diff --git a/admin/itemtypes.pl b/admin/itemtypes.pl
index dc8cc67f0b..496966e240 100755
--- a/admin/itemtypes.pl
+++ b/admin/itemtypes.pl
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ if ($op eq 'add_form') {
 	$template->param(loop => \@loop_data);
 	if ($offset>0) {
 		my $prevpage = $offset-$pagesize;
-		$template->param(previous => "<a href=\"$script_name?offset=".$prevpage.'">');
+		$template->param(previous => "$script_name?offset=".$prevpage);
 	}
 	if ($offset+$pagesize<$count) {
 		my $nextpage =$offset+$pagesize;
-		$template->param(next => "<a href=\"$script_name?offset=".$nextpage.'">');
+		$template->param(next => "$script_name?offset=".$nextpage);
 	}
 } #---- END $OP eq DEFAULT
 output_html_with_http_headers $input, $cookie, $template->output;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/parameters/itemtypes.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/parameters/itemtypes.tmpl
index e69c3b2eed..53621bed9b 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/parameters/itemtypes.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/parameters/itemtypes.tmpl
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ function Check(f) {
 		<td width="33%">
 			<input type=submit class="button" value="Add Item Type" title="Add item type" alt="Add item type" >
 		</td>
-		<td width=33%><TMPL_IF name="previous"><TMPL_VAR name="previous"><input type=image src="<TMPL_VAR name="interface">/<TMPL_VAR name="theme">/images/1leftarrow.png" title="previous" ALT="previous" BORDER=0></a></TMPL_IF></td>
-		<td width=33%><TMPL_IF name="next"><TMPL_VAR name="next"><input type=image src="<TMPL_VAR name="interface">/<TMPL_VAR name="theme">/images/1rightarrow.png" title="next" ALT="next" BORDER=0></a></TMPL_IF></td>
+		<td width=33%><TMPL_IF name="previous"><a href="<TMPL_VAR name=previous>"><input type=image src="<TMPL_VAR name="interface">/<TMPL_VAR name="theme">/images/1leftarrow.png" title="previous" ALT="previous" BORDER=0></a></TMPL_IF></td>
+		<td width=33%><TMPL_IF name="next"><a href="<TMPL_VAR name=next>"><input type=image src="<TMPL_VAR name="interface">/<TMPL_VAR name="theme">/images/1rightarrow.png" title="next" ALT="next" BORDER=0></a></TMPL_IF></td>
 	</tr>
 </table>
 </form>