diff --git a/moderncvfooti.sty b/moderncvfooti.sty
index c150a4b..ce23d8d 100644
--- a/moderncvfooti.sty
+++ b/moderncvfooti.sty
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscity}{}}{}{\addtofoot[~--~]{\@addresscity}}% if \addresstreet is defined, \addresscity and \addresscountry will always be defined but could be empty
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscountry}{}}{}{\addtofoot[~--~]{\@addresscountry}}%
           \flushfoot\@firstfootelementtrue\\}%
-        \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@born}}{}{\addtofoot{\bornsymbol\@born}\flushfoot\@firstfootelementtrue\\}%
+          % variant of the footer in which the date of birth is in its separate line
+%         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@born}}{}{\addtofoot{\bornsymbol\@born}\flushfoot\@firstfootelementtrue\\}%
+          \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@born}}{}{\addtofoot{\bornsymbol\@born}}%
         \collectionloop{phones}{% the key holds the phone type (=symbol command prefix), the item holds the number
           \addtofoot{\csname\collectionloopkey phonesymbol\endcsname\collectionloopitem}}%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@email}}{}{\addtofoot{\emailsymbol\emaillink{\@email}}}%