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 26d162faab..c505a04728 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
@@ -151,11 +151,6 @@
 			</div>
 	[% END %]
 
-	[% IF ( debug ) %]
-		<div id="debug">
-				<div>Debug is on (level [% debug %])</div>
-		</div>
-	[% END %]
 	[% IF ( nok ) %]
 		<div class="dialog alert">
 			<p>The following fields are wrong. Please fix them.</p>
diff --git a/members/memberentry.pl b/members/memberentry.pl
index e46a560de1..5859bee9a4 100755
--- a/members/memberentry.pl
+++ b/members/memberentry.pl
@@ -698,7 +698,6 @@ $debug and warn "memberentry step: $step";
 $template->param(%data);
 $template->param( "step_$step"  => 1) if $step;	# associate with step to know where u are
 $template->param(  step  => $step   ) if $step;	# associate with step to know where u are
-$template->param( debug  => $debug  ) if $debug;
 
 $template->param(
   BorrowerMandatoryField => C4::Context->preference("BorrowerMandatoryField"),#field to test with javascript