diff --git a/debian/templates/apache-shared-intranet.conf b/debian/templates/apache-shared-intranet.conf
index 001342f515..7e58a48158 100644
--- a/debian/templates/apache-shared-intranet.conf
+++ b/debian/templates/apache-shared-intranet.conf
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ ScriptAlias /search "/usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/catalogue/search.pl"
 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/koha/(C4|debian|etc|installer/data|install_misc|Koha|misc|selenium|t|test|tmp|xt)/|\.PL$ /notfound [PT]
 
-RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*?)(?:[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)=&(.*)
-RewriteRule (.+) $1?%1%2 [N,R,NE]
 RewriteRule ^/bib/([^\/]*)/?$ /cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=$1 [PT]
 RewriteRule ^/isbn/([^\/]*)/?$ /search?q=isbn:$1 [PT]
 RewriteRule ^/issn/([^\/]*)/?$ /search?q=issn:$1 [PT]
diff --git a/debian/templates/apache-shared-opac.conf b/debian/templates/apache-shared-opac.conf
index 2a7e9ace16..2568e0c966 100644
--- a/debian/templates/apache-shared-opac.conf
+++ b/debian/templates/apache-shared-opac.conf
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ ScriptAlias /index.html "/usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl"
 ScriptAlias /search "/usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-search.pl"
 ScriptAlias /opac-search.pl "/usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-search.pl"
 
-RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*?)(?:[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)=&(.*)
-RewriteRule (.+) $1?%1%2 [N,R,NE]
 RewriteRule ^/bib/([^\/]*)/?$ /cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail\.pl?bib=$1 [PT]
 RewriteRule ^/isbn/([^\/]*)/?$ /search?q=isbn:$1 [PT]
 RewriteRule ^/issn/([^\/]*)/?$ /search?q=issn:$1 [PT]