diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
index 684a082ffa..3b56260668 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
             <a href="#holdings">Holdings ([% itemloop.size() || 0 | html %])</a>
         </li>
     [% END %]
-[% IF ( MARCNOTES || notes ) %]<li><a href="#description">Descriptions ([% ( MARCNOTES.size || 1 ) | html %])</a></li>[% END %]
+[% IF ( MARCNOTES ) %]<li><a href="#description">Descriptions ([% ( MARCNOTES.size || 1 ) | html %])</a></li>[% END %]
 [% IF ComponentParts && ComponentParts.size %]<li id="components_tab"><a href="#components">Components ([% ComponentParts.size | html %])</a></li>[% END %]
 [% IF ( subscriptionsnumber ) %]<li><a href="#subscriptions">Subscriptions</a></li>[% END %]
 [% IF Koha.Preference('AcquisitionDetails') %]<li><a href="#acq_details">Acquisition details</a></li>[% END %]
@@ -650,12 +650,11 @@ Note that permanent location is a code, and location may be an authval.
     </div>
 [% END %]
 
-[% IF ( MARCNOTES || notes ) %]
+[% IF ( MARCNOTES ) %]
 
 <div id="description">
 <div class="content_set">
 
-[% IF ( MARCNOTES ) %]
     [% FOREACH MARCNOTE IN MARCNOTES %]
         <p>
         [% IF MARCNOTE.marcnote.match('^https?://\S+$') %]
@@ -664,11 +663,6 @@ Note that permanent location is a code, and location may be an authval.
             [% MARCNOTE.marcnote | html | html_line_break %]
         [% END %]
         </p>
-    [% END %]
-[% ELSE %]
-    [% IF ( notes ) %]
-        <p>[% notes | html %]</p>
-    [% END %]
 [% END %]
 </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt
index 52a7cec016..c226da6dd0 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt
@@ -392,12 +392,10 @@
                         [% IF (SeparateHoldings) %]
                             <li><a href="#otherholdings">Other holdings [% ' ( ' _ (otheritemloop.size || 0) _ ' )' | html %]</a></li>
                         [% END %]
-                        [% IF ( MARCNOTES || notes || ( SyndeticsEnabled && SyndeticsSummary && SYNDETICS_SUMMARY )) %]
+                        [% IF ( MARCNOTES || ( SyndeticsEnabled && SyndeticsSummary && SYNDETICS_SUMMARY )) %]
                             [% SET title_notes_count = 0 %]
                             [% IF MARCNOTES %]
                                 [% SET title_notes_count = MARCNOTES.size %]
-                            [% ELSIF notes %]
-                                [% SET title_notes_count = 1 %]
                             [% END %]
                             [% IF SYNDETICS_SUMMARY %][% SET title_notes_count = title_notes_count + 1 %][% END %]
                             <li id="tab_descriptions"> <a href="#descriptions">Title notes ( [% title_notes_count | html %] )</a></li>
@@ -562,7 +560,7 @@
                         </div>
                     [% END # / SeparateHoldings %]
 
-                    [% IF ( MARCNOTES || notes || ( SyndeticsEnabled && SyndeticsSummary && SYNDETICS_SUMMARY )) %]
+                    [% IF ( MARCNOTES || ( SyndeticsEnabled && SyndeticsSummary && SYNDETICS_SUMMARY )) %]
                         <div id="descriptions">
                             <div class="content_set">
 
@@ -583,15 +581,11 @@
                                         </p>
                                     [% END %]
                                     </div>
-                                [% ELSE %]
-                                    [% IF ( notes ) %]
-                                        <p>[% notes | html %]</p>
-                                    [% END %]
                                 [% END %]
 
                             </div> <!-- /.content_set -->
                         </div> <!-- / #descriptions -->
-                    [% END # / IF MARCNOTES || notes %]
+                    [% END # / IF MARCNOTES %]
 
                     [% IF ComponentParts && ComponentParts.size %]
                     <div id="components">