diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 8e96d544be..0e8c78d0aa 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -834,26 +834,28 @@ include_once (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-xmlrpcs.php');
 function doGeoUrlHeader($post_list = '') {
     global $posts;
 
-    if ($posts && 1 === count($posts) && ! empty($posts[0]->post_lat)) {
-        // there's only one result  see if it has a geo code
-        $row = $posts[0];
-        $lat = $row->post_lat;
-        $lon = $row->post_lon;
-        $title = $row->post_title;
-        if(($lon != null) && ($lat != null) ) {
-            echo "<meta name=\"ICBM\" content=\"".$lat.", ".$lon."\" />\n";
-            echo "<meta name=\"DC.title\" content=\"".convert_chars(strip_tags(htmlspecialchars(get_bloginfo("name"))))." - ".$title."\" />\n";
-            echo "<meta name=\"geo.position\" content=\"".$lat.";".$lon."\" />\n";
-            return;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if(get_settings('use_default_geourl')) {
-            // send the default here 
-            echo "<meta name='ICBM' content=\"". get_settings('default_geourl_lat') .", ". get_settings('default_geourl_lon') ."\" />\n";
-            echo "<meta name='DC.title' content=\"".convert_chars(strip_tags(htmlspecialchars(get_bloginfo("name"))))."\" />\n";
-            echo "<meta name='geo.position' content=\"". get_settings('default_geourl_lat') .";". get_settings('default_geourl_lon') ."\" />\n";
-        }
-    }
+  if (get_settings('use_geo_positions')) {
+		if ($posts && 1 === count($posts) && ! empty($posts[0]->post_lat)) {
+			// there's only one result  see if it has a geo code
+			$row = $posts[0];
+			$lat = $row->post_lat;
+			$lon = $row->post_lon;
+			$title = $row->post_title;
+			if(($lon != null) && ($lat != null) ) {
+				echo "<meta name=\"ICBM\" content=\"".$lat.", ".$lon."\" />\n";
+				echo "<meta name=\"DC.title\" content=\"".convert_chars(strip_tags(htmlspecialchars(get_bloginfo("name"))))." - ".$title."\" />\n";
+				echo "<meta name=\"geo.position\" content=\"".$lat.";".$lon."\" />\n";
+				return;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if(get_settings('use_default_geourl')) {
+				// send the default here 
+				echo "<meta name='ICBM' content=\"". get_settings('default_geourl_lat') .", ". get_settings('default_geourl_lon') ."\" />\n";
+				echo "<meta name='DC.title' content=\"".convert_chars(strip_tags(htmlspecialchars(get_bloginfo("name"))))."\" />\n";
+				echo "<meta name='geo.position' content=\"". get_settings('default_geourl_lat') .";". get_settings('default_geourl_lon') ."\" />\n";
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 function getRemoteFile($host,$path) {