diff --git a/src/conversation_textview.py b/src/conversation_textview.py
index a050a70b4..90ff38b14 100644
--- a/src/conversation_textview.py
+++ b/src/conversation_textview.py
@@ -576,9 +576,6 @@ class ConversationTextview:
 			other_tags_for_name = [], other_tags_for_time = [],
 			other_tags_for_text = [], subject = None, old_kind = None):
 		'''prints 'chat' type messages'''
-		# kind = info, we print things as if it was a status: same color, ...
-		if kind == 'info':
-			kind = 'status'
 		buffer = self.tv.get_buffer()
 		buffer.begin_user_action()
 		end_iter = buffer.get_end_iter()
@@ -597,7 +594,7 @@ class ConversationTextview:
 			# We don't have tim for outgoing messages...
 			tim = time.localtime()
 		current_print_time = gajim.config.get('print_time')
-		if current_print_time == 'always':
+		if current_print_time == 'always' and kind != 'info':
 			before_str = gajim.config.get('before_time')
 			after_str = gajim.config.get('after_time')
 			# get difference in days since epoch (86400 = 24*3600)
@@ -621,7 +618,7 @@ class ConversationTextview:
 			tim_format = time.strftime(format, tim).encode('utf-8')
 			buffer.insert_with_tags_by_name(end_iter, tim_format + ' ',
 				*other_tags_for_time)
-		elif current_print_time == 'sometimes':
+		elif current_print_time == 'sometimes' and kind != 'info':
 			every_foo_seconds = 60 * gajim.config.get(
 				'print_ichat_every_foo_minutes')
 			seconds_passed = time.mktime(tim) - self.last_time_printout
@@ -639,6 +636,9 @@ class ConversationTextview:
 
 				buffer.insert_with_tags_by_name(end_iter, tim_format + '\n',
 					'time_sometimes')
+		# kind = info, we print things as if it was a status: same color, ...
+		if kind == 'info':
+			kind = 'status'
 		other_text_tag = self.detect_other_text_tag(text, kind)
 		text_tags = other_tags_for_text[:] # create a new list
 		if other_text_tag: