diff --git a/lib/myprofilelib.php b/lib/myprofilelib.php
index 9b99d8bfb61..044d5595dcd 100644
--- a/lib/myprofilelib.php
+++ b/lib/myprofilelib.php
@@ -339,34 +339,19 @@ function core_myprofile_navigation(core_user\output\myprofile\tree $tree, $user,
     }
 
     if ($user->skype && !isset($hiddenfields['skypeid'])) {
-        $imurl = 'skype:'.urlencode($user->skype).'?call';
-        $iconurl = new moodle_url('http://mystatus.skype.com/smallicon/'.urlencode($user->skype));
-        if (is_https()) {
-            // Bad luck, skype devs are lazy to set up SSL on their servers - see MDL-37233.
-            $statusicon = '';
-        } else {
-            $statusicon = html_writer::empty_tag('img',
-                array('src' => $iconurl, 'class' => 'icon icon-post', 'alt' => get_string('status')));
-        }
-
+        $imurl = 'skype:' . urlencode($user->skype) . '?call';
         $node = new core_user\output\myprofile\node('contact', 'skypeid', get_string('skypeid'), null, null,
-            html_writer::link($imurl, s($user->skype) . $statusicon));
+            html_writer::link($imurl, s($user->skype)));
         $tree->add_node($node);
     }
     if ($user->yahoo && !isset($hiddenfields['yahooid'])) {
-        $imurl = new moodle_url('https://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg', array('.target' => $user->yahoo, '.src' => 'pg'));
-        $iconurl = new moodle_url('http://opi.yahoo.com/online', array('u' => $user->yahoo, 'm' => 'g', 't' => '0'));
-        $statusicon = html_writer::tag('img', '',
-            array('src' => $iconurl, 'class' => 'iconsmall icon-post', 'alt' => get_string('status')));
-
         $node = new core_user\output\myprofile\node('contact', 'yahooid', get_string('yahooid'), null, null,
-            html_writer::link($imurl, s($user->yahoo) . $statusicon));
+            s($user->yahoo));
         $tree->add_node($node);
     }
     if ($user->aim && !isset($hiddenfields['aimid'])) {
-        $imurl = 'aim:goim?screenname='.urlencode($user->aim);
         $node = new core_user\output\myprofile\node('contact', 'aimid', get_string('aimid'), null, null,
-            html_writer::link($imurl, s($user->aim)));
+            s($user->aim));
         $tree->add_node($node);
     }
     if ($user->msn && !isset($hiddenfields['msnid'])) {