diff --git a/admin/systempreferences.pl b/admin/systempreferences.pl
index 2e567fe76e..049bf79743 100755
--- a/admin/systempreferences.pl
+++ b/admin/systempreferences.pl
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'add_form' ) {
 ################## DEFAULT ##################################
 } else {    # DEFAULT
             #Adding tab management for system preferences
-    my $tab = $input->param('tab')||'local_use';
+    my $tab = 'local_use';
     $template->param( $tab => 1 );
     my ( $count, $results ) = StringSearch( $searchfield, $tab );
     my @loop_data = ();
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/systempreferences.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/systempreferences.tt
index ef01cbb133..cd13426c96 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/systempreferences.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/systempreferences.tt
@@ -310,20 +310,15 @@
         <a class="btn btn-default" id="newstopword" href="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/systempreferences.pl?op=add_form"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i> New system preference</a>
     </div>
 
-    [% IF ( tab != 'local_use' ) %]
-        <p>Please click on one of the tabs at the left side of this form.</p>
-        <table>
-    [% ELSE %]
-        <h1>Local use system preferences</h1>
-        <div class="page-section">
-        <table id="sysprefst">
-        <thead><tr>
-        <th>Preference</th>
-        <th>Explanation</th>
-        <th>Value</th>
-        <th class="noExport">Actions</th>
-        </tr></thead>
-    [% END %]
+    <h1>Local use system preferences</h1>
+    <div class="page-section">
+    <table id="sysprefst">
+    <thead><tr>
+    <th>Preference</th>
+    <th>Explanation</th>
+    <th>Value</th>
+    <th class="noExport">Actions</th>
+    </tr></thead>
     <tbody>[% FOREACH loo IN loop %]
         <tr>
 
@@ -442,7 +437,6 @@
     [% END %]
     </tbody>
     </table>
-    [% IF tab == 'local_use' %]</div>[% END %]
     [% END %]
 
             </main>