diff --git a/Koha/UI/Form/Builder/Biblio.pm b/Koha/UI/Form/Builder/Biblio.pm
index 13ecc67ff6..0b4422992b 100644
--- a/Koha/UI/Form/Builder/Biblio.pm
+++ b/Koha/UI/Form/Builder/Biblio.pm
@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ sub new {
 
     my $self = {};
 
-    if ( exists $self->{biblionumber} ) {
-        $self->{biblionumber} = $params->{biblionumber} =~ s/\D//gr;
-
-        # just in case biblionumber obtained from CGI and passed directly here contains weird characters like spaces
-    }
+    $self->{biblionumber} = $params->{biblionumber} =~ s/\D//gr;
+    # just in case biblionumber obtained from CGI and passed directly here contains weird characters like spaces
 
     bless $self, $class;
     return $self;