Duplicate Calendar Problem

Hey guys,
I'm a PC user and before iCloud came along, I synced my iPhone calendar with my Outlook calendar on my exchange account. After switching to iOS5 and transfering all of my calendar events to the Cloud, I now have two of the same calendar on my phone - an "iCloud" calendar and a "On my iPhone" calendar. This isn't a big deal when viewing the calendar because I simply have the "On my iPhone" calendar unchecked, events are showing up twice in the notifications center.
If possible, I would like to solely use the "iCloud" calendar since I now have that synced to outlook anyway. Does anyone know if there is a way for me to delete the "On my iPhone" from my phone completely?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Matt

break the sync between your iPhone / iPad & iTunes and its all done.
enjoy. hf.

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