Hmm.. How would I.?

[Oblivion Knight]

I've attached an image of what I would ideally like to do..
Unfortunately, it's not as simple as removing the extra <td> tag because it is needed for the new colspan and such to set the table up differently..

This is the section of html that was added:

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt2" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
   <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" width="100%">
	$childforumbits
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
<else />
 $childforumbits
</if>
</tbody>
</if>

There must be some way to hide the extra <td> tag somehow.?