diff --git a/statistics b/statistics
index f3e8b0b..d01d9da 100755
--- a/statistics
+++ b/statistics
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fi
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"$ENDCOLOR
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
-	STATSFILE="statistics-$BRANCH.xhtml"
+	STATSFILE="statistics-$BRANCH.html"
 	ERRORS="translation-errors-$BRANCH"
 	nerror=0; nwarn=0; npo=0; nt=0; nu=0; nf=0
 	rm -f $STATSFILE
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 <div id=\"footnote\">
 &copy; 2003-"`date +%Y`" The Battle for Wesnoth<br/>
 <br/>
-<a href=\"http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer\"><img src=\"http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml11-blue\"
-  alt=\"Valid XHTML 1.1!\" height=\"31\" width=\"88\" /></a>
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>