How to disable stats

[jmc]

Hi, all!
I would like to disable the ['stat3'] call (in index.php) to stop the display of the 'pictures,albums,categories,comments,views' info. I've checked the Faq... and other posts, and I saw in another post that Gaugau suggested it is possible to switch off the stats...? I figure I'll have to comment out a section in index.php (it's the only place other than lang_english that 'stat3' is mentioned), but don't have a clue exactly which bits around the 'stat3' call to comment out. Can anyone point me in the right direction? So far I've tried various options, but get an "Unexpected <..." error every time!
The theme is "hardwired" (if that makes any difference?).
Thanks
John Mc