diff --git a/C4/Auth_with_ldap.pm b/C4/Auth_with_ldap.pm
index e6ed181630..c2862759f1 100644
--- a/C4/Auth_with_ldap.pm
+++ b/C4/Auth_with_ldap.pm
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ my $context = C4::Context->new() 	or die 'C4::Context->new failed';
 my $ldap = C4::Context->config("ldapserver") or die 'No "ldapserver" in server hash from KOHA_CONF: ' . $ENV{KOHA_CONF};
 my $prefhost  = $ldap->{hostname}	or die ldapserver_error('hostname');
 my $base      = $ldap->{base}		or die ldapserver_error('base');
-$ldapname     = $ldap->{user}		or die ldapserver_error('user');
-$ldappassword = $ldap->{pass}		or die ldapserver_error('pass');
+$ldapname     = $ldap->{user}		;
+$ldappassword = $ldap->{pass}		;
 our %mapping  = %{$ldap->{mapping}}	or die ldapserver_error('mapping');
 my @mapkeys = keys %mapping;
 $debug and print STDERR "Got ", scalar(@mapkeys), " ldap mapkeys (  total  ): ", join ' ', @mapkeys, "\n";