Remove Avatar Photo thats above the Profile -Avatar Module no installe

I have been all over this site and I have yet to find a direct answer for this.  I personally don't like avatars and it just adds another layer of confusion for the end user.  I am setting up a dating site and I have already removed the Status Message, but the default avatar pic is still there.  I would like to delete that part or make it display nothing in that area.  I currently do not have the avatar module installed on my site installed.

If I have to and it would be easier... I would accept the avatar defaulting the profile pic.

I would appreciate any help that someone can provide me with this.

God Bless,

Ted

boy i remember the complaints about this from long ago,, short answer is NO not possible, or atleast it wasnt when i wanted to do it :(

Dang... Thanks for the answer back.  Boonex failed on designing the whole PHOTO Module and AVATOR badly.  Uploading a photo is terrible to say the least for a end user.  If they cant figure it out in a minute they move to the next easier site to use.  I have been a long time boonex user since D6 and D7 resolved some issues from that.  I guess D9 will fix D8 issues in 4 years.  It gets old seeing new platforms then finishing a stable version that is needed to have a decent site.  Oh and by decent site I mean over 10,000 users which I haven't seen any Dolphin site to date do this. ;(

Sorry just a rant! *sigh*

Do you have upload phot to on join as mandetory?Its not ideal I know, but it does make iploading the initial image easy for the user. The when the user logs in for the first time theyy are re-directed to set avatar and the photo is in there ready to be set.... Even if half tyhe time users cant be too bothered to set it.....

 i know of a dolphin site that is working on its first quarter million members, granted 60 percent are bots,, but that still 80 or so thousand real members,, i would love to buy that data base for emails alone,, ill have 10,00 this summer and none of mine are bots