diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
index 412b040a0f..6503ef1665 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ abstract class egw_framework
 			'img_root'       => $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['webserver_url'] . $this->template_dir.'/images',
 			'version'        => $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['versions']['phpgwapi']
 		);
+		$var['page_generation_time'] = '';
 		if($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['show_generation_time'])
 		{
 			$totaltime = sprintf('%4.2lf',microtime(true) - $GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['page_start_time']);
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/idots/class.idots_framework.inc.php b/phpgwapi/templates/idots/class.idots_framework.inc.php
index c23379ed13..7e57b2fb17 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/templates/idots/class.idots_framework.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/idots/class.idots_framework.inc.php
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ class idots_framework extends egw_framework
 				));
 			}
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			$this->tpl->set_var('upper_tabs','');
+		}
 
 		if (!($max_icons=$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['max_icons']))
 		{