diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
index e98b7262c..0a466fecd 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ const getInstanceFeatures = (instance: Instance) => {
      * @see POST /api/v1/accounts
      * @see PATCH /api/v1/accounts/update_credentials
      */
-    birthdays: v.software === PLEROMA && gte(v.version, '2.4.50'),
+    // birthdays: v.software === PLEROMA && gte(v.version, '2.4.50'),
+    // FIXME: temporarily disabled until they can be deleted on the backend.
+    birthdays: false,
 
     /** Whether people who blocked you are visible through the API. */
     blockersVisible: features.includes('blockers_visible'),