diff --git a/booking.variety_admin.inc b/booking.variety_admin.inc
index 708af98..7b6e9c5 100644
--- a/booking.variety_admin.inc
+++ b/booking.variety_admin.inc
@@ -731,6 +731,11 @@ function booking_variety_regn_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   }  
   watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Variety session IDs from edit form:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $booking_variety_ids, true)));
 
+  // Get the previous variety session IDs and compare them
+  $person = db_query("SELECT * FROM {booking_person_view} WHERE nid = :nid",
+    array(':nid' => $values['nid']))->fetchObject();    
+  $previous_variety_ids = drupal_json_decode($person->booking_variety_ids);  
+
 	//if we're deleting, add the confirmation to the form if it hasn't been defined yet
   if($form_state['values']['op'] == 'Delete Session Registration' && (!isset($form_state['storage']['confirm']))) {
 		//watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Variety session deletion confirmation being set:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $form_state, true)));
@@ -741,17 +746,19 @@ function booking_variety_regn_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 		//delete the variety session
 		watchdog('booking', "Deleting variety session registration for person ID !nid", array('!nid' => $values['nid']));
      
-    //@todo - decremement regn count for this person's variety sessions    
-/*
-  
-      //use an update query for the regncount field
-      //idea from https://api.drupal.org/comment/19374#comment-19374
+    //decremement regn count for this person's variety sessions
+    foreach ($previous_variety_ids as $previous_tid => $previous_sid) {
+      watchdog('booking_debug', 'Person @nid in timeslot @tid is no longer registered for any variety sessions so reducing count for @vid by 1', array(
+        '@nid' => $values['nid'], '@tid' => $previous_tid, '@vid' => $previous_sid,
+      ));
+      // reduce regn count for old session
       db_update('booking_variety_sessions')
-        ->expression('booking_variety_regncount', 'booking_variety_regncount + :count', array(':count' => 1))
-        ->condition('vid', $selected_session_id)
-        ->execute();    
-*/        
+        ->expression('booking_variety_regncount', 'booking_variety_regncount - :count', array(':count' => 1))
+        ->condition('vid', $previous_sid)
+        ->execute();
+    }      
 
+    //delete this person's entry in the session registration table
 		db_delete('booking_variety_regn')
 			->condition('booking_person_nid', $values['nid'])
        ->execute();
@@ -760,10 +767,7 @@ function booking_variety_regn_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 		$form_state['redirect'] = $redirect_path;
 	}
 	elseif ($form_state['values']['op'] == 'Update Session Registration') {
-    // Get the previous variety session IDs and compare them
-    $person = db_query("SELECT * FROM {booking_person_view} WHERE nid = :nid",
-      array(':nid' => $values['nid']))->fetchObject();    
-    $previous_variety_ids = drupal_json_decode($person->booking_variety_ids);
+
 
     // iterate over the new list comparing to the old list
     foreach ($booking_variety_ids as $new_tid => $new_sid) {
@@ -825,51 +829,6 @@ function booking_variety_regn_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
       }
     }
 
-
-/*
-    foreach ($previous_variety_ids as $previous_tid => $previous_sid) {
-      if (! isset($booking_variety_ids[$previous_tid])) {
-        watchdog('booking_debug', 'Person @nid in timeslot @tid is no longer registered for a variety session so reducing count for @vid by 1', array(
-          '@nid' => $values['nid'], '@tid' => $previous_tid, '@vid' => $previous_sid,
-        ));
-        // reduce regn count for old session
-        db_update('booking_variety_sessions')
-          ->expression('booking_variety_regncount', 'booking_variety_regncount - :count', array(':count' => 1))
-          ->condition('vid', $previous_sid)
-          ->execute();          
-      }
-      else {
-        $new_sid = $booking_variety_ids[$previous_tid];
-        watchdog('booking_debug', 'Person @nid in timeslot @tid previously registered for session id @vid but new value is @new', array(
-          '@nid' => $values['nid'], '@tid' => $previous_tid, '@vid' => $previous_sid, '@new' => $new_sid));         
-
-        // if variety session has changed then update the counts for old and new
-        if ($new_sid != $previous_sid) {
-          // reduce regn count for old session          
-          watchdog('booking_debug', 'Person @nid in timeslot @tid is no longer registered for variety session @vid so reducing count by 1', array(
-            '@nid' => $values['nid'], '@tid' => $previous_tid, '@vid' => $previous_sid));
-
-          db_update('booking_variety_sessions')
-            ->expression('booking_variety_regncount', 'booking_variety_regncount - :count', array(':count' => 1))
-            ->condition('vid', $previous_sid)
-            ->execute();  
-
-          // increase regn count for new session            
-          watchdog('booking_debug', 'Person @nid in timeslot @tid is now registered for variety session @vid so increasing count by 1', array(
-            '@nid' => $values['nid'], '@tid' => $previous_tid, '@vid' => $booking_variety_ids[$previous_tid]));
-                    
-          db_update('booking_variety_sessions')
-            ->expression('booking_variety_regncount', 'booking_variety_regncount + :count', array(':count' => 1))
-            ->condition('vid', $booking_variety_ids[$previous_tid])
-            ->execute();
-        }
-        else {
-          watchdog('booking_debug', 'Person @nid in timeslot @tid has not changed variety session @vid', array(
-            '@nid' => $values['nid'], '@tid' => $previous_tid, '@vid' => $previous_sid));          
-        }
-      }
-    } //end iterate over previous variety session registrations
-*/
     // update the session registration information for this person
 		$result = db_update('booking_variety_regn')
 			->fields(array(