diff --git a/svc/config/systempreferences b/svc/config/systempreferences
index 794f796009..075acfbc1f 100755
--- a/svc/config/systempreferences
+++ b/svc/config/systempreferences
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ use C4::Context;
 use C4::Service;
 use C4::Log;
 use Koha::Token;
-use CGI::Cookie;
-use C4::Auth qw( get_session );
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -137,16 +135,7 @@ sub set_preferences {
     C4::Service->return_success($response);
 }
 
-my %cookies = CGI::Cookie->fetch;
-
-if ( exists $cookies{'CGISESSID'} ) {
-    my $sessionID = $cookies{'CGISESSID'}->value;
-    if ($sessionID) {
-        my $session = get_session($sessionID);
-        C4::Context->interface( $session->param('interface') ) if ($session);
-    }
-}
-
+C4::Context->interface('intranet');
 C4::Service->dispatch(
     [ 'POST /([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)', ['value'], \&set_preference ],
     [ 'POST /',                 [],        \&set_preferences ],