diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index 8a1ef6caa4..36ba4ce161 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -1412,6 +1412,8 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 					$row['class'] .= 'rowNoEdit ';
 				}
 
+				unset($row['jpegphoto']);	// unused and messes up json encoding (not utf-8)
+
 				if ($row['photo']) $photos = true;
 				if ($row['role']) $roles = true;
 				if ($row['note']) $notes = true;