diff --git a/C4/Items.pm b/C4/Items.pm
index 15f735edb5..a61fe9d0d2 100644
--- a/C4/Items.pm
+++ b/C4/Items.pm
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ sub SearchItems {
 
     if ( $params->{sortby} eq 'availability' ) {
         my $sortorder = (uc($params->{sortorder}) eq 'ASC') ? 'ASC' : 'DESC';
-        $query .= qq{ ORDER BY onloan $sortorder, damaged $sortorder, withdrawn $sortorder, notforloan $sortorder, itemlost $sortorder };
+        $query .= qq{ ORDER BY onloan $sortorder };
     } else {
         my $sortby = (0 < grep {$params->{sortby} eq $_} @columns)
             ? $params->{sortby} : 'itemnumber';
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc
index 705e2716a2..7835b1aa21 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc
@@ -37,6 +37,4 @@
 [%- delimiter | $raw -%]
 "[% (item.issues || 0) | $raw %]"
 [%- delimiter | $raw -%]
-"[% IF item.onloan %]Checked out[% ELSIF item.withdrawn || item.damaged || item.notforloan || item.itemlost %]Not available[% ELSE %]Available[% END %]"
-[%- delimiter | $raw -%]
 "[% IF item.checkout %][% item.checkout.date_due | $KohaDates | $raw %][% END %]"
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.json.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.json.inc
index e0b28ee2ab..a89bbe1d3c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.json.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.json.inc
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   "[% AuthorisedValues.GetDescriptionByKohaField( kohafield => 'items.itemlost', authorised_value => item.itemlost ) || "" | html %]",
   "[% AuthorisedValues.GetDescriptionByKohaField( kohafield => 'items.withdrawn', authorised_value => item.withdrawn ) || "" | html %]",
   "[% (item.issues || 0) | html %]",
-  "[% IF item.onloan %]Checked out[% ELSIF item.withdrawn || item.damaged || item.notforloan || item.itemlost %]Not available[% ELSE %]Available[% END %]",
   "[% IF item.checkout %][% item.checkout.date_due | $KohaDates | html %][% END %]",
   "[% FILTER escape_quotes ~%]
     <div class="btn-group dropup"><button type="button" class="btn btn-xs btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> <i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Edit <span class="caret"></span> </button> <ul class="dropdown-menu pull-right"> <li><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?op=edititem&biblionumber=[% item.biblionumber | uri %]&itemnumber=[% item.itemnumber | uri %]">Edit item</a></li> <li><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=[% item.biblionumber | html %]">Edit record</a></li> </ul> </div>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
index 2902fc5df2..238253ff74 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@
 [%- delimiter | $raw -%]
 "Checkouts"
 [%- delimiter | $raw -%]
-"Availability"
-[%- delimiter | $raw -%]
 "Due date"
 [%- END -%]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
index 42e94c5e0c..27521c1635 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@
                 <label for="onloan_indifferent">Ignore</label>
                 <input type="radio" name="onloan" id="onloan_yes" value="IS NOT NULL" />
                 <label for="onloan_yes">Checked out</label>
-                <input type="radio" name="onloan" id="onloan_no" value="IS NULL" />
-                <label for="onloan_no">Available</label>
             </div>
           </fieldset>
           <fieldset>
@@ -336,7 +334,6 @@
                 + '      <th id="items_itemlost">' + _("Lost status") + '</th>'
                 + '      <th id="items_widthdrawn">' + _("Withdrawn status") + '</th>'
                 + '      <th id="items_checkouts">' + _("Checkouts") + '</th>'
-                + '      <th id="items_availability">' + _("Availability") + '</th>'
                 + '      <th id="items_date_due">' + _("Due date") + '</th>'
                 + '      <th id=""></th>'
                 + '    </tr>'
@@ -494,7 +491,6 @@
                     { 'sName': 'itemlost' },
                     { 'sName': 'withdrawn' },
                     { 'sName': 'issues' },
-                    { 'sName': 'availability' },
                     { 'sName': 'date_due' },
                     { 'sName': 'actions', 'bSortable': false }
                 ],
@@ -544,7 +540,6 @@
                     [% END %]
                     { 'type': 'text' },
                     { 'type': 'text' },
-                    { 'type': 'text' },
                     null
                 ]
             });