diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
index acb122b1c1..7fb14ad515 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
 	    <span>
 	      <xsl:attribute name="class">lang_code-<xsl:value-of select="translate(., ' .-;|#', '_')"/></xsl:attribute>
 	      <xsl:call-template name="languageCodeText">
-		<xsl:with-param name="code" select="translate(., ' .-;|#', '')"/>
+		<xsl:with-param name="code" select="."/>
 	      </xsl:call-template>
 	      <xsl:if test="position() != last()">
 	        <span class="sep"><xsl:text>, </xsl:text></span>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
index 4b83326bfa..bc8b4f75f9 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
         <span>
             <xsl:attribute name="class">lang_code-<xsl:value-of select="translate(., ' .-;|#', '_')"/></xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:call-template name="languageCodeText">
-        <xsl:with-param name="code" select="translate(., ' .-;|#', '')"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="code" select="."/>
             </xsl:call-template>
             <xsl:if test="position() != last()">
             <span class="separator"><xsl:text>, </xsl:text></span>