diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tags/review.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tags/review.tt
index e4af5b0fb9..e1dc69847f 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tags/review.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tags/review.tt
@@ -73,16 +73,6 @@ td input,td input[type="submit"] { font-size: 85%; padding: 1px; }
 		$('#test_button').removeAttr("disabled");
 		$('#test_button').attr("value","test");
 	};
-	function readCookie(name) { // from http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
-		var nameEQ = name + "=";
-		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
-			for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
-				var c = ca[i];
-				while (c.charAt(0)==' '){ c = c.substring(1,c.length); }
-				if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0){ return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); }
-			}
-		return null;
-	}
 	$(document).ready(function() {
 		$('.ajax_buttons' ).css({visibility:"visible"});
 		$("p.check").html("<strong>"+_("Select:")+" <\/strong><a id=\"CheckAll\" href=\"/cgi-bin/koha/tags/review.pl\">"+_("All")+"<\/a> <a id=\"CheckPending\" href=\"/cgi-bin/koha/tags/review.pl\">"+_("Pending")+"<\/a> <a id=\"CheckNone\" href=\"/cgi-bin/koha/tags/review.pl\">"+_("None")+"<\/a>");
@@ -103,7 +93,7 @@ td input,td input[type="submit"] { font-size: 85%; padding: 1px; }
 			// window.alert(_("Click detected on ") + event.target + ": " + $(event.target).html);
 			if ($(event.target).is('.ok')) {
 				$.ajax({
-					"data": {ok: $(event.target).attr("title"), CGISESSID: readCookie('CGISESSID')},
+                    "data": {ok: $(event.target).attr("title")},
 					"success": count_approve // success_approve
 				});
 				$(event.target).next(".rej").removeAttr("disabled").attr("value","Reject").css("color","#000");
@@ -112,7 +102,7 @@ td input,td input[type="submit"] { font-size: 85%; padding: 1px; }
 			}
 			if ($(event.target).is('.rej')) {
 				$.ajax({
-					"data": {rej: $(event.target).attr("title"), CGISESSID: readCookie('CGISESSID')},
+                    "data": {rej: $(event.target).attr("title")},
 					"success": count_reject // success_reject
 				});
 				$(event.target).prev(".ok").removeAttr("disabled").attr("value","Approve").css("color","#000");
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/ccsr/en/js/tags.js b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/ccsr/en/js/tags.js
index cffd4bf8a5..5690082ceb 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/ccsr/en/js/tags.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/ccsr/en/js/tags.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ if (typeof KOHA == "undefined" || !KOHA) {
 
 /**
 * A namespace for Tags related functions.
-* readCookie is expected to already be declared.  That's why the assignment below is unscoped.
-* readCookie should be from basket.js or undefined.
 
 $.ajaxSetup({
        url: "/cgi-bin/koha/opac-tags.pl",
@@ -13,24 +11,12 @@ $.ajaxSetup({
   dataType: "script"
 });
 */
-if (typeof(readCookie) == "undefined") {
-     readCookie = function (name) { // from http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
-               var nameEQ = name + "=";
-               var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
-           for (var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
-                      var c = ca[i];
-                 while (c.charAt(0)==' '){ c = c.substring(1,c.length); }
-                       if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0){ return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); }
-             }
-              return null;
-   }
-}
 KOHA.Tags = {
       add_tag_button: function(bibnum, tag){
           var mynewtag = "newtag" + bibnum;
             var mytagid = "#" + mynewtag;
-          var mydata = {CGISESSID: readCookie('CGISESSID')};	// Someday this should be OPACSESSID
-                mydata[mynewtag] = tag;	// need [bracket] for variable property id
+          var mydata = {};
+                mydata[mynewtag] = tag;
                 var response;	// AJAX from server will assign value to response.
                $.post(
                         "/cgi-bin/koha/opac-tags.pl",
@@ -83,7 +69,7 @@ KOHA.Tags = {
     // Used to tag multiple items at once.  The main difference
     // is that status is displayed on a per item basis.
     add_multitags_button : function(bibarray, tag){
-                var mydata = {CGISESSID: readCookie('CGISESSID')};	// Someday this should be OPACSESSID
+                var mydata = {};
         for (var i = 0; i < bibarray.length; i++) {
             var mynewtag = "newtag" + bibarray[i];
             mydata[mynewtag] = tag;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/js/tags.js b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/js/tags.js
index f28747faa1..adb2acfff6 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/js/tags.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/js/tags.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ if (typeof KOHA == "undefined" || !KOHA) {
 
 /**
 * A namespace for Tags related functions.
-* readCookie is expected to already be declared.  That's why the assignment below is unscoped.
-* readCookie should be from basket.js or undefined.
 
 $.ajaxSetup({
 	url: "/cgi-bin/koha/opac-tags.pl",
@@ -13,24 +11,12 @@ $.ajaxSetup({
 	dataType: "script"
 });
 */
-if (typeof(readCookie) == "undefined") {
-	readCookie = function (name) { // from http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
-		var nameEQ = name + "=";
-		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
-		for (var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
-			var c = ca[i];
-			while (c.charAt(0)==' '){ c = c.substring(1,c.length); }
-			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0){ return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); }
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-}
 KOHA.Tags = {
     add_tag_button: function(bibnum, tag){
         var mynewtag = "newtag" + bibnum;
 		var mytagid = "#" + mynewtag;
-		var mydata = {CGISESSID: readCookie('CGISESSID')};	// Someday this should be OPACSESSID
-        mydata[mynewtag] = tag;	// need [bracket] for variable property id
+        var mydata = {};
+        mydata[mynewtag] = tag;
 		var response;	// AJAX from server will assign value to response.
 		$.post(
 			"/cgi-bin/koha/opac-tags.pl",
@@ -83,7 +69,7 @@ KOHA.Tags = {
     // Used to tag multiple items at once.  The main difference
     // is that status is displayed on a per item basis.
     add_multitags_button : function(bibarray, tag){
-		var mydata = {CGISESSID: readCookie('CGISESSID')};	// Someday this should be OPACSESSID
+        var mydata = {};
         for (var i = 0; i < bibarray.length; i++) {
             var mynewtag = "newtag" + bibarray[i];
             mydata[mynewtag] = tag;
diff --git a/opac/opac-tags.pl b/opac/opac-tags.pl
index 3cf1f53e8d..d9f9f3c3fd 100755
--- a/opac/opac-tags.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-tags.pl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sub ajax_auth_cgi {     # returns CGI object
 	my $needed_flags = shift;
 	my %cookies = fetch CGI::Cookie;
 	my $input = CGI->new;
-	my $sessid = $cookies{'CGISESSID'}->value || $input->param('CGISESSID');
+    my $sessid = $cookies{'CGISESSID'}->value;
 	my ($auth_status, $auth_sessid) = check_cookie_auth($sessid, $needed_flags);
 	$debug and
 	print STDERR "($auth_status, $auth_sessid) = check_cookie_auth($sessid," . Dumper($needed_flags) . ")\n";
diff --git a/tags/review.pl b/tags/review.pl
index 23e4cd84df..3b7a0a0b43 100755
--- a/tags/review.pl
+++ b/tags/review.pl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sub ajax_auth_cgi ($) {		# returns CGI object
 	my $needed_flags = shift;
 	my %cookies = fetch CGI::Cookie;
 	my $input = CGI->new;
-	my $sessid = $cookies{'CGISESSID'}->value || $input->param('CGISESSID');
+    my $sessid = $cookies{'CGISESSID'}->value;
 	my ($auth_status, $auth_sessid) = check_cookie_auth($sessid, $needed_flags);
 	$debug and
 	print STDERR "($auth_status, $auth_sessid) = check_cookie_auth($sessid," . Dumper($needed_flags) . ")\n";