diff --git a/absentee.php b/absentee.php
index 205a8a4540..41f3cc4a78 100644
--- a/absentee.php
+++ b/absentee.php
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@
 if (!empty($CFG->showuseridentity) && has_capability('moodle/site:viewuseridentity', $context)) {
     $extrafields = explode(',', $CFG->showuseridentity);
     foreach ($extrafields as $field) {
-        $columns[] = $field;
-        $headers[] = get_string($field);
+        if (strpos($field, 'profile_field') !== 0) {
+            $columns[] = $field;
+            $headers[] = get_string($field);
+        }
     }
 }
 $columns = array_merge($columns, ['numtakensessions', 'percent', 'timesent']);
diff --git a/locallib.php b/locallib.php
index 3e65a452a1..ac9e04af71 100644
--- a/locallib.php
+++ b/locallib.php
@@ -1109,8 +1109,10 @@ function attendance_get_users_to_notify($courseids = [], $orderby = '', $allforn
     if (!empty($CFG->showuseridentity)) {
         $extrafields = explode(',', $CFG->showuseridentity);
         foreach ($extrafields as $field) {
-            $unames .= $field . ', ';
-            $unames2 .= 'u.' . $field . ', ';
+            if (strpos($field, 'profile_field') !== 0) {
+                $unames .= $field . ', ';
+                $unames2 .= 'u.' . $field . ', ';
+            }
         }
     }