($cat != $user->lang['NO_AVATAR_CATEGORY']) ? rawurlencode($cat) . '/' . rawurlencode($image) : rawurlencode($image),
 						'filename'  => rawurlencode($image),
 						'name'      => ucfirst(str_replace('_', ' ', preg_replace('#^(.*)\..*$#', '\1', $image))),
 						'width'     => $dims[0],
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html
index 3946b9d269..2a0f403782 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <!-- IF .avatar_local_cats -->
 <label for="category">{L_AVATAR_CATEGORY}{L_COLON} <select name="avatar_local_cat" id="category">
-<option value="">{L_NO_AVATAR_CATEGORY}</option>
 <!-- BEGIN avatar_local_cats -->
 <option value="{avatar_local_cats.NAME}"<!-- IF avatar_local_cats.SELECTED --> selected="selected"<!-- ENDIF -->>{avatar_local_cats.NAME}</option>
 <!-- END avatar_local_cats -->
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html
index 87e5608fec..7beddfc109 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_avatar_options_local.html
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 	<!-- IF .avatar_local_cats -->
 	<tr> 
 		<td class="cat" colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="genmed">{L_AVATAR_CATEGORY}{L_COLON} </span><select name="avatar_local_cat" id="category">
-			<option value="">{L_NO_AVATAR_CATEGORY}</option>
 			<!-- BEGIN avatar_local_cats -->
 			<option value="{avatar_local_cats.NAME}"<!-- IF avatar_local_cats.SELECTED --> selected="selected"<!-- ENDIF -->>{avatar_local_cats.NAME}</option>
 			<!-- END avatar_local_cats -->