DMVs are looking to wipe that smile off your face. Four states have imposed “no smiling” policies for their driver’s licenses pictures. Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virgina are all requiring “neutral facial expressions” making already unflattering photos that much worse.

The new policy is part of a stricter security strategy. These DMVs have implemented high-tech software that compares new license photos to older ones to catch people trying to assume another person’s identity. For some reason, though, smiles throw the system off. Face-recognition software falters when it comes to matching two photos of the same person with different facial expressions. And so dull expressions it is.

This new requirement shouldn’t really come as a surprise. DMVs are already one of the most joyless places.

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