diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt
index f7c37dc3fd..536dc973f2 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-detail.tt
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@
                                 <!-- define some hidden vars for ratings -->
 
                                 <input  type="hidden" name='biblionumber'  value="[% biblionumber %]" />
-                                <input  type="hidden" name='borrowernumber'  value="[% borrowernumber %]" />
                                 <input  type="hidden" name='rating_value' id='rating_value' value="[% rating_value %]" />
                                 <input  type="hidden" name='rating_total' id='rating_total' value="[% rating_total %]" />
                                 <input  type="hidden" name='rating_avg_int' id='rating_avg_int' value="[% rating_avg_int %]" />
diff --git a/opac/opac-ratings.pl b/opac/opac-ratings.pl
index b2bcf6fed9..a765608601 100755
--- a/opac/opac-ratings.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-ratings.pl
@@ -27,28 +27,19 @@ note: there is currently no 'delete rating' functionality in this script
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use CGI;
+use CGI qw ( -utf8 );
 use CGI::Cookie;
-use C4::Auth qw(:DEFAULT check_cookie_auth);
+
+use C4::Auth;
 use C4::Context;
-use C4::Output;
-use C4::Dates qw(format_date);
-use C4::Biblio;
 use C4::Ratings;
 use C4::Debug;
 
 my $query = CGI->new();
-my $a     = $query->Vars;
-####  $a
-my ( $template, $loggedinuser, $cookie ) = get_template_and_user(
-    {
-        template_name   => "",
-        query           => $query,
-        type            => "opac",
-        authnotrequired => 0,        # auth required to add tags
-        debug           => 0,
-    }
-);
+
+# auth required to add ratings
+my ($userid, $cookie, $sessionID) = checkauth( $query, 0, {}, 'opac' );
+my $loggedinuser = C4::Context->userenv->{'number'};
 
 my $biblionumber     = $query->param('biblionumber');
 my $rating_old_value = $query->param('rating_value');