diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
index 54fd902c78..4a046e6033 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
@@ -596,35 +596,36 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 [% END %]
 [% IF ( step_3 ) %]
 
+  [% SET autoMemberNum = Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]
   <fieldset class="rows" id="memberentry_library_management">
     <legend id="library_management_lgd">Library management</legend><ol>
       [% UNLESS nocardnumber %]
         <li>
-          [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]
+          [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not autoMemberNum %]
             <label for="cardnumber" class="required">
           [% ELSE %]
             <label for="cardnumber" class="validated">
           [% END %]
-          [% IF Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]
+          [% IF autoMemberNum %]
               Card number<br>(<u>leave blank for auto calc during registration</u>): </label>
           [% ELSE %]
               Card number: </label>
           [% END %]
           [% IF minlength_cardnumber == maxlength_cardnumber %]
                 <input type="text" id="cardnumber" name="cardnumber" size="20" value="[% cardnumber | html %]" minlength="[% minlength_cardnumber %]" maxlength="[% maxlength_cardnumber %]" />
-                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
+                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not autoMemberNum %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
                 <div class="hint">Card number must be exactly [% minlength_cardnumber %] characters.</div>
           [% ELSIF minlength_cardnumber && maxlength_cardnumber %]
                 <input type="text" id="cardnumber" name="cardnumber" size="20" value="[% cardnumber | html %]" minlength="[% minlength_cardnumber %]" maxlength="[% maxlength_cardnumber %]" />
-                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
+                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not autoMemberNum %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
                 <div class="hint">Card number must be between [% minlength_cardnumber %] and [% maxlength_cardnumber %] characters.</div>
           [% ELSIF maxlength_cardnumber %]
                 <input type="text" id="cardnumber" name="cardnumber" size="20" value="[% cardnumber | html %]" maxlength="[% maxlength_cardnumber %]" />
-                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
+                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not autoMemberNum %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
                 <div class="hint">Card number can be up to [% maxlength_cardnumber %] characters.</div>
           [% ELSE %]
                 <input type="text" id="cardnumber" name="cardnumber" size="20" value="[% cardnumber | html %]" />
-                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not Koha.Preference('autoMemberNum') %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
+                [% IF mandatorycardnumber and not autoMemberNum %]<span class="required">Required</span>[% END %]
                 <div class="hint">There is no minimum or maximum character length.</div>
           [% END %]
         </li>
diff --git a/members/memberentry.pl b/members/memberentry.pl
index 9213d59c64..ef0aa90758 100755
--- a/members/memberentry.pl
+++ b/members/memberentry.pl
@@ -561,12 +561,6 @@ if ( $op eq "duplicate" ) {
     $data{'cardnumber'} = "";
 }
 
-if (C4::Context->preference("autoMemberNum")) {
-    $template->param( autoMemberNum => 1);
-} else {
-    $template->param( autoMemberNum => 0);
-}
-
 if(!defined($data{'sex'})){
     $template->param( none => 1);
 } elsif($data{'sex'} eq 'F'){