diff --git a/colab/accounts/forms.py b/colab/accounts/forms.py
index 315498a..5bf8cb2 100644
--- a/colab/accounts/forms.py
+++ b/colab/accounts/forms.py
@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from conversejs.models import XMPPAccount
 
+from colab import settings
+
 from .utils.validators import validate_social_account
 from .utils import mailman
 
 User = get_user_model()
 
+SOCIAL_NETWORK_ENABLED = getattr(settings, 'SOCIAL_NETWORK_ENABLED')
+
 
 class SocialAccountField(forms.Field):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
 
 class UserUpdateForm(UserForm):
+
     bio = forms.CharField(
         widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'rows': '6', 'maxlength': '200'}),
         max_length=200,
@@ -122,12 +127,16 @@ class UserUpdateForm(UserForm):
     class Meta:
         model = User
         fields = ('first_name', 'last_name',
-                  'institution', 'role', 'twitter', 'facebook',
-                  'google_talk', 'github', 'webpage', 'bio')
-
-    twitter = SocialAccountField(url='https://twitter.com/', required=False)
-    facebook = SocialAccountField(url='https://graph.facebook.com/',
-                                  required=False)
+                  'institution', 'role')
+        if SOCIAL_NETWORK_ENABLED:
+            fields += ('twitter', 'facebook', 'google_talk', 'github')
+        fields += ('webpage', 'bio')
+
+    if SOCIAL_NETWORK_ENABLED:
+        twitter = SocialAccountField(url='https://twitter.com/',
+                                     required=False)
+        facebook = SocialAccountField(url='https://graph.facebook.com/',
+                                      required=False)
 
 
 class ListsForm(forms.Form):
diff --git a/colab/accounts/templates/accounts/user_detail.html b/colab/accounts/templates/accounts/user_detail.html
index eac8758..2dd8660 100644
--- a/colab/accounts/templates/accounts/user_detail.html
+++ b/colab/accounts/templates/accounts/user_detail.html
@@ -60,25 +60,27 @@
           </li>
         {% endif %}
         {% if request.user.is_active %}
-          <li>
-            {% if user_.twitter %}
-              <span class="icon-twitter icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Twitter account' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="{{ user_.twitter_link }}" title="{% trans 'Twitter account' %}">{{ user_.twitter }}</a>
-            {% endif %}
-            {% if user_.facebook %}
-              <span class="icon-facebook icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Facebook account' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="{{ user_.facebook_link }}" title="{% trans 'Facebook account' %}">{{ user_.facebook }}</a>
-            {% endif %}
-          </li>
+          {% if SOCIAL_NETWORK_ENABLED %}
+            <li>
+              {% if user_.twitter %}
+                <span class="icon-twitter icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Twitter account' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="{{ user_.twitter_link }}" title="{% trans 'Twitter account' %}">{{ user_.twitter }}</a>
+              {% endif %}
+              {% if user_.facebook %}
+                <span class="icon-facebook icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Facebook account' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="{{ user_.facebook_link }}" title="{% trans 'Facebook account' %}">{{ user_.facebook }}</a>
+              {% endif %}
+            </li>
 
-          {% if user_.google_talk %}
-            <li><span class="icon-google-plus icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Google talk account' %}"></span> {{ user_.google_talk }}</li>
-          {% endif %}
+            {% if user_.google_talk %}
+              <li><span class="icon-google-plus icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Google talk account' %}"></span> {{ user_.google_talk }}</li>
+            {% endif %}
 
-          {% if user_.github %}
-            <li><span class="icon-github icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Github account' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/{{ user_.github }}">{{ user_.github }}</a></li>
-          {% endif %}
+            {% if user_.github %}
+              <li><span class="icon-github icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Github account' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/{{ user_.github }}">{{ user_.github }}</a></li>
+            {% endif %}
 
-          {% if user_.webpage %}
-            <li><span class="icon-link icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Personal webpage' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="{{ user_.webpage }}" title="{% trans 'Personal webpage' %}">{{ user_.webpage }}</a></li>
+            {% if user_.webpage %}
+              <li><span class="icon-link icon-fixed-width" title="{% trans 'Personal webpage' %}"></span> <a target="_blank" href="{{ user_.webpage }}" title="{% trans 'Personal webpage' %}">{{ user_.webpage }}</a></li>
+            {% endif %}
           {% endif %}
         {% endif %}
       </ul>
--
libgit2 0.21.2