diff --git a/booking.studygroups.inc b/booking.studygroups.inc
index a995498..1f86554 100644
--- a/booking.studygroups.inc
+++ b/booking.studygroups.inc
@@ -740,11 +740,11 @@ function booking_studygroups_update_form($node, &$form_state, $sid) {
 			//if the study group id matches the group we're currently looking at
 			if ($person->booking_studygroup_id == $group->sid) {
 				//if they have a role defined 
-				//or if they are a committee member and this is the readings group
+				//or if they are a committee member
 				//or if the manually allocated flag is set 
 				//then make sure they stay where they are
 				if (($person->booking_studygroup_role > 0) || 
-					($committee_flag == 'Y' && $group->booking_is_readinggroup == 'Y') ||
+					($committee_flag == 'Y') ||
 					($manually_allocated_flag == 'Y')) {
 						
 					$calculation_messages[] = t('Leader/helper/committee/manual allocation with id !id assigned to session !session (currently with !num people).',