diff --git a/C4/Letters.pm b/C4/Letters.pm
index b7c6b0cedd..87c71d16d1 100644
--- a/C4/Letters.pm
+++ b/C4/Letters.pm
@@ -1810,8 +1810,8 @@ sub _process_tt {
     my $use_template_cache = C4::Context->config('template_cache_dir') && defined $ENV{GATEWAY_INTERFACE};
     my $template           = Template->new(
         {
-            EVAL_PERL    => 1,
-            ABSOLUTE     => 1,
+            EVAL_PERL    => 0,
+            ABSOLUTE     => 0,
             PLUGIN_BASE  => 'Koha::Template::Plugin',
             COMPILE_EXT  => $use_template_cache ? '.ttc'                                    : '',
             COMPILE_DIR  => $use_template_cache ? C4::Context->config('template_cache_dir') : '',
diff --git a/Koha/TemplateUtils.pm b/Koha/TemplateUtils.pm
index aafbaaa6bd..3d2b198f31 100644
--- a/Koha/TemplateUtils.pm
+++ b/Koha/TemplateUtils.pm
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ sub process_tt {
 
         my $tt = Template->new(
             {
-                EVAL_PERL   => 1,
-                ABSOLUTE    => 1,
+                EVAL_PERL   => 0,
+                ABSOLUTE    => 0,
                 PLUGIN_BASE => 'Koha::Template::Plugin',
                 COMPILE_EXT => $use_template_cache ? '.ttc'                                    : '',
                 COMPILE_DIR => $use_template_cache ? C4::Context->config('template_cache_dir') : '',