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edit display_Forums_list template and comment out this block of code. This code is from vb 5.3.4

        <vb:if condition="!empty($forum['subchannels'])">
            <!-- Sub-Forums -->
            <tr class="subforum-list"><td colspan="4">
                <div class="subforum-header h-clear">{vb:rawphrase sub_forums}:</div>
                <table>
                {vb:set cols, 1}
                <vb:each from="forum.subchannels" value="subforum">
                    <vb:if condition="(($cols - 1) % $subChannelsPerRow == 0)">
                        <tr>
                    </vb:if>
                    {vb:set colspan, ''}
                    <vb:if condition="($cols == count($forum['subchannels'])) AND (($remaining = ($cols % $subChannelsPerRow)) != 0)">
                        {vb:set colspan, {vb:concat 'colspan="', {vb:math {vb:raw subChannelsPerRow} - {vb:raw remaining} + 1}, '"'}}
                    </vb:if>
                            <td class="subforum-item" data-lastcontent="{vb:raw subforum.lastcontent.created}" data-channel-id="{vb:raw subforum.nodeid}" {vb:raw colspan}>
                                <div class="subforum-info">
                                    <span class="icon<vb:if condition="!empty($subforum['is_new'])"> new</vb:if>"></span>
                                    <a href="{vb:url {vb:raw subforum.routeid}}" class="subforum-title">{vb:raw subforum.title}</a>
                                    <span class="counts">({vb:number {vb:raw subforum.topics}}/{vb:number {vb:raw subforum.posts}})</span>
                                </div>
                            </td>
                    <vb:if condition="($cols % $subChannelsPerRow == 0) OR $cols == count($forum['subchannels'])">
                        </tr>
                    </vb:if>
                    {vb:set cols, {vb:math {vb:var cols} + 1}}
                </vb:each>
                </table>
            </td></tr>
        </vb:if>